A Poem for Every Day of Christmas

About Allie Esiri

Allie Esiri who read Modern and Medieval Languages at Cambridge University is an accomplished curator and host of live poetry events at The National Theatre The Bridge Theatre and at Hay Oxford Bath and Cheltenham literary festivals. Her anthology A Poem for Every Day of the Year was in the best books of the year list in The Times and the Observer and the audiobook is read by Helena Bonham Carter and Simon Russell Beale.Zanna Goldhawk creates her illustrations from her seaside cottage in Cornwall. She takes huge inspiration from nature and animals and has a mild obsession with colour and pattern (and coffee). Zanna studied illustration at the University of Gloucestershire where she started her illustrated gifts and stationery business Papio Press with her husband. Now she splits her time between designing beautiful products and illustrating gorgeous books.