About Pop Up Rising Stars
Pop Up and Otter-Barry Books collaborated to present Rising Stars: a poetry anthology launching the work of five young debut poets and three graduate illustrators – all under 26. Each poet presents eight new poems for 10-14 year olds, and created online and video resources to inspire young readers to write poetry themselves.
In 2018, Rising Stars received a special commendation at the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education’s poetry prize CLiPPA.
In 2019, the anthology was featured in EmpathyLab’s Read for Empathy Guide of 15 books to build empathy.
ARTISTS: poems by Victoria Adukwei Bulley, Ruth Awolola, Abigail Cook, Jay Hulme, Amina Jama & illustrations by Elanor Chuah, Joe Manners & Riya Chowdhury
