The long-awaited new book from the poet, talking head and star of Grumpy Old Men

Listener overflows with love poems, inner-city soap operas, reflections on history, mystery and felicity and much more. Every page sings with Sissay's unique voice - visionary, good-humoured and bursting with life.

"His name is magic, his poems are songs on the street." - * Independent *

"Hugely enjoyable, inventive, funny and touching." - * Guardian *

"The product of an imagination that is rare, passionate, committed, occasionally distraught and tender." - * Straight No Chaser *

"Sissay writes of love, hate, politics and everyday trivia with an accessible, compelling and unusual honesty." - * Big Issue *

"[Listener] presents on page its very own visual and musical sparkle..." - * Incorporating Writing *

"A work of vision and playfulness whose poems address everything from war and colonialism to love e-mails . . . Piercingly beautiful." - * Big Issue *