Children’s Poetry As An Incredible Tool For Inclusion & Broadening Our Thinking with Kate Wakeling #42
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Today I’m talking with the award-winning writer and musicologist Kate Wakeling about children’s poetry as a tool for inclusion and realising our unlimited potential. Kate is writer-in-residence with Aurora Orchestra - and that’s how my kids and I got to know her wonderful work - and writes regularly for BBC Music Magazine and the Times Literary Supplement.
Her debut collection of children’s poetry, Moon Juice by The Emma Press) is illustrated by Elina Braslina, won the 2017 CLiPPA and was nominated for the 2018 CILIP Carnegie Medal. Kate’s second collection for children, Cloud Soup (The Emma Press) was shortlisted for the 2022 CliPPA and selected as a Book of the Month by the Guardian and the Scotsman. Kate’s work for adults has been commended in the Forward Prizes for Poetry and published widely, including in the Guardian, Magma, Oxford Poetry, Stand Magazine, The Rialto, 3:AM magazine and The Best British Poetry 2014 (Salt). A pamphlet of Kate’s poetry for adults, The Rainbow Faults, is published by The Rialto.
We’re talking about…
Kate’s amazing story, from music to poetry.
The creative process behind Far, Far Away Projects by Aurora Orchestra.
The power of poetry in childhood and in supporting children with special education needs.
The relationship between creating poetry and facilitating workshops.
The unlimited potential everyone of us can access through a blank piece of paper.
Such a beautiful and inspiring conversation. Enjoy!
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