Carolyn Waudby’s poem evoking the killing of the last recorded great auk in Britain took flight once again at a talk for the Hunter Archaeological Society in Sheffield. The talk was delivered by author and ornithologist emeritus Professor Tim Birkhead, who is an expert on the extinct great auk. Prof. Birkhead made contact with Carolyn…
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Cradle of Fire Film Goes Immersive
Audiences seeing the Cradle of Fire film in 360 degrees for the first time described it as “fabulous” and “exciting”. Carolyn Waudby and Diana Scarborough were commissioned to show an immersive version of their film in a new Igloo projection space at Sheffield Hallam University for the 2025 No Bounds Festival . Filmmaker Diana Scarborough…
Garefowl Gig
In a chance last-minute connection, Carolyn was invited to read her poetry with folk collective Garefowl to a full capacity audience at The Drama Studio, Sheffield.Garefowl were playing in the city as part of the Talking Gigs world music events programme. Violinist Ewan MacDonald is the direct descendant of one of four men who, in…
River Don poems at faethm
Poetry exploring the dark side of the river Don in Sheffield written and read by Carolyn Waudby formed part of the four-day faethm event at Kelham Island Museum. Carolyn returned to the museum, where the Cradle of Fire film was launched, to give a reading of poems she wrote after searching for the source of…
Cradle of Fire on BBC Radio
Carolyn chatted to Paulette Edwards at BBC Radio Sheffield (pictured) about where the idea for the Cradle of Fire film came from.
Website unveiled for Cradle of Fire film
The Cradle of Fire team are thrilled to launch the website for their forthcoming film on Roman god #Vulcan. Work is hard underway on the writing, recording and research for the story of the god of fire, furnaces and #volcanoes, who was adopted as an icon for Sheffield’s #steel industry. Vulcan made his forge in…
earthrise
A poem inspired by French surrealist Paul Eluard and the iconic images of earth from space published in Orbis literary journal.
Daughter
The Rockvale Review Issue 4 May 2019 is out – and Carolyn Waudby’s poem Daughter from the Frida Kahlo collection is featured, paired with a photograph by Nashville artist Ashley Trabue. Founding editor Sandy Coomer discusses how she chose the 33 poems in the issue from 1500 – and how musical compositions were commissioned to…
Tribute to poet Noel Williams
Poet Noel Williams died suddenly in August 2021. Noel was widely known as a former Professor of Communication, poet, folklorist and mentor. Read Carolyn Waudby’s tribute to her friend in Now Then magazine. https://nowthenmagazine.com/articles/remembering-noel-williams
‘The Colours of Pain’
July 2020 “Impressionistic … often edged with the surreal” is how book editor of Orbis Noel Williams described Carolyn Waudby’s collection Apus. Williams reviewed the chapbook of 20 poems inspired by the life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo in the latest edition of the international literary journal. He writes: “As background, her [Kahlo’s] paintings…
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