Carol Ann Duffy has been named as the new Poet Laureate, the first woman to be appointed in the 341-year history of the post.
She's the first woman, the first mother, the first lesbian to be appointed to the post. She was widely regarded as the runner up to the post when Andrew Motion was appointed ten years ago. She's won every prize going for poetry & is largely considered one of the best living poets.
When we were discussing which books to choose for the Greenbelt Book Club I remember mumbling something about Carol Ann Duffy looking likely to be named as poet laureate (this was back in early January) but not feeling too convinced about it. I wish I'd had the foresight to put a bet on the result.
We're reading her latest collection of poetry Rapture as part of the Greenbelt Book Club.
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