You Took the Last Bus Home

If you like a) laughing or b) words which rhyme with each other, you will love Brian Bilston’ – Richard Osman, author of We Solve Murders‘Brian Bilston should be poet laureate’ – John O’Farrell, author of Family Politics‘Part John Cooper Clarke, part Frank Sidebottom … Brilliant’ – Esquire‘Bilston is a magician with words’ – The Guardian‘Brian Bilston is a laureate for our fractured times’ – Ian McMillan‘Someone who knows their way round both a joke and a bittersweet narrative’ – The Times‘Brian Bilston is bringing poetry to the masses’ – Irish Times

Brian Bilston is a poet and novelist. Beloved both on the page and online, he has been described as ‘Twitter’s unofficial Poet Laureate’. He has published several collections of poetry, including You Took the Last Bus Home, Alexa, what is there to know about love?, Let Sleeping Cats Lie: Pet Poems, Days Like These: An Alternative Guide to the Year in 366 Poems and a festive collection, And So This is Christmas: 51 Seasonally Adjusted Poems. His debut novel, Diary of a Somebody, was shortlisted for the Costa first novel award. He has also published a collection of football poetry, 50 Ways to Score a Goal, and his acclaimed poem Refugees has been made into an illustrated book for children.