Carol Ann Duffy

Carol Ann Duffy has been a bold, original voice in poetry since the publication of Standing Female Nude in 1985, she has subsequently won every major poetry prize in the UK, served as British Poet Laureate and published books that have collectively sold more than one million copies.

She is Professor of Contemporary Poetry and Creative Director of The Manchester Writing School at MMU, and is a long-time resident of the city, so it’s fitting that she's celebrating the launch of her first Collected Poems at the Manchester Literature Festival.

Drawing together in a single volume the best of eight collections spanning 30 years, alongside a handful of new poems, it’s a major event in the publishing world.

Come for this special evening, where Carol Ann will join author and journalist Rachel Cooke for a conversation about her writing and her passion for words, interspersed with readings of some favourite poems.