Two ‘extraordinary’ books exploring survival and our relationship with nature through short stories win UK’s most prestigious book awards for children and young people
– Third time lucky for British author Anthony McGowan, who clinches the CILIP Carnegie Medal with the fourth book in his series of short novellas Academy Award-winning artist, writer and film maker Shaun Tan is the first illustrator of colour to win the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal carnegiegreenaway.org.uk / #CKG20 / #bestchildrensbooks Today (Wednesday 17th […]
Black Lives Matter. It is not just a hashtag
. This post is taken from our latest issue of The Riot Culture Drop. Sign up for further newsletters below. . Over the past few days, following the horrific murder of George Floyd, I have been troubled by various companies readily using #blacklivesmatter on social media as a sign of ‘solidarity’. In some cases, this […]
Trio of “striking, intimate” coming -of-age stories make Desmond Elliott Prize shortlist
The National Centre for Writing has today (Tuesday 2nd June) announced the three titles shortlisted for the 2020 Desmond Elliott Prize. The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré, The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney by Okechukwu Nzelu and That Reminds Me by Derek Owusu are all in the running to win the £10,000 […]
