The Banksy of Poetry Coming to Totnes
This May, people’s Poet – BRIAN BILSTON – is heading to Devon and Cornwall for a series of intimate performances.
Brian Bilston has been described as the “Banksy of poetry” and as Twitter’s unofficial Poet Laureate. With over 200,000 followers on social media, he has become truly beloved by his online community.
His first collection of poetry, ‘You Took the Last Bus Home’ was published by Unbound and his 2019 book ‘Diary of a Somebody’ (Picador) was shortlisted for both the Costa First Novel Award and the McKitterick Prize.Brian’s 2021 collection, ‘Alexa, What Is There To Know About Love?’ was described as “the funniest collection of humorous verse […] in a long time” and his poem ‘Refugees’ was set to music by Mark-Anthony Turnage for his song cycle of the same name. In 2021, Brian also published a collection of poems about football for children, ‘Fifty Ways to Score a Goal’.
Brian has also recently been touring with acclaimed fellow poet and TV producer Henry Normal (The Royle Family / Gavin & Stacey).
His latest book ‘Days Like These: An Alternative Guide to the Year in 366 Poems’ is a brilliant collection of poems that serves to take the blues out of Monday, flatten the Wednesday hump and amplify the Friday feeling from January through to December.
Now, this May, Brian Bilston will be delivering his latest works live to an audience in Totnes. Brian will also be signing books following the performance, with his work available to purchase at the event.
A rare opportunity to catch this cult poetry phenomenon in the flesh, tickets for all shows are available now. The dates are as follows:
BRIAN BILSTON – LIVE DATES
10 May – FALMOUTH Pavilion
11 May – TOTNES Civic Hall
12 MAY – LAUNCESTON Town Hall
Totnes Tickets available now here.