Poet Laureate, playwright and Visiting Poetry Artist at the University of Lincoln, Carol Ann Duffy will return to the University of Lincoln on the evening of Thursday 27 April to read a selection of her works.
Thursday 27 April 2017 | 5:30pm registration for a 6:00pm start | Jackson Lecture Theatre (please note the change of venue)
Carol Ann Duffy is Professor of Contemporary Poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University, and was appointed Britain’s poet laureate in May 2009. She is the first woman, the first Scot, and the first openly LGBT person to hold the position. Her collections include Standing Female Nude (1985), winner of a Scottish Arts Council Award; Selling Manhattan (1987), which won a Somerset Maugham Award; Mean Time (1993), which won the Whitbread Poetry Award; and Rapture (2005), winner of the T. S. Eliot Prize. Her poems address issues such as oppression, gender, and violence, in an accessible language that has made them popular with our own students, schools and with the wider public alike making her a popular visitor to the University of Lincoln throughout the academic year.
This poetry reading is free and open to all members of the public, however booking is required via the form below.
http://lincoln.ac.uk/home/campuslife/whatson/eventsconferences/carolannduffy-apr17.html
If you have any queries regarding this event please contact the Events Team on events@lincoln.ac.uk or by calling 01522 837100.
Please note that this event is now fully booked. If you would like to be added to our waiting list please let us know. If you have booked a place and can no longer attend, please let us know so we can release your seat.