Carol Ann Duffy

Carol Ann Duffy

Carol Ann Duffy, Britain’s first female Poet Laureate and Scottish poet and playwright, will read from her new book The Bees.

Be captivated by Carol Ann Duffy’s subtle yet provocative poetry that will draw you into its beautiful and complex narrative.

Hear everyday life, truth and fantasy inter-mingle in a most unique and compelling way.

Carol Ann Duffy’s poetry collections include Standing Female Nude, Selling Manhattan, Mean Time and Rapture, New & Collected Poems for Children, and The World’s Wife.

Gillian Clarke

Gillian Clarke, National Poet for Wales, playwright and broadcaster, will read from her latest collection of poetry, A Recipe for Water, in which she explores water as memory and meaning.

Experience the musicality of Gillian Clarke’s poetry, and sense the spirit of her country and its ancestry through the natural world images she paints.

She writes with power and tenderness – with a very individual voice.

Gillian Clarke’s poetry collections include Snow on the Mountain, The Sundial, Letter from a Far Country, Selected Poems, Letting in the Rumour, The King of Britain’s Daughter, Collected Poems, Five Fields, Nine Green Gardens, Making the Beds for the Dead.

LINK: www.gillianclarke.co.uk