{"product_id":"advent-street-hardcover","title":"Advent Street - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarol Ann Duffy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eYelena Bryksenkova\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA beautiful festive gift from the award-winning poet, Carol Ann Duffy, with captivating illustrations from Yelena Bryksenkov.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarol Ann Duffy\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Manchester, where she is Professor and Creative Director of the Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her poetry has received many awards, including the Signal Prize for Children's Verse, the Whitbread, Forward and T. S. Eliot Prizes, and the Lannan and E.M. Forster Prize in America. She was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom for a decade from 2009 to 2019. Her many collections include\u003ci\u003e Mean Time, Love Poems \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Bees\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Costa Poetry Award. Her writing for children includes \u003ci\u003eQueen Munch \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eQueen Nibble, The Skipping-Rope Snake \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Tear Thief\u003c\/i\u003e. She w as made a DBE in the 2015 New Year Honours list. In 2021, she was awarded the international lifetime achievement award the Golden Wreath for her poetry. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eYelena Bryksenkova \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, grew up in Cleveland, and studied Illustration at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore (BFA, 2010) and the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, Czech Republic. She lives in Montr饌l, Canada, where she works as a freelance illustrator and fine artist.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 48\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 3.8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765024588064,"sku":"9781529083903","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9aadc78fd839a42bd27672bfca8be8f6.webp?v=1780260824","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/advent-street-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}