Dad the Donkey's on Fire

McMillan Ian

A mixture of stories, poems and autobiography: the donkey survives the fire, and the poet survives in a northern world where the sun does not shine equally or often on all and where Postman Pat pens a suicide note, maddened by his theme tune, but keeps on driving all the same. Ian McMillan is a regular radio and television presenter and contributor to "NMW" and other magazines.

About the Author

Ian McMillan was born in Barnsley in 1957. He published his first Carcanet book of poems, "The Changing Problem", in 1980. "Now It Can Be Told appeared" in 1983, "Dad, the Donkey's On Fire" in 1994. "Selected Poems" (Poetry Book Society Recommendation) has gone through several printings. He first made his name through his work with the Poetry Circus in the early 1980s. Since then he has become famous for his work in schools, radio and television (the Mark Radcliffe Show, The Verb, Poetry Please and Newsnight Review), as Poet in Residence for Barnsley F. C., and in poetry venues across the nation.

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