- International School of Brussels, 24 – 27 March
- Cheltenham Festival with Liz Laird and Bernard Ashley, 5 April
- The Other Side of Truth, (adapted by the author) The Afternoon Play Radio 4, 22 April
- Receiving Doctor of the University from
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Some highlights from 2002
- Visit to libraries and Youth Library Groups in Scotland, 23-25 January
- Reading the World – with Jamila Gavin, Bath Literature Festival, Saturday 9 March (information from )
- Teenagers and politics – small ‘p’, Federation of Children’s Book Groups Annual Conference,
Some highlights from 2001
- The Other Side of Truth awarded the Carnegie Medal for 2000. The award is made annually by The Library Association (www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk) for ‘an outstanding book for children and young people’.
Lauren Child (left) won the 2000 Kate Greenaway Award for … Read more
Some highlights from 2000
- Celebration of Collins Modern Classic edition of Journey to Jo’burg at the South African High Commission in London.
For twenty-seven years, from the time I arrived in England, I took part in anti-apartheid protests outside the South African Embassy. This
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