- Click
- the
- 'Extracts'
- tab
- above
- to
- read
- our
- exclusive
- interview
- with
- Kate
- Fox,
- plus
- sample
- poems
- from
- the
- book.
- Fox
- Populi
- takes
- poetry
- on
- a
- hilarious,
- Creature
- Comforts-style
- journey
- through
- the
- crackly
- airwaves
- of
- contemporary
- culture.
- Radio-mic
- in
- hand,
- Kate
- Fox
- listens
- in
- on
- comedians
- and
- psychiatrists,
- Great
- North
- runners
- and
- nutters,
- and
- the
- staff
- of
- a
- call
- centre
- in
- modern-day
- Tynemouth.
- Herself
- a
- familiar
- voice
- on
- BBC
- TV
- and
- radio,
- this
- first
- full-length
- collection
- confirms
- Kate
- Fox's
- position
- as
- one
- of
- the
- UK's
- most
- popular
- poet-comedians.
"Funny,
- quirky
- and
- a
- wonderful
- writer."
Sarah
- Millican,
- stand-up
- comedian"Self
- deprecating
- and
- wry
- throughout,
- this
- is
- poetry
- that
- is
- both
- accessible,
- true
- and
- wise."
The
- Crack
"Sylvia
- Plath
- channelling
- Victoria
- Wood"
Matt
- Harvey
Kate
- Fox
- is
- a
- poet,
- performer
- and
- comedian.
- Born
- in
- Bradford
- in
- 1975,
- she
- is
- the
- Poet
- in
- Residence
- on
- BBC
- Radio
- 4's
- Saturday
- Live.
- She
- has
- been
- the
- Poet
- in
- Residence
- for
- the
- BBC2
- coverage
- of
- the
- Chelsea
- Flower
- Show,
- and
- for
- the
- Great
- North
- Run
- in
- 2011
- and
- 2012.
- Her
- poems
- have
- been
- broadcast
- on
- the
- BBC2
- Daily
- Politics
- show,
- BBC
- Online,
- Amnesty
- International
- and
- Radio
- 3's
- The
- Verb
- with
- Ian
- McMillan.
- Her
- one-woman
- Edinburgh
- Festival
- show,
- Kate
- Fox
- News,
- toured
- the
- UK
- in
- 2010-11
- (4
- stars,
- Sunday
- Telegraph).
- She
- has
- also
- appeared
- at
- several
- other
- major
- festivals
- including
- Latitude,
- Aldeburgh
- and
- Cheltenham.
- Her
- poems
- recently
- appeared
- in
- The
- Iron
- Book
- of
- Humorous
- Verse
- (Iron
- Press,
- 2010).
- She
- lives
- in
- Thirsk,
- and
- writes
- a
- weekly
- column
- for
- The
- Journal
- newspaper
- in
- Newcastle.This
- book
- is
- also
- available
- as
- a
- eBook.
- Buy
- it
- from
- Amazon here.
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