I wrote a book of poems for children called The Hypnotiser some years ago and then it went out of print. I couldnt get anyone to reprint it, so I asked my son Joe to film me performing the book. - Michael Rosen\r
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Who is Michael Rosen?\r
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My first book for children was called Mind Your Own Business and it came out in 1974. Quentin Blake did wonderful line drawings for it.\r
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Ever since then, Ive been doing these things:\r
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Writing books\r
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Writing articles for newspapers and magazines\r
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Going to schools, libraries and theatres and performing the poems in my books\r
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Helping children write poems and stories\r
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Making radio programmes, mostly about words, language or books\r
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Appearing on TV, either reading books, or talking about books\r
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Teaching at universities about childrens literature\r
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Running workshops for teachers about poetry\r
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In any week, I might be doing all of these things! To tell the truth, I dont really know what Im doing tomorrow, unless I look in my diary to see.\r
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