drawing competition during the interval, or by asking his audience to try writing poetry themselves. The University of Luton awarded him an honorary LL.D. in 2000, and he has also led creative writing courses at the university. Hegley launched "Warning: May Contain Nuts", a project using comedy to increase awareness of mental illness. He performed these shows in 2010 with other performers, including comic Mackenzie Taylor, talking about mental illness. Books Visions of the Bone Idol (Poems about Dogs and Glasses) illustrated by Linda Leatherbarrow (Little Bird Press 1984) ASIN: B0016ZKLU2 The Brother-in-Law and Other Animals (Down the Publishing Company 1986) Poems for Pleasure (Hamlyn 1989) Glad to Wear Glasses (glad to have ears) illustrated by Linda Leatherbarrow (Andre Deutsch 1990) Can I Come Down Now, Dad? (Methuen 1991) Five Sugars, Please (Methuen 1993) These Were Your Father's (Methuen 1994) Love Cuts (Methuen 1995) The Family Pack (Methuen 1997: incorporating The Brother-in-Law and Other Animals, Can I Come Down Now, Dad? and These Were Your Father's) Beyond our Kennel (Methuen 1998) Dog (Methuen 2000) My Dog is a Carrot (Walker Books 2002) The Sound of Paint Drying (Methuen 2003) Sit-Down Comedy (contributor to anthology, ed Malcolm Hardee & John Fleming) Ebury Press/Random House, 2003. ; Uncut Confetti (Methuen 2006) The Ropes: Poems To Hold On To (editor with Sophie Hannah) (Diamond Twig 2008) The Adventures of Monsieur Robinet (Donut Press 2009) Stanley's Stick (Hodder's Children's Books 2012) Peace, Love & Potatoes (Serpent's Tail 2012) New & Selected Potatoes (Bloodaxe Books Ltd 2013) I am a Poetato: An A-Z of poems about people, pets and other creatures (Frances Lincoln Children's Books 2013) A Scarcity of Biscuit: Pieces drawn largely from the letters, life and laughter of John Keats (Caldew Press, 2021) Discography Spare Pear/Mobile Home (1984) Double A-sided single of Peel session recordings, with the Popticians "I Saw My Dinner On TV" (1988) Single with the Popticians Saint and Blurry (1993) Poems and music Hearing with Hegley (1996) BBC audio-cassette taken from the radio series of the same name Family Favourites (2006) Poems and music References External links John Hegley's Word Wild Web Site Profile at the British Council website Hegley at the Guardian. 1953 births Living people English male poets People from Islington (district) People from Luton Writers from Bristol English male singer-songwriters English people of French descent Alumni of the University of Bradford People associated with the University of