Caroline Bird was born in 1986 and grew up in Leeds before moving to London in 2001.
Caroline had been shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize twice in 2008 and 2010 and was the youngest writer on the list both times. She was a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize 2014. She has also won an Eric Gregory Award (2002) and the Foyle Young Poet of the Year award two years running (1999, 2000) and was a winner of the Poetry London Competition in 2007, the Peterloo Poetry Competition in 2004, 2003 and 2002. Caroline was on the shortlist for Shell Woman of The Future Awards 2011.
Books in order of publication:
Looking Through Letterboxes, Carcanet Press (2002)
Trouble Came to the Turnip, Carcanet Press (2006)
Watering Can, Carcanet Press (2009)
The Trojan Women, Oberon Books (2012)
The Hat-Stand Union, Carcanet Press (2013)
Chamber Piece, Oberon Books (2013)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Oberon Books (2015)
In These Days of Prohibition, Carcanet Press (2017)
The Air Year, Carcanet Press (2020)
Red Ellen, Nick Hern Books (2022)
Rookie, Selected Poems, Carcanet Press (2022)
Ambush at Still Lake, Carcanet Press (2024)
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