by admin | Apr 27, 2023 | Authors, Oldham Children's Literature Festival
Allen Lule – wrote kafeero in the lockdown for her daughter who was fixated by Monkeys . Kafeero is an advocate for change and is for ages between 5 to 12 The real Kafeero was a childhood pet adored by the entire family. It was her father, a real animal lover...
by admin | Jan 29, 2023 | Authors, Howarth, Oldham Children's Literature Festival
Hello, I’m Zehra and I’m an author and an illustrator. Zehra writes and illustrate books. As well as drawing, you may find her cycling, reading (usually children’s books) or eating chocolate (it helps the creative process). You will never find Zehra brushing her...
by admin | Jan 29, 2023 | Authors, Howarth, Oldham Children's Literature Festival
Hafiza Issa is a busy wife and mummy of three young children. She is a Dispensing Optician by profession. She decided to take a break from her optical career, so she could focus on her children. In her spare time, (there’s not much of it!), she likes to write and...
by admin | Jul 26, 2022 | Authors, Book Awards, Howarth
SF Said’s first book, Varjak Paw, won the Nestlé Smarties Prize for Children’s Literature, and was recently listed by BookTrust as one of the 100 best children’s books of the past 100 years. The sequel, The Outlaw Varjak Paw, won the BBC Blue Peter...
by admin | Jul 26, 2022 | Authors, Book Awards
Chris Callaghan is a Children’s Author with a background as a mechanic in the Royal Air Force and as an Environmental Scientist. Growing up in a shipyard town on the banks of the Tyne, he saw this industry decline and the effects it had on the people, town and...
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