The Book of Hope is a joint fundraising collaboration of 100 Coronavirus and Lockdown inspired poems and funny lyrics by Poets, Poetry lovers, writers, singer/songwriters and Illustrators, young and old from across the UK, and some as far away as Australia and Cameroon for 'NHS Charities Together', as a thank you for helping to keep us all safe during the current outbreak of COVID-19
1-Gary J Gill - Creator-Lover of Poetry-Stroke Survivor (Abingdon)
2-Natasha Fontenelle from (Essex)
3-Sammie Rhodes -Friend (Abingdon)
4-Sandra Ann May -Friend - Poetry writer (Abingdon)
5-Jack Ayres Aged 10 Creative writer (Bideford)
6-Wendy Wilson - Poet (Cumbria)
7-Josette Marie - Poet (Cameroon, Africa)
8-Emma Jayne Fournere - Poet/Music Producer/Record label owner(Southend-on-Sea)
9-Peter D Hehir -Writer & Poet (Birmingham)
11-Joyce West - Poet (Market Harborough)
13-Joe Gaffney - Lover of poetry (Manchester)
15-Roz Ottery- Poet (Luddenden)
16-Jon Samuel -Poet (Cardiff, Wales)
17-Sarah Drury -Poet & mother (Scunthorpe)
18-John Walker -Lover of quirky poetry (Bonny Hills, Australia)
19-Evalynne Martin AGE 11 Granddaughter (Abingdon)
20-Roz Ottery -Poet (Luddenden)
22-Helene Jermolajew Poet & Author (Charnwood, Australia)
23-Michaela Burns -Poet (Drumchapel, Scotland)
24-Diana Prow -Lover of poetry (Bo'ness, Scotland)
25-Kathy Tytler Running Poet (Reading)
26-Heather Byrne -Writer (East Grinstead)
27-Thomas Lennon -Poet (Portlaw, Ireland)
28-Thomas Lennon -Poet (Portlaw, Ireland)
29-Greg Jackson -Poet (Chorley)
30-Shirley Bunyan -Poet (Hemel Hempstead)
31-Joe Canning -Singer/Songwriter, Poet (Strabane, Ireland)
33-Paul Reeve -Poet (Stratford-upon-Avon)
35-Ian Lovell -Singer/Songwriter Poet (Leicester)
36-Kathy Tytler Running Poet (Reading)-
37-Peter D Hehir -Writer & Poet (Birmingham)
39-John Summers Poet (Swansea Wales)
40-Jill Firmin (Bournemouth)
42-Cher Sherwood Aspiring Poet (Newport Wales)
43-Karon Davis -Poet in the making (Bath)
44-Louise Hill -Writer/Lover of Poetry (Cardiff Wales)
46-Andy J Regan (Manchester)
47-Gary Gill (Abingdon)
48-Nell Whitelaw -Brain injury survivor (Glasgow Scotland)
49-Mike reeves -Poet (York)
50-Tina Coulter (Lordswood Kent)
51-Suneet Chavda (Nuneaton)
52-Paula Jane Norton -Artist/Early Years Practitioner (Abingdon)
53-Rebecca Leckey (Banstead)
54-Paul Reeve -Poet (Stratford-upon-Avon)
55-Hattie Sampson -AGE 8 Writer (Newbury)
58-Dave Rendle -Poet (Cardigan Wales)
60-Jacob Martin AGE 8 Grandson (Abingdon)
61-Rosalind Robinson Lover of Poetry (Darlington)
62-Harriet Hodson (Bromsgrove)
65-Francis McDonnell Poet/Mathematician (Luton Bedfordshire)
66-Helen Gatenby -Lover of Poetry (Dorsington)
67-Louise Hughes (Milton Keynes)
68-Helen Jordan and Ava Parry Lovers of poetry (Newport)
69-Emma Jayne Fournere -Poet/Music Producer/Record label owner (Southend-on-Sea)
70-Richard Easton (Unsworth)
71-Mike Thompson & Patricia Evans (Stratford upon Avon)
72-Liz Upton (Shoreham by Sea)
73-Dave Jinx Joynson (Wallasey Liverpool)
74-Steven Bewick (Sunderland)
75-Helen Jordan Lover of Poetry (Newport Wales)
76-Claire Trythall Poetry cub (Cardiff Wales)
77- Amanda Jane Derry (Chester)
78-Danielle Haggon Lover of Poetry (Armadale Scotland)
79-Rose Waterhouse AGE 8 Aspiring Poet (Birmingham)
80-Nick Toczek Writer & Performer (Greengates Bradford)
81-Tamsin Swain (Welwyn Garden City)
82-Cher Sherwood Aspiring Poet (Newport Wales)
84-April Price Lover of Poetry (Swansea Wales)
85-Amy Gooding Lover of Poetry (Barnstaple)
86-Alison Turner Aspiring Poet (Barnsley)
87-Mashael Kamran Lover of Poetry/Researcher (Oxford)
89-Michelle Lester (Nuneaton)
90-Peter Clarke Entertainer/Songwriter/Artist (Shanklin Isle of White)
92-John Summers Poet (Swansea Wales)
93-Harry Pleavin (Moreton Wirral)
94-Christine Smith (Romford)
95-Christine Smith (Romford)
96-Roger Greenhalgh (Penrhyndeudraeth Wales)
97-Karen Garner (Southampton)
98-Kerry McGarr (Ickenham)
99-Anne Farmer Aspiring Poet (Woodford Green)
100-Peter D Hehir -Writer & Poet (Birmingham)