**'If you like a) laughing or b) words which rhyme with each other, you will love Brian Bilston' - Richard Osman, author of *We Solve Murders'There is poetry to be found in anything if you look hard enough.'You Took the Last Bus Home* is a collection of ingenious, hilarious and touching poems from Brian Bilston, one of Britain’s funniest and best-loved poets.**With endless wit, wisdom and delightful wordplay, Bilston's first collection of poetry offers profound insi...

It’s that time of year again . . .With his signature wit, Brian Bilston returns with And So This is Christmas, fifty-one poems in celebration of the festive season. From bizarre family traditions to the office Christmas party; from voting day for turkeys to the impossible art of gift-giving.**So hang your stockings, grab your mistletoe and curl up with this heart-warming collection of Christmas crackers.The perfect gift or stocking filler f...

Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award, Diary of a Somebody is a unique mix of cosy crime, poetry and diary by the unofficial Poet Laureate of Twitter, Brian Bilston.'If you like a) laughing or b) words which rhyme with each other, you will love Brian Bilston' - Richard Osman, author of The Thursday Murder Club‘Nobody must find out about this unique gem, because I’m giving it ...

It’s that time of year again . . .With his signature wit, Brian Bilston returns with And So This is Christmas, fifty-one poems in celebration of the festive season. From bizarre family traditions to the office Christmas party; from voting day for turkeys to the impossible art of gift-giving.**So hang your stockings, grab your mistletoe and curl up with this heart-warming collection of Christmas crackers.The perfect gift or stocking filler f...

Let Sleeping Cats Lie is a hilarious collection of pet poems by wordplay wizard Brian Bilston. When you've got a bad case of the 'mews' and are in desperate need of a 'pup'-lifting read, this book is the 'ulti-mutt' remedy!The perfect gift for a dog person, cat person and every pet lover in between.Please don’t think me lazy,I’m not trying to slack –it’s just that I’m stuck, you see,under this cat.This collecti...

Read, with his trademark charm and humour, by Brian Bilston.**If you like a) laughing or b) words which rhyme with each other, you will love Brian Bilston - Richard Osman, author of *We Solve Murders'There is poetry to be found in anything if you look hard enough.'You Took the Last Bus Home* is a collection of ingenious, hilarious and touching poems from Brian Bilston, one of Britain’s funniest and best-loved poets.**With endless wit, wisdom and delightful w...

**A brilliant way to brighten each day.In this playful collection, Brian Bilston writes a poem to accompany every day of the year.**Each poem is inspired by a significant – often curious – event associated with that day: from Open an Umbrella Indoors Day to the day on which New York banned public flirting; from the launch of the Rubik’s Cube to the first appearance of the phrase, ‘the best thing since sliced bread’.Perfect for reading aloud and sharing with friends,...

**This audiobook is superbly performed by Ben Miller.Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award.**'Glorious. I will be astonished if I read a more original, more inventive or funnier novel this year.' - Adam Kay, author of This Is Going to HurtPart tender love story, part murder mystery, part hilarious description of a wasted life, and interspersed with some of the funniest poems about the mundane and the profound, Dia...

A hilarious and moving poetry collection.‘Bilston is a magician with words’ - GuardianAlexa, 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, celebrates the pleasures of books, broods over politics, and ponders the curiosities of language.But at its heart, this is a collection of poems a...

'Brian Bilston is a laureate for our fractured times.' Ian McMillan'Someone who knows their way round both a joke and a bittersweet narrative.' The Times'Part John Cooper Clarke, part Frank Sidebottom . . . all brilliant.' Esquire'Bilston is a magician with words' GuardianAlexa, what is there to know about love? is a wonderful collection of poems about love in all its forms...

A funny collection of football poems by Brian Bilston, the unofficial Poet Laureate of Twitter. Perfect for football fans of all ages – from the young footie fanatic to a been-to-every-game-grandma, and every 'I could've been a pro' in between.Full of poems that will make you giggle about all things football, including being left out of the World Cup squad, mum's opinion on Messi vs Ronaldo, or those unmissable fixtures:I’d love nothing...

**Read by the author and poet, Brian Bilston.Why do we write poetry? Who should write it? And where do you even start?**Well, Brian Bilston, one of the UK’s most hilarious and best-loved poets, is here to take us through the hows, whys and whats of reading, writing and enjoying poetry every day.With his characteristic wit and charm, Bilston accompanies us through the jungle of imagination to the source of inspiration, takes us under the bonnet of a sonnet and over t...