Articles about 'Morag Styles'

This evening will see the launch of a new book - Teaching Caribbean Poetry - written for English teachers. The book is the latest outcome of an ambitious collaboration between the University of the West Indies and the University of Cambridge. 

A determination to put poetry centre stage in schools and universities is the motivation behind the Caribbean Poetry Project. A conference in Cambridge brings the participants together to present to an audience of scholars and teachers.

Morag Styles may be the only Professor of Children’s Poetry out there. Having recently taken up her new role, here she explains why poetry for the young matters – and why it is time to stop treating it as the poor relation of the adult form.