The Ambulance Box by Andrew Philip

The Ambulance Box by Andrew Philip

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Shortlisted for The Seamus Heaney Centre Prize and The Aldeburgh First Collection Prize At the heart of Andrew Philip’s wide-ranging first collection is a beautiful and deeply moving exploration of loss and discovery.

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The Ambulance Box by Andrew Philip

Shortlisted for The Seamus Heaney Centre Prize and The Aldeburgh First Collection Prize At the heart of Andrew Philip's wide-ranging first collection is a beautiful and deeply moving exploration of loss and discovery.

Already the book is attracting attention from leading Scottish poets, with one describing Andrew as part of a significant group of younger poets who have digested the grandeur and diversity of the preceding generations of Scottish poets

* Linlithgow Gazette *

Already the book is attracting attention from leading Scottish poets, with one describing Andrew as part of a significant group of younger poets who have digested the grandeur and diversity of the preceding generations of Scottish poets.

* Linlithgow Gazette *
Andrew Philip was born in Aberdeen in 1975 and grew up near Falkirk. His first collection of poetry, The Ambulance Box, was shortlisted for the Aldeburgh First Collection Prize, the Seamus Heaney Centre Prize for Poetry and in the Scottish Book Awards. His work has been published in the UK and US and included in anthologies such as The Forward Book of Poetry 2010, The Best British Poetry 2011 and Adventures in Form. He is a popular online tutor for the Poetry School and blogs at www.andrewphilip.net
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ISBN 13 9781844717620
ISBN 10 1844717623
Title The Ambulance Box
Author Andrew Philip
Series Salt Modern Poets
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Salt Publishing
Year published 2010-01-10
Number of pages 80
Prizes Winner of Amnesty International Reading poetry competition 2005 (UK), Winner of Scottish Book Trust poetry postcard competition 2002 (UK), Winner of Edinburgh University Sloan Prize 1996 (UK), Commended for Jack Clemo Poetry Prize 1999 (UK), Short-listed for Seamus Heaney Centre Prize 2010 (Ireland)
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