Multi-award winning author Michael Morpurgo was from 2003 to 2005 the UK Children's Laureate, a role which took him all over the the country to promote literacy and reading. He is one of Britain's best-loved writers for children and has won many prizes, including the Blue Peter Book Award for his novel, Private Peaceful. He is the author of War Horse which is now in its fourth year of sell-out performances in London. It recently opened on Broadway, winning 5 Tony Awards. Michael’s novel Shadow was recently awarded the Red House Children’s Book Award 2011.
Boyd Tonkin, Literary Editor of The Independent, chaired the talk.
In English.
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