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Carol Ann Duffy

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About Carol Ann Duffy

Carol Ann Duffy lives in Manchester, where she is Professor and Creative Director of the Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University. She has written for both children and adults, and her poetry has received many awards, including the Signal Prize for Children's Verse, the Whitbread, Forward and T. S. Eliot Prizes, and the Lannan and E. M. Forster Prize in America. She was appointed Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom in 2009. In 2011 The Bees won the Costa Poetry Award, and in 2012 she won the PEN Pinter Prize. She was made a DBE in the 2015 New Year Honours list.

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Christmas Countdown

The countdown begins, get into the spirit with Mrs Scrooge by Carol Ann Duffy. Published by Picador.

21 days ago

Christmas Countdown

The countdown begins, get into the spirit with Another Night Before Christmas by Carol Ann Duffy. Published by Macmillan Digital Audio.

21 days ago

Christmas Countdown

Another Night Before Christmas by Carol Ann Duffy from Picador is a great way to start the Christmas Countdown!

21 days ago

Christmas Countdown

Mrs Scrooge by Carol Ann Duffy from Macmillan Digital Audio is a great way to start the Christmas Countdown!

21 days ago

World Children's Day

A remarkable book that your children will love. 101 Poems for Children Chosen by Carol Ann Duffy: A Laureate's Choice by Carol Ann Duffy.

1 month ago

World Children's Day

A remarkable book that your children will love. New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy.

1 month ago

World Children's Day

You should read The Hat by Carol Ann Duffy. Published by Faber & Faber.

1 month ago

World Children's Day

The Good Child's Guide to Rock 'n' Roll by Carol Ann Duffy from Faber & Faber is brilliant!

1 month ago

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