The poet and novelist on the delightful excess of The Wolf of Wall Street, the art of Egon Schiele and the complexities of Falstaff
Michael Rosen is a writer, a former children’s laureate and a household name, perhaps best known for the by-now-legendary We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. It is possible to go on a Michael Rosen Hunt at the Discover Children’s Story Centre, Stratford, where an interactive exhibition devoted to him, Bear Hunt, Chocolate Cake and Bad Things, opened last week and continues until 10 April. And unstinting as he is, he also has two new poetry books just out: Don’t Mention the Children, poems for grownups (Smokestack Books £8.95) and A Great Big Cuddle – Poems for the Very Young (Walker Books £14.99).
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