Simon Armitage
Birth date: May 26, 1963
Simon Armitage's Books
bookshelves: summer-2015, britain-england, devon, cornwall, somerset, radio-4, published-2015, nonfiction, newtome-author, whimsy Recommended to Bettie☯ by: Laura Recommended for: BBC Radio Listeners Read from June 17 to 26, 2015 BOTWhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05xx8hrDescription: Not con...
Being a part of the Gothic subculture I have followed these events since they happened. I have donated to the charity and I have joined marches through Plymouth in memory of Sophie. This collection of poems truly moved me, it did not matter that the poetry wasn't written in a style I'm more used to,...
Red Room - New Stories Inspired by the Brontes. Unthank Books 4 of 5 stars I was provided with a copy of this book from the publishers in return for an honest review. This is a collection of short stories written by award winning short story authors. Each writer was asked to create a story ins...
Fabulous poetry - both the original (quite a lot is understandable when read next to the translation) and the new verse translation. However the subject matter is not terribly interesting..... basically it is a propaganda exercise at a time when the English had been gradually losing control of the v...
A fantastic exploration of what it means to be Northern. I'm not, but I still found much to enjoy in Armitage's writing.
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