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| MacMillan Children’s Books 1 October 2026 |
On National Poetry Day 2026, with its theme of ‘Wonder’ I’m delighted to feature this 10th Anniversary Edition of A Poem for Every Night of the Year. 2026 marks the 10th anniversary of the publication of A Poem For Every Night of the Year - Allie Esiri’s bestselling poetry anthology that has dominated the poetry charts for over a decade selling over 175,000 copies in 10 years and reigniting a passion for poetry in the UK.
Allie has now written ten poetry anthologies which collectively have sold over half a million copies, are regularly chosen for National Poetry Day and have been picked as best books of the year in the Observer, New Statesman and The Times. Credited with bringing poetry into the digital age, Allie's poetry app The Love Book features readings by Helena Bonham Carter, Tom Hiddleston, Damian Lewis, Helen McCrory, Gina Bellman and Emma Watson.
A Poem For Every Night of the Year is a magnificent collection of 366 poems compiled by Allie Esiri, one to share for every night of the year with a special new cover for the 10th year anniversary.
The poems – together with introductory paragraphs – have a link to the date on which they appear. Shakespeare celebrates midsummer night, Maya Angelou for International Women’s Day and Lewis Carroll on April Fool’s day.
Perfect for reading aloud and sharing with all the family, it contains a full spectrum of poetry from familiar favourites to exciting contemporary voices. The special 10th anniversary edition A Poem for Every Night of the Year features the poetry of Rumi, Maya Angelou, Benjamin Zephaniah, George The Poet, Mandy Coe, John Updike, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, John Cooper Clark, Paul McCartney, Roger McGough, Carol Ann Duffy, Ezra Pound, Philip Larkin, Robert Frost, AA Milne, William Wordsworth, Christina Rossetti, Lewis Carroll, W. H. Auden, Keats, Yates, Byron, Shelley, Roald Dahl, Rudyard Kipling, William Shakespeare, Emily Brontë, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Emily Dickenson, Tennyson, Amelia Earhart, Walt Witman, Margaret Atwood, Matsuo Basho, Walter de la Mare, DH Lawrence, Dylan Thomas, Simon Armitage, JK Rowling, Laurie Lee, Thomas Hardy and many more.
This soul-enhancing book is the perfect gift that will last the whole year, with a little bit of magic to read every evening.
For January there is To a Snowdrop by William Wordsworth and Caged Bird by Maya Angelou
For Valentines Day there is How Do I Love Thee? By Elizabeth Barrett Browning
For Pancake Day there is Mix a Pancake by Christina Rossetti
For Spring there is ‘Hope’ is the Thing with Feathers by Emily Dickinson and The Lady of Shalott by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
For Easter there is A Donkey by Ted Hughes and The Knight’s Tomb by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
For April Fools Day there is the Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll
For June there are children’s classics The Way Through the Woods by Rudyard Kipling and The Night Mail by W. H. Auden
For Summer Solstice there is A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
For Autumn there is Fall, Leaves, Fall by Emily Brontë
For Remembrance Day there is The Soldier by Rupert Brooke
For Christmas there is A Visit from St Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore, Christmas by John Betjemin, and Talking Turkeys by Benjamin Zephaniah.
Allie Esiri’s best-selling poetry anthologies include Shakespeare For Every Day Of The Year, A Poem For Every Day Of The Year and 365 Poems For Life. They have lit an explosion of interest in poetry in the UK, are regularly chosen for National Poetry Day and have been picked as best books of the year by The Observer, The Times and New Statesman. Yearly sell out performances at the National Theatre and major book festivals with some of our best-loved actors reading poetry – from Helena Bonham Carter to Dominic West – are capturing and enthralling a new generation 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 TV in shows such as Sharpe, Men Behaving Badly and Poirot, before moving on to create the first poetry apps, daily poetry anthologies (for all ages) and live shows.
