18th February, 2013

‘Newspaper Taxis: Poetry After The Beatles’ anthology out now

New release: Exciting new anthology Newspaper Taxis: Poetry After The Beatles
Their beginnings were inauspicious. When Alan Williams booked their first trip to Hamburg in August 1960, they were regarded by peers as the worst group in Liverpool. When they returned from their third visit in December 1962, they were the best. Six months later they were the best in the world.
 

Literally hundreds of millions of people around the world have listened to, and loved, the Beatles’ music. Their impact on musicians, writers, film-makers and ordinary people has been simply, enormous. With contributions by myriad of poets, young and old, including, Simon Armitage, Carol Ann Duffy, Elaine Feinstein, Peter Finch, Adrian Henri, Philip Larkin, Lachlan Mackinnon, Roger McGough, Sheenagh Pugh, Jeremy Reed and Carol Rumens, this book is a response to the Beatles’ creativity and capacity to influence successive generations.
All royalties from the sale of this book are being donated to Claire House Children’s Hospice, serving those children and young people of Merseyside with complex medical needs since 1998. www.claire-house.org.uk