National Poetry Day 2024 is on Thursday 3rd October. To help everyone get ready, the organisers have curated three brilliant lists of new and exciting poetry books for their National Poetry Day Recommendations – one each for Children (0-8), Young Readers (8-14) and adult Book Groups.
I’m delighted that my book You Are Not Alone has been selected for the Young Readers category, which seeks to showcase “poetry as an art form, a source of self-expression, and a means of experiencing the world.”
The book, written with teens and young adults in mind, is described as offering “Thought-provoking, heart-breaking and reassuring poems on mental health and wellbeing – from diagnosed conditions to the everyday personal challenges faced by young people.”
You can find more details, including extracts, a trailer, video poems, reviews and teaching resources at www.troikabooks.com/you-are-not-alone
Discover more about all of the National Poetry Day Recommendations at https://forwardartsfoundation.org/national-poetry-day/reading-recommendations
Shauna Darling Robertson 