 Judges Fiona Waters and Ian McMillan The 2008 CLPE Poetry Award was given to Jackie Kay for Red, Cherry Red Following the announcement, Jackie joined Michael Rosen in conversation and read from her collection. Rosen spoke admiringly of 'The Angler Fish', a poem that he said affected him deeply. He invited Jackie to talk about the watery themes in the book and her interest in writing about grandmother figures. Some of the poems in the collection were originally written to commission and Jackie talked about the delights and challenges of research and writing to order. But it would appear that writing poetry to deadlines is not always possible, Red, Cherry Red was, she said, delivered five years late to her publisher. Late but well worth waiting for! Congratulations to Jackie on her achievement. Read Darren Coult's review Read this book or want to leave a message for Jackie? Post a comment
PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS OF THE CLPE POETRY AWARD The CLPE Poetry Award honours excellence in poetry written for children. It is presented annually for a book of poetry published in the proceeding year. Previous winners include Roger McGough, John Agard and Grace Nichols. The judges of the award this year were Ian McMillan, Fiona Waters and last year’s winner Julie Johnstone, chaired by Margaret Meek Spencer. The CLPE Poetry Award is supported by Mr and Mrs J.A.Pye’s Charitable Settlement.
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