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Daunt Books Children's Short Story Competition 2013

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  Walking Home: Travels with a Troubadour on the Pennine Way by Simon Armitage

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  One might question how interesting a travelogue about a route that the author describes as “pointless ... leading from nowhere in particular to nowhere in particular” could possibly be. But Simon Armitage’s account of his 256-mile trek - penniless and backwards - up the Pennine Way is not a record of human endurance, but a lovely homage to land and people and a charming meditation on his life as a poet. As he writes about his attempts to pay his way by appearing, wind-whipped and bedraggled, at prearranged readings, Armitage comes across as funny, observant and deeply likeable.

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  Seeing Stars by Simon Armitage

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  A twisted, funny, fire-cracker collection from Armitage. Frequently dark, but wonderfully judged comic pieces. A kick up the arse of British poetry, it can only be a good thing that he is mainstream.

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  Kid by Simon Armitage

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  First published in 1992, Faber have reprinted this collection by Simon Armitage in a beautiful hardback edition as part of their Poetry Firsts series

  At the Working Men's Produce Auction,
  we pick up six prize cactus dahlias,
  for a song.