With over 500,000 followers on social media and a host of
sell-out shows across the country, Brian Bilston is one of the UK’s most
popular poets.
He has published several bestselling collections of poetry,
including You Took the Last Bus Home, Alexa, what is there to know about
love? and Days Like These.
His novel Diary of a Somebody was
shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award, and he has also written
collections of poetry for younger readers. In 2025 he released an album of his
poetry set to music, Sounds Made by Humans, in collaboration with The
Catenary Wires.
This autumn sees Brian return to the stage with his latest
book, How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside. Get ready for an evening of
comedy and laughter, as he takes us through the hows, whys and whats of
reading, writing and enjoying poetry every day.
