Paul Cookson Author

Paul Cookson was brought up near Preston and now lives in Retford, Notts. He has worked as a poet for over three decades, performing in schools and libraries, and at literature festivals and events across the world. As well as being Poet-in-Residence for The National Football Museum and Everton in the Community, Paul is Writer-in-Residence for Sing Together, which involves 250 Lancastrian choirs, and is also Poet Laureate for Slade. His anthology, The Works, has sold over a quarter of a million copies and has become a teacher's 'poetry Bible'.