Do Not Go Gentle by Neil Astley
This volume of poetry provides a collection of funeral poems, appropriate for reading at a funeral or memorial service.Neil Astley is the editor of Bloodaxe Books which he founded in 1978. His books include many anthologies, most notably those in the Staying Alive series: Staying Alive (2002), Being Alive (2004), Being Human (2011) and Staying Human (2020), along with four collaborations with Pamela Robertson-Pearce, Soul Food (2007) and Soul Feast (2024), and the DVD-books In Person: 30 Poets and In Person: World Poets. He received an Eric Gregory Award for his poetry, and has published two poetry collections, Darwin Survivor and Biting My Tongue, as well as two novels, The End of My Tether (shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award), and The Sheep Who Changed the World. He was given a D.Litt from Newcastle University for his work with Bloodaxe Books in 1995; is a patron and past trustee of Ledbury Poetry Festival; and was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2018. He lives in the Tarset valley in Northumberland.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781852246358 |
| ISBN 10 | 1852246359 |
| Title | Do Not Go Gentle |
| Author | Neil Astley |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloodaxe Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2003-09-25 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
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