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 The Open University, Cardiff, 3 May. Beverley was presented for her degree by Peter Barnes… Continue reading
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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, Marlborough College, Wiltshire, 23 March Readings and talks at East Asia Regional Council of Overseas… Continue reading
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 illustration and Nigella Lawson gave us our prizes. Out of Bounds (with Foreword by Archbishop… Continue reading
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 celebration of my first children’s book, which was banned by the apartheid government, was my… Continue reading
