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Jeremy Corbyn will be at Housmans Bookshop on Sunday 22nd December 2024 between 2 and 4pm, signing copies of the new paperback edition Poetry for the Many: An Anthology. To book your place and get your copy signed in person, you must order your copies in advance from this page.
You will then be able to collect copies from the shop on Sunday 22nd December.
If you would like a signed copy of the book but you are unable to attend on the day, we CANNOT get a copy signed for you to post afterwards, due to the proximity of Christmas, and the state of the post at that time.
If you are unable to order online for any reason, please email shop@housmans.com or call us on 020 7837 4473 to reserve your copy.
If you do not see a confirmation email after placing your order, please check your junk mail.
Please order your book in advance to attend! There will be no copies available to purchase on the day.
Please be aware that you may have to queue for a lengthy period of time. Jeremy has to leave at 4pm sharp so please arrive in good time.
Maximum of four copies per person.
About the book
by Corbyn, Jeremy | Literature & literary studies Published 14/11/2023 by OR Books in the United States Paperback | 240 pages
Jeremy Corbyn and Len McCluskey collaborated to help achieve the biggest electoral success for socialism in recent British history. The two men share a passionate belief in a fairer, more equal Britain, encapsulated in Labour’s election slogan “For the many, not the few.” That slogan, inspired by Shelley’s famous poem The Masque of Anarchy, points to something else the two have in common: a lifelong enthusiasm for poetry. In this sparkling anthology they discuss the poems that have moved and enlightened them.
Their choices travel over centuries and continents, with poets ranging from Shakespeare and Juana de la Cruz, through William Blake and Emily Dickinson, to Bertolt Brecht, Stevie Smith and Linton Kwesi Johnson. Rounding out the collection are appreciations of poems selected by guest contributors: Melissa Benn, Rob Delaney, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Ken Loach, Morag Livingstone, Francesca Martinez, Karie Murphy, Maxine Peake, Michael Rosen, Alexei Sayle, and Gary Younge.
With the burgeoning popularity of poetry, especially among Gen Z, this joyful celebration of the power of verse is bound to delight and inspire across a wide audience.
All royalties from sales of this book will be donated to the Peace and Justice Project.
