{"product_id":"talking-turkeys","title":"Talking Turkeys","description":"\u003cp\u003eA reissue of TALKING TURKEYS by street poet Benjamin Zephaniah. \u003ci\u003eTalking Turkeys \u003c\/i\u003eis an unconventional collection of straight-talking poems about heroes, revolutions, racism, love and animal rights, among other subjects, that will entice many new readers to poetry. It is his very first ground-breaking children''s poetry collection - playful, clever and provocative - this is performance poetry on the page at its very best.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBenjamin Zephaniah was born in Birmingham and then spent some of his early years in Jamaica. He came to London when he was 22 and his first book of poetry for adults was published soon after. He appears regularly on radio and TV including a Desert Island Discs appearance, literary festivals, and has also taken part in plays and films. He is most well-known for his performance poetry with a political edge for both children and adults and gritty teenage fiction. His collections \u003ci\u003eTalking Turkeys,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWicked World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFunky Chickens\u003c\/i\u003e broke new ground in children''s poetry. He is the only Rastafarian poet to be short-listed for the Chairs of Poetry for both Oxford and Cambridge University and has been listed in \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e'' list of 50 greatest postwar writers. Benjamin now lives in Lincolnshire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57308952887678,"sku":"NW9780141362960","price":7.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141362960.jpg?v=1778246265","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/talking-turkeys","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}