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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.

Recent updates about Carol Ann Duffy

Happiness Happens Month

Get happy with Queen Munch and Queen Nibble by Carol Ann Duffy and Lydia Monks. Published by Two Hoots.

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International Day of Friendship

So why not read Queen Munch and Queen Nibble by Carol Ann Duffy from Macmillan Children's Books

3 days ago

Moon Day

Discover this glorious book all about the moon - Moon Zoo by Carol Ann Duffy from Macmillan Children's Books

13 days ago

International Rock Day

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

20 days ago

International Fairy Day

Faery Tales by Carol Ann Duffy from Faber & Faber a real fantasy read.

1 month ago

LGBT Pride Month

Queen Munch and Queen Nibble by Carol Ann Duffy from Two Hoots - the perfect book to start a love of all things rainbow!

1 month ago

International Dance Day

The Good Child's Guide to Rock 'n' Roll by Carol Ann Duffy from Faber & Faber is a great dancing book!

3 months ago

International Children's Book Day

Underwater Farmyard (PB)... A book that will get anyone reading! By Carol Ann Duffy from Macmillan Children's Books.

4 months ago

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