Author: Carol Ann Duffy

Swooningly glorious The TimesIndisputably her best volume Sunday TimesThe Bees is Carol Ann Duffys first collection of poems as Poet Laureate. In i...

'A sweet winter light blushedas Pablo Picasso walked his dogunder the cypress treesand the bell of the old chapel guessed at the hour.It was Christ...

On a frosty winter evening, the Baron watches the snow fall. He is bored and worried. It will soon be Christmas and everything is too quiet. What c...

Carol Ann Duffy's outstanding first collection, Standing Female Nude, introduced readers to all they would come to love about her poetry. From love...

One of those rare books that is immediately enjoyable yet will repay many re-readings' Poetry ReviewCarol Ann Duffy's highly praised second collect...

Once upon a time, there was a rich merchant who had three daughters. The girls were just as clever as they were bella and none more so than the you...

Rats' Tales brings together a hugely entertaining, dark and magical cycle of folk tales from around the world. The volume contains two texts for ea...

Carol Ann Duffy was appointed Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom in May 2009. In the first five years of her laureateship, she has written brillia...

Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and her friends across the country offer poems in praise of the magic of reading. In Off the Shelf: A Celebration of ...

Everyman is successful, popular and riding high when Death comes calling. Forced to abandon the life he has built, he embarks on a last, frantic se...

The First World War holds a unique place in the nation's history; the poetry it produced, a unique place in the nation's hearts. To mark the centen...

Carol Ann Duffy, appointed Poet Laureate in 2009, has chosen her favourite poems for children for this stunning collection of classic and modern ve...