A Poem For Every Night of the Year is a magnificent collection of 366 poems compiled by Allie Esiri, one to share for every night of the year. The poems - together with introductory paragraphs - have a link to the date on which they appear. Shakespeare celebrates midsummer night, Maya Angelou International Women's Day and Lewis Carroll April Fool's day.

Perfect for reading aloud and sharing with all the family, it contains a full spectrum of poetry from familiar favourites to exciting contemporary voices. Alfred, Lord Tennyson, W. B. Yeats, A. A. Milne and Christina Rossetti sit alongside Roger McGough, Carol Ann Duffy and Benjamin Zephaniah.

 

Tatler call Allie 'The Poetry Powerhouse'. The Times say 'Hurray for iF poetry.'

Allie Esiri's new hardback anthology, A Poem for Every Night of the Year ("This book will bring a little magic into your day and into your heart" - Helena Bonham Carter) is published by Macmillan Children's Books.

Allie is hosting a poetry event at The National Theatre, London with readings from A Poem for Every Night of the Year. It takes place on Friday November 25th 2016.

Allie is the editor of The Love Book ("Fantastic anthology" - The Guardian) and the co-editor of iF: A Treasury of Poems for Almost Every Possibility ("This gorgeous and electrifying anthology should be on the shelf of every child in Britain" - Carol Ann Duffy, UK Poet Laureate). Allie is the creator of The Love Book app and the co-creator of the iF Poems app (available at your App store).

The bestselling apps (iF Poems and The Love Book) feature readings by Helena Bonham Carter, Emma Watson, Bill Nighy, Tom Hiddleston, Helen McCrory, Harry Enfield, Gina Bellman and Damian Lewis. They have been recommended by Apple as Best New App, Edior's Choice and Best Education App and have both reached the top ten bestselling app chart on The App Store.

Allie is passionate about literature, especially poetry and the innovative power of technology to help spread the love of words. She speaks at schools and colleges, curates and hosts events at festivals such as The Times/Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival, The Oldie/Soho Literature Festival and The Sunday Times Education Festival.

Allie is on the advisory board of The Times/Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival, sits on the UK's Children's Poetry Summit and is an advisor to National Poetry Day UK. In 2015 Allie judged, alongside the poet Roger McGough, poetry's prestigious CLPE award.