Allie Esiri

Acclaimed actors and performers fill the stage with poetry, to celebrate 10 years of Allie Esiri’s best-selling anthology A POEM FOR EVERY NIGHT OF THE YEAR, which along with her other popular poetry collections, have lit an explosion of interest in poetry in the UK. A ten year anniversary edition of A POEM FOR EVERY NIGHT OF THE YEAR is being released to mark this occasion, a book which has sold 150,000 hardbacks, won the IBW (Independent Bookshop Week) book award and is one of the bestselling poetry books of the decade. 

Allie Esiri has hosted annual performances at the National Theatre, and major festivals, with poems read by some of our greatest actors – from Helena Bonham Carter to Dominic West – these live shows are capturing and enthralling generations of poetry lovers.  Esiri read Modern and Medieval Languages at the University of Cambridge then worked as an actress for ten years in the English Shakespeare Company and on film in shows such as Sharpe, Men Behaving Badly and Poirot, before moving on to curate the first poetry apps, poetry anthologies for all ages and live shows.

This enriching anthology by Allie Esiri, 365 Poems for Life, provides gentle respite from the everyday, drawing upon some of English literature’s warmest words. For those seeking wise words or simply wishing to nourish their mental wellbeing, flick through this anthology to share a poem with a friend or enjoy a moment of peace and quiet for yourself throughout the calendar year.