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War Horse creator reveals the Queen’s love of Joey as novel celebrates 40 years

The creator of War Horse has revealed the late Queen’s love of the play’s main character as the novel celebrates 40 years since its publication next month. Sir Michael Morpurgo published the classic children’s book in 1982. It is set during the ...

22 Sept 2022 at 14:10

Sir Michael Morpurgo’s poetic tribute for Queen’s Jubilee gets release date

A fairy storybook by author Sir Michael Morpurgo to commemorate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee will be released this spring. The poetic tribute, There Once Is A Queen, will tell the story of the Queen’s life during her 70-year reign as monarch. ...

10 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Sir Michael Morpurgo remembers the Queen as ‘heart and soul of who we are’

Best-selling children’s author Sir Michael Morpurgo has paid tribute to the Queen saying she was “very much the heart and soul of who we are”. Sir Michael, whose works include the 1982 children’s book War Horse, was named in the 2017 New ...

09 Sept 2022 at 13:32

Life

7 of the best children’s books explaining the royals

What better way to help your child understand who the royals are and what the coronation means than books for them no matter their age? Authors have been looking for ways to explain the responsibilities, roles and relationships of the ...

26 Apr 2023 at 09:03

Children from poorer backgrounds ‘must not be deprived of life rich in reading’

Reading with children must be seen as essential rather than “something which is nice to have in life” top authors said as they called on politicians to commit to long-term national investment to ensure low-income families get the ...

17 Jan 2024 at 09:40

Seven children’s books explaining the royals

Authors have been looking for ways to explain the responsibilities, roles and relationships of the royal family for decades, and be it stories of the late queen, or even the history of royals as far back as Henry VIII, there are ...

28 Apr 2023 at 09:06

News

Michael Morpurgo launches Flying Scotsman centenary celebrations with reading

Sir Michael Morpurgo has launched the Flying Scotsman’s centenary celebrations with a reading to children at London’s King’s Cross Station. The author, 79, and his long-standing illustrator Michael Foreman collaborated with the ...

14 Oct 2022 at 13:28

Val McDermid and Jarvis Cocker set for Edinburgh International Book Festival

Writers including Alexander McCall Smith, Val McDermid and Julian Barnes and musician Jarvis Cocker will be among those taking part in the Edinburgh International Book Festival this year. There will be more than 600 events ...

08 Jun 2022 at 19:30

Life

5 new books to read this week

New releases provide plenty of options for summer beach reads… Fiction 1. Bored Gay Werewolf by Tony Santorella is published in hardback by Atlantic Books, priced £14.99 (ebook £6.99). Available now Join the Pack this ...

14 Jun 2023 at 08:43

Life

5 new books to read this week

Colm Tóibín is back with his long-awaited follow-up to Brooklyn… Fiction 1. Long Island by Colm Tóibín is published in hardback by Picador, priced £20 (ebook £9.99). Available May 23 ‘He wanted to ask her the reason ...

15 May 2024 at 08:43

Life

Sir Michael Morpurgo: I couldn’t write after heart surgery

After going to the GP with what he thought was indigestion last year, bestselling children’s author Sir Michael Morpurgo found himself undergoing a triple heart bypass – and an enforced break from writing. “We all ...

25 Mar 2025 at 08:00

Entertainment

Urban people do not understand the countryside, says author Sir Michael Morpurgo

Sir Michael Morpurgo has said the Government’s changes to inheritance tax are “completely wrong”. The author told the Sunday Times: “You don’t have a go at the pensioners and the farmers. I know because I live in ...

17 Mar 2025 at 10:05

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