**Click the 'Extracts' tab above to read our exclusive interview with
Kate Fox, plus sample poems from the book.**Fox Populi takes poetry on
a hilarious, Creature Comforts-style journey through the crackly
airwaves of contemporary culture. Radio-mic in hand, Kate Fox listens in
on comedians and psychiatrists, Great North runners and nutters, and the
staff of a call centre in modern-day Tynemouth. Herself a familiar voice
on BBC TV and radio, this first full-length collection confirms Kate
Fox's position as one of the UK's most popular poet-comedians.
"Funny, quirky and a wonderful writer."
Sarah Millican, stand-up comedian
"Self deprecating and wry throughout, this is poetry that is both
accessible, true and wise."
The Crack
"Sylvia Plath channelling Victoria Wood"
Matt Harvey
Kate Fox is a poet, performer and comedian. Born in Bradford in
1975, she is the Poet in Residence on BBC Radio 4's Saturday Live. She
has been the Poet in Residence for the BBC2 coverage of the Chelsea
Flower Show, and for the Great North Run in 2011 and 2012. Her poems
have been broadcast on the BBC2 Daily Politics show, BBC Online,
Amnesty International and Radio 3's The Verb with Ian McMillan. Her
one-woman Edinburgh Festival show, Kate Fox News, toured the UK in
2010-11 (4 stars, Sunday Telegraph). She has also appeared at several
other major festivals including Latitude, Aldeburgh and Cheltenham. Her
poems recently appeared in The Iron Book of Humorous Verse (Iron
Press, 2010). She lives in Thirsk, and writes a weekly column for The
Journal newspaper in Newcastle.
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