'Nobody must find out about this unique gem, because I'm giving it to EVERYONE, and I want to appear clever and discerning.' Dawn French It's January 1st and Brian Bilston's life needs to change. His ex-wife has taken up with a new man, a motivational speaker and marketing guru to boot; he seems to constantly disappoint his long-suffering son; and at work he is drowning in a sea of spreadsheets and management jargon. Brian resolution is to write a poem every day; poetry will be his salvation. But there is an obstacle to his happiness in the form of Toby Salt, his arch nemesis in the...
'Nobody must find out about this unique gem, because I'm giving it to EVERYONE, and I want to appear clever and discerning.' Dawn French It's Janua...
'Bilston is a magician with words' Guardian 'Someone who knows their way round both a joke and a bittersweet narrative.' The Times A brilliant collection of funny, witty football poems by Brian Bilston. 50 Ways to Score a Goal and Other Football Poems shows Brian Bilston's genuine love for the beautiful game, whether it is a kick about in the back garden, a Sunday match in the park or watching your team winning the cup. There are poems about everything from training to match day, after match analysis, honest football chants and half-time satsumas. Includes chants, ballads, puns,...
'Bilston is a magician with words' Guardian 'Someone who knows their way round both a joke and a bittersweet narrative.' The Times A brilliant...
'Bilston is a magician with words' - GuardianThe perfect, witty gift for Valentine's and beyond. Alexa, what is there to know about love? is a wonderful collection of poems by Brian Bilston, Twitter's 'unofficial poet laureate', in which he frets over the challenges of modern life, extols the pleasures of books, broods over politics, and ponders the curiosities of language. But at its heart, this is a collection of poems about love.
From our caveman days to the internet era, from first dates to love in old age, Alexa, what is there to know about...
'Bilston is a magician with words' - GuardianThe perfect, witty gift for Valentine's and beyond. Alexa, what is there to know about l...