Paul Farley, Malika Booker, Rob Drummond, Kate Fox
Ian McMillan is joined by Paul Farley, Malika Booker, Rob Drummond and Kate Fox for the best in poetry, new writing and performance.
This week on The Verb Ian McMillan is joined by Paul Farley, author of the bird-centred 2019 poetry collection 'The Mizzy'. Especially for The Verb he's written us a brand new poem that considers birds on our workplace, inspired by new 'Nature Postive' building regulations.
Malika Booker is tackling this week's 'Neon Line' poem. Booker won the Forward Prize for 'Best Single Poem' in 2023 and she takes us through the 2024 winners, who have recently been announced.
Linguist and author of 'You're All Talk', Rob Drummond brings us up to speed on langauge change.
And there's a brand new comission from Kate Fox on Strictly Season as well as a reading from her new book 'On Sycamore Gap' - inspired by the famous tree near Hadrian's Wall that was felled last year
Presenter: Ian McMillan
Producer: Jessica Treen
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