About the Author

Allie Esiri, who read Modern and Medieval Languages at
Cambridge University, is an accomplished curator and host of
live poetry events at The National Theatre, The Bridge Theatre,
and at Hay, Oxford, Bath and Cheltenham literary festivals. Her
anthology A Poem for Every Day of the Year was in the best books
of the year list in The Times and the Observer and the audiobook
is read by Helena Bonham Carter and Simon Russell Beale. Her
previous anthology, A Poem for Every Night of the Year was a best
book of the year in The Times and the New Statesman and won the
IBW 2017 book award.