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Michael Rosen lost for words as The Repair Shop preserves special diary chronicling his battle with Covid

The much-loved children's author choked up as he was presented with the special book that was written in daily by nurses during his 40-day coma

Wales Online

Author Michael Rosen recounts 50% chance of waking up from induced coma

The 77-year-old said he was put into an induced coma for around 40 days when he contracted Covid in 2020.

The Independent UK

Michael Rosen ‘honoured’ by prize in memory of fellow injustice fighter Pinter

Past winners of the award have included Margaret Atwood, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Sir Salman Rushdie.

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Author Michael Rosen wins 2023 PEN Pinter prize for ‘fearless’ body of work

Writer of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt is a ‘passionate linguist, gifted humanist, national treasure and ambassador of gibberish’

The Guardian - UK

Author Michael Rosen chokes up in Repair Shop NHS special after near-death coma

BBC One viewers are in for an emotional ride as The Repair Shop marks the 75th anniversary of the NHS by restoring everything from a Thomas The Tank Engine catering trolley to a vintage doctor's bag

Daily Mirror

Jeremy Corbyn and Len McCluskey to publish ‘accessible’ poetry collection

Contributions by Russell Brand and Maxine Peake feature in Poetry for the Many, which aims to help readers shake off the idea that verse is only for ‘posh people’

The Guardian - UK

Anyone who’s lost a loved one knows the pressure to visit shrines to the past. But it doesn’t always help

Four years after my husband’s death, the question of where to locate my grief still isn’t easy to answer, says the writer Kat Lister

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Michael Rosen echoes Gary Lineker comment during speech outside Downing Street

The former children’s laureate cited Lineker during a speech to hundreds of anti-racism protesters in Whitehall.

The Independent UK

Many UK primary schoolchildren ‘drastically’ missing out on poetry

Research in January by Macmillan and CLPE found limited books and lack of teacher support means majority study or hear poetry less than once a week

The Guardian - UK

Unexpected Twist review – Oliver gets a phone in beatboxing version of Dickens’s classic

Michael Rosen’s update of Oliver Twist gets the musical treatment in this high-energy show about a schoolgirl ensnared by a street gang

The Guardian - UK

Michael Rosen: 'Thank you nurses Monique and Wincey, now I'm here to support you'

Celebrated author and former children's laureate Michael Rosen tells the Mirror why he's standing shoulder to shoulder with striking nurses on the picket line

Daily Mirror

Five Great Reads: female fantasies, coping with grief and a nuanced take on a plagiarism scandal

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

The Guardian - AU

Monday briefing: How Nadhim Zahawi was fired from government

In today’s newsletter: Why did it take Rishi Sunak so long, and what exactly was the Tory party chair guilty of?

The Guardian - UK

‘I knew my son had gone’: Michael Rosen on the moment that changed his life – extract

In this extract from his new book, Getting Better, the author and poet describes the death of his beloved teenage son, Eddie

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Getting Better by Michael Rosen review – a survivor’s manual

The children’s author uses his experience of Covid as a hook to examine loss, mourning, and what comes next

The Independent UK

Poet Michael Rosen marches with nurses out of ‘gratitude’ after his Covid coma

The 76-year-old said he was in hospital for three months after being put in an induced coma after falling seriously ill with Covid in March 2020.

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: From New York to Hong Kong, how renting became unaffordable everywhere

In today’s newsletter: It’s not just the UK struggling with soaring rent and living standards – these four cities tell the story of a worldwide market in crisis

The Guardian - UK

We have no great expectations of Liz Truss

Letters: Sheila Cross agrees with Michael Rosen that social conditions now appear Dickensian, while Peter Riddle warns of real turbulence and Dr Neil Denby wonders why the wealthy always need carrots

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The Independent UK

Author Michael Rosen urges better pay for nurses after speaking at Covid service

The former children’s laureate read an extract from his book Many Different Kinds Of Love at the remembrance event at Westminster Abbey.

The Independent UK

Author Michael Rosen to speak at Westminster Abbey coronavirus service

The children’s laureate said he was ‘looking forward’ to honouring those who died.

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss, we see the Dickensian world you dream of – and we refuse to go there

The prime minister has a plan, but people know it will leave them poorer, colder and hungrier, says writer and broadcaster Michael Rosen

The Guardian - UK

Michael Rosen and his son Joe look back: ‘I am gooning about, but this photo is tinged with sadness’

The poet and children’s author and his film-maker son on homework, holidays and health scares

The Independent UK

British children’s authors pay tribute to ‘fantastic’ Raymond Briggs

The influential writer and illustrator has died at the age of 88.

The Guardian - UK

Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

An angry kitten; a guide to rewilding; Mabinogion magic; wartime adventures; Olympian gods; first love and more; plus the best YA novels

The Guardian - UK

Covid killed so many of us – now the UK government fears our tears and rage

With deaths from the virus passing 200,000, Britain is a country struggling to process the trauma of so much fear and loss, says writer Michael Rosen

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