The Manx Bard is the Isle of Man's equivalent to the UK's Poet Laureate. In August 2017 Sara Goodwins was inaugurated as the fourth Manx Bard. During her year of office she gave talks about poetry and the Manx Bard, adjudicated competitions, attended various official functions and wrote a lot of poetry. 'My Year as Manx Bard' provides a flavour of the highs and lows of the post, and includes some of the poetry Sara wrote for the various occasions. .