Simon Armitage’s Dwell – a gorgeously illustrated collection of poems – together with a beautiful notebook. Exclusive to Faber. RRP value:…

Summary Simon Armitage’s Dwell – a gorgeously illustrated collection of poems – together with a beautiful notebook. Exclusive to Faber. RRP value: £16. About Dwell This gorgeously collection of poems, illustrated by Beth Munro, illuminates and reimagines the ingenious, fragile dwellings of the living creatures around us. Poet Laureate Simon Armitage was inspired to write these poems by the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall, an ambitious restoration project where history and mystery coexist. The reawakened landscape with its woods, meadows and ‘jungle’ offers a bustling, fertile realm for all sorts of creatures to inhabit. Armitage uses elements of riddle and folklore to animate a series of dwellings: the ‘twig-and-leaf crow’s-nest squat’ of a squirrel’s drey, a beaver lodge’s ‘spillikin stave church’ and a hive’s ‘reactor core’. Distinctions between human and animal, natural and cultivated, are blurred, emphasising commonality and creating a vibrant account of ‘non-stop stop-motion life’. About the Notebook The Dwell notebook is A5 size with a thick paper cover and staple binding. The notebook cover has a textured surface that resembles watercolour/artist sketchbook paper, and the lined pages inside are unbleached paper stock made from de-inked post consumer waste, certified by FSC®. Product specs – A5 (210 x 148mm) – Perlino Cotton 250gsm textured paper cover (65% virgin fibres, 20% recycled material and 15% cotton fibres) – staple bound – Lined pages, 115gsm (100% recycled paper) – Printed in the UK – Comes wrapped in a biodegradable wrapper