Life

Carole has degrees from University of Reading

University of Reading

The University of Reading is a university in the English town of Reading, Berkshire. The University was established in 1892 as University College, Reading and received its Royal Charter in 1926. It is based on several campuses in, and around, the town of Reading.The University has a long tradition...

, and University of York

University of York

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, as well as an M Phil. in Writing from the University of Glamorgan

University of Glamorgan

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Carole Bromley has been writing for about ten years. She recently gave up her teaching job to spend more time writing and now tutors in creative writing for York University Centre for Lifelong Learning as well as running occasional workshops in schools.

Her poems have been widely published in magazines including The New Welsh Review, The Rialto, The North, Mslexia, Magma, and Stand.

In 2005 her pamphlet collection Unscheduled Halt was a first stage winner in the Poetry Business Book and Pamphlet Competition, and was also invited to read at the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival. She read as a part of poets featured in A Twist of Malice.

Bromley is married with four children and lives in York.

Awards

Carole has won or been placed in the following competitions: The Bridport Prize

Bridport prize

The Bridport Prize International Creative Writing Competition was founded in 1973 and has steadily grown in stature and prestige. Today many thousands of entries are received from over 80 countries. In many cases a win in the Bridport Prize has led to further successes and helped to launch new...

, Housman Society, Yorkshire, Ware, New Forest, Whiteadder Press, Staple, Mslexia, BT, Barnet, Guardian Text Poem, Connections, Writersinc, Yorkshire Evening Press, Lancaster Litfest, Ilkley.

Work

• "le penseur", Smiths Knoll, No 17 - 1998
• Away
• The Lovers; Thomas; Charlotte Bronte Gets a Laptop; A Man Thing
• "Dad's Bike", Close readings, The Guardian, 6 February 2007

Books

• Mslexia, Autumn 2001
• Unscheduled Halt, Smith/Doorstop 2005, ISBN 978-1-902382-72-2
• Skylight, Smith/Doorstop 2009, ISBN 1-902382-72-2

Anthologies

• Wading Through Deep Water (ed. Tony Curtis), 2001
• Images of Women (ed. Myra Schneider and Dilys Wood), Arrowhead Press in association with Second Light, 2006
• A Twist of Malice, Grey Hen Press, ISBN 978-0-9552952-2-5

Reviews

Carole Bromley's word-paintings glow likewater-colours; her gentle, often wistful, family anecdotes always have a twist and a new insight. These neat, witty pieces justify the growing list of prizes beside her name.