Published Works
Caroline Bird has published three collections of poetry. Her first collection, Looking Through Letterboxes (published in 2002 when she was 15), is a collection of poems built on the traditions of fairy tale, fantasy and romance. Her second collection, Trouble Came to the Turnip, was published in September 2006 to critical acclaim. Her third collection, 'Watering Can,' received a 'Poetry Book Society Recommendation.'
Bird's poems have been published in several anthologies and are published regularly in PN Review, Poetry Review and The North magazine. Her poems and a commissioned short story, Sucking Eggs, have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4. A member of the Royal Court Young Writers Programme, Bird is also a playwright. She was part of the Bush Theatre's 2011 project Sixty Six where she wrote a piece based upon a chapter of the King James Bible In February 2012, Bird presented her Beano-inspired show The Trial of Dennis the Menace, featuring original music by Matt Rogers, which was performed in the Purcell Room at Southbank Centre. Her latest play, The Trojan Women (after Euripides,) is currently running at The Gate Theatre.
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