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Brian Patten

(1946 - )

About Brian Patten

Brian Patten is one of the most accessible and popular poets working today. He made his name in the 60s in the Liverpool trio with Adrian Henri & Roger McGough and has been writing and performing poetry ever since.

Series

Impossible Parents
1. Impossible Parents (2006)
2. The Most Impossible Parents (2010)

Novels

Mr Moon's Last Case (1975)
The Story Giant (2001)

Collections

The Mersey Sound (poems) (1967) (with Adrian Henri and Roger McGough)
Love Poems (poems) (1991)
Five Finger-piglets (poems) (1999) (with Carol Ann Duffy, Jackie Kay, Roger McCough and Gareth Owen)
The Walker Book of Funny Stories (2000) (with Ann Jungman)
Gargling with Jelly (poems) (2003)
Collected Love Poems (poems) (2007)
Selected Poems (poems) (2007)
The Book of Liverpool: A City in Short Fiction (2008) (with Ramsey Campbell, Roger McGough and Margaret Murphy)
Grinning Jack (poems) (2009)
Juggling with Gerbils (poems) (2009)
The Monsters' Guide to Choosing a Pet (poems) (2009) (with Roger McGough)
Thawing Frozen Frogs (poems) (2012)

Picture Books

Ben's Magic Telescope (2003)
The Big Snuggle-Up (2011)

Anthologies edited

Modern Children's Verse (1999)
Utterly Brilliant Poetry (1999)

Non fiction

Blue And Green Ark (2000)

Links to other websites

brianpatten.co.uk

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