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Brian Bilston
Born Paul Millicheap (1970-06-14 ) 14 June 1970 (age 54 ) Birmingham, England Occupation Poet, writer Period 2010s–present
Paul Millicheap (born 14 June 1970), who writes as Brian Bilston , is a British poet and author.
Born in Birmingham , he studied at the University of Wales, Swansea , before entering the publishing industry as a marketing manager, notably for John Wiley in Oxford .[1]
Using the pseudonym Brian Bilston, he began publishing short and pithy, often humorous, poems on Twitter , which were then spread widely on social media . Bilston gained up to 400,000 followers , and has been described as "The Poet Laureate of Twitter".[2] [3] Ian McMillan described him as "a laureate for our fractured times",[4] Don Marquis , Dorothy Parker , and Ogden Nash .[5]
He has published three collections of verse, You Took the Last Bus Home (2016); Alexa, What Is There to Know About Love? (2021); and Days Like These: An Alternative Guide to the Year in 366 Poems (2022). He has also written a book of football poems, 50 Ways to Score a Goal (2021). His first novel, Diary of a Somebody (2019), was shortlisted for the Costa Book Award for First Novel , and his poem "Refugees" has been published as an illustrated book for children.[5] [6] And So This Is Christmas .[7]
He has been called "the Banksy of the poetry world";[8] [4]
Publications [ edit ]
You Took the Last Bus Home (2016)
Diary of a Somebody (2019)[9] [10]
50 Ways to Score a Goal (2021)
Alexa, What Is There to Know About Love? (2021)
Days Like These: An Alternative Guide to the Year in 366 Poems (2022)
Refugees (2022, illustrated by José Sanabria)
And So This Is Christmas (2023)
References [ edit ]
^ " . iNews . 11 January 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2023 .
^ a b Greg Freeman, "Alexa, what's the latest about Brian Bilston, poet laureate of Twitter?", Write Out Loud , 14 January 2021 . Retrieved 15 December 2023
^ a b Connie Cronley, "Light, Bright Verse", LIFE’s Vintage Newsmagazine , August 2022, p.32
^ Brian Bilston, Bookshop.org . Retrieved 15 December 2023
^ "Christmas", BrianBilston.com . Retrieved 15 December 2023
^ "Brian Bilston, the mystery man of poetry, answers our questions", Pan Macmillan , 26 January 2021 . Retrieved 15 December 2023
^ Quinn, Anthony (13 June 2019). "Diary of a Somebody by Brian Bilston review – a mischievous comic debut" . The Guardian . Retrieved 17 December 2023 .
^ Thomas-Corr, Johanna (21 July 2019). "Diary of a Somebody by Brian Bilston review – a spoof too far" . The Observer . Retrieved 17 December 2023 .
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