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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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Black Friday

Black Friday, a day dedicated to shopping! You should read Mrs Scrooge by Carol Ann Duffy. Published by Picador.

5 days ago

Black Friday

Black Friday, a day dedicated to shopping! You should read Mrs Scrooge by Carol Ann Duffy. Published by Macmillan Digital Audio.

5 days ago

World Children's Day

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

14 days ago

World Children's Day

You'll love New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy. Published by Faber & Faber.

14 days ago

World Children's Day

Could there be a better time to read 101 Poems for Children Chosen by Carol Ann Duffy: A Laureate's Choice by Carol Ann Duffy. Published by Macmillan Children's Books.

14 days ago

National Princess Day (US)

Could there be a better time to read Queen Munch and Queen Nibble by Carol Ann Duffy. Published by Two Hoots.

16 days ago

National Tell A Story Day

Books can be so much fun, why not share this one Underwater Farmyard (PB) by Carol Ann Duffy from Macmillan Children's Books

1 month ago

National Tell A Story Day

Books can be so much fun, why not share this one Underwater Farmyard by Carol Ann Duffy from Macmillan Children's Books

1 month ago

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