Caroline bird

Hi, what are you looking for? Poet, playwright, and educator Caroline Bird was born and raised in Leeds, England. The daughter of Jude Kelly, an acclaimed theater director and producer, she wrote her first poem at eight years old.

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The Arvon Foundation residential poetry course that came with the award was a life-changing event for Bird, bringing her into community with other young people who shared her passion for writing. Bird released her first collection of poems, Looking Through Letterboxes Carcanet, , when she was just Red Ellen , her play about politician and activist Ellen Wilkinson, runs in theaters across Northern England during spring Bird currently lives in London, where she teaches at the Arvon Foundation and serves as a writer-in-residence for non-profit First Story.

Text: Five poems by Bird on her website. Video: Bird gives a poetry lesson for children at the British Library.

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