Carolyn Gail Waudby MA, FHEA
Senior Lecturer in Journalism
Summary
I joined Sheffield Hallam University after a career in newspaper journalism during which I had two columns in The Sheffield Star and won a Newspaper Society Award for coverage of a flood in northern Pakistan. As a freelance journalist I contributed to national and international magazines. I was key to setting up a magazine pathway on the BA (Honours) in Journalism and PR. I am also widely published as a poet. My research focuses on taking poetry off the page. I am the co-creator of Cradle of Fire funded by Arts Council England - a multi-media project that explores the legend of Roman god Vulcan and Sheffield steelmaking.
About
Communication with different audiences and the challenges that presents is at the heart of my practice. Whilst studying a BA (Hons) in French Studies I developed an interest in French Surrealist poetry. After graduating, I became a newspaper journalist, specialising in feature writing. A move to Sheffield enabled me to pursue an MA in Writing (Poetry) at Sheffield Hallam and I began my academic career. I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and was key to the creation of a magazine pathway on the journalism degree at SHU.
My poetry is published by leading journals and literary magazines. In 2017 I was selected by Eyewear as one of their Best New British and Irish Poets. Apus, a collection of poetry inspired by the life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, was published by The Red Ceilings Press in 2020.
I specialise in collaborations with artists. I have staged exhibitions and performances for Off The Shelf Festival and The Festival of the Mind.
I recently collaborated with the artist Diana Scarborough on Cradle of Fire, a multi-media project that explores the story of Roman god Vulcan and his association with Sheffield steelmaking. Working in partnership with Sheffield Museums and Land of Iron, Cleveland, we developed a new way of storytelling and presented museum collections in a non-traditional way. I wrote the script for a short film at the heart of the project using a poetic narrative and incorporating newly-written poems
The film was launched at Kelham Island Museum, Sheffield, in November 2024 and screened at events in Cleveland and Cambridge.
Specialist areas of interest
- travel writing
- poetry
- publishing
Teaching
Department of Media Arts and Communication
College of Social Sciences and Arts
Subject area:
Department of Media Arts and Communication
College of Social Sciences and Arts
BA (Hons) Journalism and PR
Courses taught:
BA (Hons) Journalism and PR
Modules taught:
Feature Writing, Life and Style Journalism, Magazine Creation, Magazine Publishing.
Applied Project/Dissertation
Research
Current research projects:
Cradle of Fire (2024) https://www.cradleoffire.com
Prologue/Epilogue (2021) https://carolynwaudby.com/film/
Apus (2020) https://www.theredceilingspress.co.uk/product-page/apus
Featured research projects:
https://blogs.shu.ac.uk/c3riimpact/film-premiere-cradle-of-fire-thursday-7-november-2024-at-kelham-island/
https://blogs.shu.ac.uk/c3riimpact/?s=Apus
Collaborators and sponsors:
Diana Scarborough, multi-media artist https://www.dianascarborough.co.uk
Sheffield Museums https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk
Land of Iron https://www.landofiron.org.uk
Arts Council England https://www.artscouncil.org.uk
Publications
Key Publications
Waudby, C. (2021). FilmPrologue/Epilogue. [Film]. N/A
Journal articles
Waudby, C. (2023). The Sailor [poem]. SOUTH 67, (67), 27. http://www.southpoetry.org/current-issue
Waudby, C. (2022). Earthrise and Elder [poems]. Orbis : quarterly international literary journal, 202, 14-15. http://www.orbisjournal.com/2022/12/orbis202/
Waudby, C. (2020). No Sympathy For The Devil. Fortean Times, (FT 388), 16-17. https://www.zinio.com/gb/article/fortean-times/388-i436080/no-sympathy-for-the-devil-a16
Waudby, C. (2017). Whitby: The Town of A Magic Dream. Fortean Times, (357), 38-43. http://www.forteantimes.com/
Waudby, C. (2015). Norway: glow with the flow. The Yorkshire Post. http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/yorkshire-living/leisure-fashion/travel/norway-glow-with-the-flow-1-7035687
Waudby, C. (2013). Moor tea. easyJet Traveller. http://www.traveller.easyjet.com/features/2013/11/moor-tea
Waudby, C. (2012). They Held Me Fearfully. The Reader Magazine, 45. http://www.thereader.org.uk/
Waudby, C. (2010). How an old Yorkshire tradition came back to haunt us. The Yorkshire Post. http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/features/how-an-old-yorkshire-tradition-came-back-to-haunt-us-1-3023355
Waudby, C. (2009). From pennies to penny farthings. Britain Magazine, 2009 (Februa), 40-44.
Waudby, C. (2008). The cream of Yorkshire. Britain Magazine, 2008 (August), 10-16.
Waudby, C. (2007). Underground Paris. Fortean Times. http://www.forteantimes.com/features/fortean_traveller/2/underground_paris.html
Waudby, C. (2007). At The Vineyard. Coffee House Poetry, 11, 41.
Waudby, C. (2006). The Cigar Taster. Magma, 35.
Waudby, C. (2006). Sand's End. The Haiku Quarterly magazine, 33, 3. http://dsweb.svc.ops.eu.uu.net/town/park/yaw74/HQ.htm
Waudby, C. (2005). Roadside Restaurant. DreamCatcher poetry magazine, 19, 66. http://poetrymagazines.org.uk/magazine/index.asp?id=6
Waudby, C. (2004). Superfortress. Staple, 61. http://www.poetrymagazines.org.uk/magazine/record.asp?id=14260
Waudby, C. (2003). Ancestor. Spiked : the magazine of ideas, literature and the arts, (23), 23.
Waudby, C. (2003). Antony Gormley's Apple. Neon Highway, 4.
Waudby, C. (2003). Wash. Neon Highway, 4.
Waudby, C. (2000). Refraction. Other Poetry, 16.
Book chapters
Waudby, C. (2017). Dali's Rose. In Kennard, L., & Swift, T. (Eds.) The Best New British & Irish Poets 2017. (pp. 130). London: Eyewear: http://www.eyewearpublishing.com/
Waudby, C. (2012). Wardsend. In Lehoczky, A., Piette, A., Sansom, A., & Sansom, P. (Eds.) The Sheffield anthology : poems from the city imagined. (pp. 227). Sheffield: Smith/Doorstop Books: http://www.poetrybusiness.co.uk/shop/814/the-sheffield-anthology
Waudby, C. (2012). Song of the Nepr. In Lehoczky, A., Piette, A., Sansom, A., & Sansom, P. (Eds.) The Sheffield anthology : poems from the city imagined. (pp. 227). Sheffield: Smith/Doorstop Books: http://www.poetrybusiness.co.uk/shop/814/the-sheffield-anthology
Waudby, C. (2012). River Don. In Lehoczky, A., Piette, A., Sansom, A., & Sansom, P. (Eds.) The Sheffield anthology : poems from the city imagined. (pp. 228). Sheffield: Smith/Doorstop Books: http://www.poetrybusiness.co.uk/shop/814/the-sheffield-anthology
Waudby, C. (2009). Dawn. In Fortune-Wood, R. (Ed.) Storm at Galesburg. (pp. 32). Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales: Cinnamon Press: http://www.cinnamonpress.com/
Waudby, C. (2009). Quitrin. In Fortune-Wood, R. (Ed.) Storm at Galesburg. (pp. 33). Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales: Cinnamon Press: http://www.cinnamonpress.com/
Books
Waudby, C. (2020). Apus. New Mills, Derbyshire: The Red Ceilings Press. http://www.theredceilingspress.co.uk/
Badcoe, R., Williams, N., & Waudby, C. (Eds.). (2016). Millstone Grit. Sheffield: Antiphon Press. http://antiphon.org/
Badcoe, R., Williams, N., & Waudby, C. (Eds.). (2016). Millstone Grit. Sheffield: Antiphon Press. http://antiphon.org/
Internet Publications
Scarborough, D., & Waudby, C. (2024). Cradle of Fire website. [internet]. http://www.cradleoffire.com/
Scarborough, D., & Waudby, C. (2024). Cradle of Fire website. [internet]. http://www.cradleoffire.com/
Artefacts
Waudby, C. (2019). Daughter. https://rockvalereview.com/issues/1578-2/daughter-by-carolyn-waudby/
Exhibitions
Waudby, C., Hutchinson, M., & Louwerse, H. (2012). wordsurge. [Poetry]. Exhibition and reading at Butcher Works, Arundel Street, Sheffield S1. https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/festivalofthemind/wordsurge
Performances
Waudby, C., Uruchurtu, E., & Lazenby, Michele, (2018). Day of the Dead. SIA Photography, poetry, music, dance.
Media
Waudby, C., Scarborough, D., & Cunio, K. (2024). Cradle of Fire Film. [Film].
Presentations
Waudby, C. (2021). Masterclass Taking Your Writing To The World: How Collaborations Can Increase Audience. Presented at: Taking Your Writing To The World, online
Other publications
Waudby, C. (2022). Poems for Revenant journal [poems]. Ruth Heholt
Waudby, C. (2014). Threshold. Ilkley Literature Festival: http://www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk/posts/blog/2014-poetry-competition-results