Tuesday, May 27, 2008

News at Eleven: Chloe Garner, director of the Ledbury Poetry Festival,

has made an impassioned call for the appointment of a female poet laureate to redress the imbalance in the 22 male laureates chosen over three centuries.

Yesterday, Ms Garner wrote a letter to the Queen, Gordon Brown, the Tory leader David Cameron, and the Culture Secretary Andy Burnham, in which she calls for the appointment of a female poet laureate when the position falls vacant next year.

from The Independent: Queen is asked to appoint first female Poet Laureate after 22 men in 340 years

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