Caroline, who was short-listed for the 2008 International Dylan Thomas Prize, is once again in contention for the £30,000 prize with her third poetry collection, ‘Watering Can.’ http://www.thedylanthomasprize.com/news/news5.asp
Caroline has just come back from teaching a week-long Arvon course for the winners of the Foyles Young Poets of the Year Award. Her co-tutor was Lemn Sissay, a brilliant, inspiring man and poet. This course was particularly poignant, since Caroline herself won the competition was she was 13 years old, so to come full-circle and tutor the winners course is extremely heart-affirming. Also, the winners this year were something special. Really. Check out their winning poems on the Poetry Society Website.
You can now listen to Caroline reading some of her poems online at www.poetcasting.co.uk
These are just a few of the poems written by the young people Caroline worked with in Rural Rajasthan. Read more…