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Wordworks: Poetry on T.V.
Neil Astley
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Description for Wordworks: Poetry on T.V.
Paperback. 8vo . Some light shelfwear otherwise a good copy.
This anthology is the TV tie-in book for Wordworks, a new poetry series originated by Tyne Tees Television for the ITV network. Each programme features several poetry videos in which poems are given stunning visual interpretations. Each is introduced by the poet, whose reading of the poem forms part of the film treatment. Twenty poets from Britain and Ireland have been filmed in their poems in a variety of locations. Paul Durcan drives a hearse. Carol Ann Duffy becomes a tabloid hack in a newspaper office. Benjamin Zephaniah goes on a rapping walkabout. jo shapcott is a mad cow in a supermarket. The Wordworks book is an illustrated anthology featuring all the poems from the six programmes with the poets' own comments, together with photographs and a foreword by Brendan Kennelly. The poems have been chosen for their accessibility and wide appeal, and the book forms a fascinating introduction to a wide range of lively and provocative contemporary poetry. The editors are Neil Astley, editor of Bloodaxe Books, and television producer Mark Lavender. The poets featured are: Fleur Adcock, Simon Armitage, George Charlton, Brendan Cleary, David Constantine, Carol Ann Duffy, Paul Durcan, Linda France, Jackie Kay, Brendan Kennelly, Michael Longley, Glyn Maxwell, Jill Maughan, Sean O'Brien, Tom Pickard, Jo Shapcott, Ken Smith, Anne Stevenson and Benjamin Zephaniah.
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781852241674
SKU
KEX0281422
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Neil Astley
Neil Astley is editor of Bloodaxe Books, which he founded in 1978. His books include novels, poetry collections and anthologies, most notably the Bloodaxe Staying Alive trilogy: Staying Alive (Bloodaxe, UK 2002/ Miramax, US 2003), Being Alive (2004) and Being Human (2011), along with Essential Poems from the Staying Alive Trilogy (2012). His other anthologies (all these from Bloodaxe) include Earth Shattering: ecopoems (2007), The Hundred Years' War: modern war poems (2014), and three collaborations with with Pamela Robertson-Pearce, Soul Food: nourishing poems for starved minds (2008), and the DVD-books In Person: 30 Poets (2008) and In Person: World Poets (2017). He has published two novels, The End of My Tether (2002), which was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award, and The Sheep Who Changed the World (2005). In 2012 Candlestick Press published his selection of Ten Poems About Sheep in its renowned pamphlet series. In 2015 he guest-edited a special international issue of the American literary journal Ploughshares, its first all-poetry issue in its 44-year history. He received an Eric Gregory Award for his poetry from the Society of Authors in 1982 and was given a D.Litt from Newcastle University for his work with Bloodaxe Books in 1995. He is a trustee of Ledbury Poetry Festival, and a Visiting Fellow at Newcastle University. He was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2018.
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