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Carol Ann Duffy, Poet Laureate

Alistair Mooney Alistair Mooney | 10:00 UK time, Tuesday, 5 May 2009

Read a and listen to her .

Find out more about the , along with Andrew Motion's experiences about his time in the role on Radio 4's Book Club and on HARDtalk from the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ News channel.

Carol Ann Duffy

Watch clips of Carol Ann reading Woman seated in the Underground, 1941 and Education for Leisure as well as answering questions from pupils about both. These are just some of the wide selection of poetry clips on Learning Zone Scotland.

Carol Ann's poems also feature on GCSE Bitesize English Literature with analysis and poetry slideshows of Before You Were Mine, Stealing and We Remember Your Childhood Well.

The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ is about to launch a Poetry Season - you can read more about some of the highlights coming up in the press release from January.

And in the year of 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, some of Scotland's biggest names are recording his work. 178 performances are now available online - more will follow over the next two years. You can subscribe to the Robert Burns podcast for two downloadable readings each week.

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