{"title":"Wendy Cope","description":"Wendy Cope was born in Erith, Kent in 1945. She received a Cholmondeley Award in 1987 and was awarded the Michael Braude Award for Light Verse (American Academy of Arts and Letters) in 1995. Her poetry collections include \u003cem\u003eMaking Cocoa for Kingsley Amis\u003c\/em\u003e (1986), \u003cem\u003eSerious Concerns\u003c\/em\u003e (1992) and \u003cem\u003eIf I Don't Know\u003c\/em\u003e (2001), which was shortlisted for the Whitbread Poetry Award. She has edited a number of poetry anthologies including \u003cem\u003eThe Orchard Book of Funny Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (1993), \u003cem\u003eIs That The New Moon?\u003c\/em\u003e (1989), \u003cem\u003eThe Funny Side: 101 Humorous Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (1998) and \u003cem\u003eThe Faber Book of Bedtime Stories\u003c\/em\u003e (1999) and \u003cem\u003eHeaven on Earth: 101 Happy Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (2001). Wendy Cope is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and lives in Winchester, England. In 1998 she was the listeners' choice in a BBC Radio 4 poll to succeed Ted Hughes as Poet Laureate.","products":[{"product_id":"the-iron-book-of-new-humorous-verse","title":"The Iron Book of New Humorous Verse","description":"Iron Press is publishing the first anthology exclusively dedicated to contemporary humorous verse, taking into account new fashions in performance poetry. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore than 100 poems are included and among the contributors are Ian McMillan, Kate Fox, Jacob Polley, Linda France, Andy Croft, David Bateman, John Whitworth, and Paul Groves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll the selections, picked from more than 1500 poems from throughout the world, were originally published post-1990. Subjects include a paeon to a wonderbra, a knitted orgasm, stuffing your husband and the annual shindig for Greenland’s literary elite.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEileen Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (editor) lives in Tynedale. After a career as a social worker in west Newcastle, and as an NHS commissioning manager in Northumberland, she now writes poetry and plays. Her poetry has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, in magazines such as \u003ci\u003eThe North\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOther Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e and in anthologies. She is well-known for her readings on NE1 community radio and at performance poetry venues like ‘Northern Lines’, ‘Ten by Ten’ and ‘Free as a Bard’. 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