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Wendy Cope’s The Orange and other poems (hardback) together with an enamel pin badge, using artwork from the book’s design. Exclusive to Faber. RRP value: £14.99.
The Orange and other poems is a glorious selection of Wendy Cope’s most beloved poems.
In poems that can turn from laugh-out-loud funny to deeply moving, Wendy Cope offers reflections on love and life. From the joy of falling – and being – in love to ways to help you deal with a painful break-up or the memories of people loved and lost, this is a book you will want to savour and share with all your friends.
The Orange: Pin Badge: Inspired by the titular poem, the artwork for this new collection takes one of the most famous lines of Wendy Cope’s poetry – ‘I love you. I’m glad I exist’ – and imagines it as a sticker on the eponymous orange of the poem.
To celebrate the publication of The Orange and other poems by Wendy Cope we have created this accompanying enamel pin badge, using artwork from Faber Art Director Pete Adlington’s bold cover design. This badge is available exclusively from Faber.
Wendy Cope was born in Erith, Kent. After university she worked for fifteen years as a primary-school teacher in London. Her first collection of poems, Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis, was published in 1986 and her most recent, Anecdotal Evidence, in 2018. In 1987 she received a Cholmondeley Award for poetry and in 1995 the American Academy of Arts and…
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