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Published 1st October 2026
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John Cooper Clarke may have an honorary doctorate and a poem on the English Literature GCSE syllabus, but don’t let that fool you: the ‘Poet Laureate of Punk’ is still a bona fide iconoclast. In ‘Have It’, a collection of scathing new poems, the Bard of Salford puts his pen to work across a host of painfully funny critiques of modern life.
Praise for John Cooper Clarke: ‘Nothing short of dazzling’ – Alex Turner, musician and frontman of the Arctic Monkeys
‘A rhymer to be reckoned with … with a panache contemporary poets should aspire to and respect’ – The Sunday Times
‘He’s the real deal, really funny and really caustic, the velvet voice of discontent’ – Kate Moss
‘John Cooper Clarke is one of Britain’s outstanding poets. His anarchic punk poetry has thrilled people for decades … long may his slender frame and spiky top produce words and deeds that keep us on our toes and alive to the wonders of the world’ – Sir Paul McCartney
