Arvon tutor and mentor for the Poetry Society, anthology editor and poetry judge, Carole also co-runs a series of monthly poetry readings at York Explore. Carole has won a number of prizes including the Bridport and the Hamish Canham Award. She has three collections with Smith/Doorstop, including a children’s collection, Blast Off!, a pamphlet, Sodium 136, with Calder Valley and a collection with Valley Press, The Peregrine Falcons of York Minster (2020). Carole has a particular interest in poetry for children and also in the connections between poetry and medicine.