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"Poetry transports us and forces us to imagine what it might be like to be someone or somewhere completely different"
Allie Esiri
in The Pool, 6 September, 2017
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"Time’s the king of men;
he’s both their parent, and he is their grave,
and gives them what he will, not what they crave"
-Shakespeare
"a fresh and exciting new way to engage with some of the finest, wisest lines in literary history"
Waterstones,
top 10 gifts for bookworms
"Perfect for reading aloud and sharing with all the family, this superb anthology contains a wealth of wisdom, words and wonder."
Lancashire Evening Post
"[Shakespeare] is not of an age, but for all time"
Ben Johnson
1623
"[Shakespeare For Every Day of the Year] is not just for Christmas, but for all time"
Helena Bonham Carter
2019
"Wonderful... insightful"
TortoiseMedia.com
Shakespeare For Every Day of the Year is Allie's latest collection, published in 2019 by Macmillan in ebook, audiobook and hardcover formats.
Each page contains an introductory paragraph and an extract, which might be a famous poem, speech or scene, matched to the date.
Book of the year
The Times, 2017
An ideal gift
The Observer
I'd recommend it to everyone
Jonathan Ross,
BBC Arts
This is a really fine family anthology: just leave it around in the house and see how often everyone, not just the children, turns to it. Allison Pearson Recommended books 2019
The Guardian, top 10 Poetry Anthologies
not only is it a thing of beauty, it also offers an accessible, informative, bitesize approach to poetry
The Daily Mail
30 November 2017
This eclectic collection of 366 poems bring us one to share on every day of the year; how about making a daily poem part of your family bedtime routine?. ... a comprehensive anthology for home libraries.
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A Poem for Every Day of the Year was published by Macmillan on 7 September 2017. It is available in hardback and audiobook.
A Poem for Every Day of the Year launched at the National Theatre in 2017 - joining Esiri on stage were actors Adjoa Andoh, Simon Russell Beale, Joanna Lumley, Stephen Mangan, Helen McCrory and Samuel West.
A Poem for Every Day of the Year was in The Observer, the Times and the New Statesmen books of the year. The Guardian recently chose it as one of their top ten poetry books.
The audiobook for A Poem for Every Day of the Year is read by Helena Bonham Carter and Simon Russell Beale
Allison Pearson Recommended books 2019
Winner of the 2017 IBW Award for Best Children's Book
top-selling new poetry title of 2016
A Poem For Every Night of the Year was published by Macmillan in 2016.
Allie launched this book at the National Theatre by hosting a show on 25 November 2016, featuring poems read by Samuel West, Hattie Morahan, Giles Terera and Kate Duchene. Allie has since done many similar events at The Hay Festival, Cheltenham Literature Festival, Oxford Literary Festival, National Theatre, Bridge theatre and Bath Festivals with such diverse talents as Tony Robinson, Sophie Turner, Ronni Ancona, Alexander Armstrong, Beatie Edney, Damian Lewis, Helen McCrory, Gina Bellman, Hugh Ross, Nathaniel Parker, Alison Steadman, Helena Bonham Carter and Harry Enfield.
A Poem for Every Day and A Poem For Every Night of the Year
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One of the best poetry books of 2012
The Times
A beautiful book . . . It addresses a gamut of universal subjects that we all grapple with at one point or another in our lives
Red Online
There is little that is as deeply satisfying than the apt poem. It's like chocolate for the soul. Except less fattening. It resolves the nervous system, captures the elusive experience of being alive so we may always have it and never lose it. Give your child an appetite for poems and they will never be bored
Helena Bonham Carter on iF Poems
The iF anthology of poems - both beautiful and useful. What more could anyone want?
The Times
The thing I really like about it is that I really like everything about it. An absolutely brilliant collection. I'm continually telling people to have some poetry in their lives. iF has made it a little easier for them
Benjamin Zephaniah
Beautifully illustrated . . . it's properly cool
Tatler
A book full of old friends and some new surprises
Quentin Blake
We love the app and now we love the book just as much. A poetry primer for kids that adults can enjoy too, organized thematically with poetry by Coleridge and Keats, Lewis Carroll, Roald Dahl, and many, many more. With artful illustrations by the super cool Natasha Law.
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In this magical collection of over 150 of our best-loved poems, selected and introduced with informative paragraphs by the creators of the bestselling iF Poems app, discover the joy, solace and beauty of poetry with your family. Whether you're after a poem that is charming, funny, sad, silly, magical, sleepy, long or short, there's something in here for everyone. From Lear's The Owl and the Pussycat to Tennyson's The Charge of the Light Brigade to Eliot's Macavity the Mystery Cat, these are poems to pass down the generations. A favourite poem will stay with you for life, and this beautifully illustrated collection for children aged 0 to 90 is sure to delight and entertain for years to come.
If you need cheering up...
If you need guidance...
If you want to laugh...
If you need courage...
Sometimes only a poem will do.
The Love Book:
Classic and Contemporary Poems, Letters and Prose on the Wonderful (But Troublesome) Theme of Love
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As seen in the Good Book Guide
This is not just another collection, this is an Esiri collection – a reverently considered and gracefully realised book that allows the greatest loves of all time to live on in its pages
Georgia Mizen The Upcoming
If you're looking for a Valentine's Day gift, you can't do better than this
Mail on Sunday
An inspired selection of classic and contemporary poetry and prose on amatory themes, in a beautifully designed cloth-bound volume
Juanita Coulson Lady
A sumptuous collection of poetry and prose
Herald
An indispensable collection for anyone who’s ever had a heart.
The book to go with
the app, published by Random House, 2014.
THE LOVE BOOK presents a new anthology of writings about love. There’s true love, unrequited love, erotic love, platonic love, thwarted love, comic love, mourned love and just about every other type of love, explored here in poetry, prose, letters and lyrics from the greatest writers in the English language.
In one fabulously comprehensive volume, Allie brings together texts ancient and modern, from William Shakespeare to Sharon Olds, Catullus to Carol Ann Duffy, the bible to Bob Dylan.
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There is little that is as deeply satisfying than the apt poem. It's like chocolate for the soul. Except less fattening. It resolves the nervous system, captures the elusive experience of being alive so we may always have it and never lose it.
- Helena Bonham Carter on iF Poems
iF Poems App
The thing I really like about it is that I really like everything about it. An absolutely brilliant collection. I'm continually telling people to have some poetry in their lives, iF has made it a little easier for them.
Benjamin Zephaniah
30 Classic poems from the iF Poem App, The Times (pdf)
Allie conceived of "iF Poems" as an educational poetry app for children of any age. It was chosen to be in The Sunday Times Best 500 Apps of the year list and in The Spectator's top ten ibooks of the year. Poems were read aloud on the app by Helena Bonham Carter, Bill Nighy, Harry Enfield, and Tom Hiddleston. The apps and the book were illustrated by Natasha Law.
Sadly, this app is no longer available.
The Love Book App
Best Education App
Best App for valentines Day
Best new App
top ten Bestselling App in UK and USA
Apple
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So unbelievably obsessed with the love book app! such a lovely thing, thank you for putting it out into the world
Emma Watson
The Love Book is full of medicine for the soul. Buy it, read and your heart will be glad
Helena Bonham Carter
What Allie has done is remarkable and beautiful
Letters Live
A design - by Kate Moross no less - so pretty it'll rouse romanticism in even the most stoic of readers
Getthegloss.com
'Fear no more' from Cymbeline, William Shakespeare. Read by Helena Bonham Carter
'Love's Philosophy' by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Read by Helena Bonham Carter
The Love Book App is recommended by Apple and available on the iOS platform. It has 300 poems, quotes, letters and short stories on the theme of love, read by Helena Bonham Carter, Emma Watson, Damian Lewis, Tom Hiddleston, Helen McCrory and Gina Bellman. The app is illustrated by Kate Moross.
Recommended by Apple as Best Education App, Best App for Valentines and Editors' Choice and it was also recommended by publications including The Times and US Vogue.
Tom Hiddleston and Allie talking about The Love Book App
a jamboree of love poetry read by Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, Tom Hiddleston and Damian Lewis
Audio
Audio
Allie works with the very best actors to produce her audiobooks. Find out more about the cast for each audiobook here, and perhaps steal a moment to listen to a couple of clips
Why do I enjoy reading poetry ?
It makes me feel better . It makes me feel alive . Particularly when read aloud. It tends to make sense where there is chaos,so it's a comfort and also it's short .
It makes me feel better . It makes me feel alive . Particularly when read aloud. It tends to make sense where there is chaos,so it's a comfort and also it's short .
-Helena Bonham Carter
Shakespeare For Every day of the Year Audiobook
Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year audiobook offers a daily Shakespeare, which might be a famous poem, speech or scene, performed by a stellar cast that includes Sir Simon Russell Beale, Helen McCrory and Damian Lewis. Each extract is introduced with some words about the work, time or life of William Shakespeare. Cast also includes Hattie Morahan, Paapa Essiedu and Jade Anouka.
Meet the Cast of the Shakespeare For Every day of the Year Audiobook
Here's a clip of Tom Hiddleston reading Sonnet 98 to get you in the mood, from the Love Book App...
A Poem For Every day of the Year Audiobook
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A Poem for Every Day of the Year is a magnificent collection of 366 poems, one to share on every day of the year. The collection is passionately narrated by Helena Bonham Carter and Simon Russell Beale, with introductions read by Allie Esiri. Reflecting the changing seasons and linking to events on key dates - funny for April Fool's Day, festive for Christmas - these poems are thoughtful, inspiring, humbling, informative, motivating and empowering.
I have a different favourite poem every minute...There are poems for different stages, different moods, different weathers of one’s life . . . It is a joy to read aloud for the audiobook, and I hope that listening brings a little magic into your day and into your heart.’
Helena Bonham Carter