Just Sayin': My Life In Words

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The sixth and final book in the Noughts & Crosses series, Endgame , came out last year. How do you feel now that’s over? I just wanted to let other people know that it’s not that I woke up one day and thought, I’m going to be a writer. And – boom! – I was a writer! And – boom! – then I was a children’s laureate! And so on, as if it all landed in my lap. I wrote the autobiography because I just really wanted to talk about the truth of how I got to those moments in my life. Many of her books have also been adapted for stage and television, including a BAFTA-winning BBC production of Pig-Heart Boy and a stage adaptation by Sabrina Mahfouz of Noughts & Crosses. The long-awaited autobiography of one of the world's greatest children's writers, and an empowering and inspiring account of a life in books.

In 2008, she received an OBE for her services to children’s literature, and between 2013 and 2015, she was the Children’s Laureate. Just Sayin’ is published by #Merky B ooks, the imprint launched by the musician Stormzy and Penguin Random House with an aim to “own – and change – the mainstream”. Was that something you wanted to get behind?Girl Wonder's Winter Adventures (illustrated by Lis Toft), Orion Children's Books, 1992, ISBN 0-575-05383-6 For access to the Queen Elizabeth Hall auditorium seating rows A to C and wheelchair spaces in the Front Stalls, please enter via the Artists' Entrance in the Queen Elizabeth Hall Slip Road (Level 1). Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories". The Guardian. 7 August 2014 . Retrieved 26 August 2014. The Secret of the Terrible Hand (illustrated by Patrice Aggs), Orchard Books, 1996, ISBN 1-86039-370-5

imagine… Douglas Stuart ( w/t) is a BBC Studios production for BBC One and BBC iPlayer. Alan Yentob is the Series Editor, Executive Producer is Tanya Hudson and the Producer/ Director is Linda Sands. It was commissioned for BBC Arts by Mark Bell. Join Malorie as talks with author, journalist and TV presenter Candice Brathwaite to share how she gravitated to imaginary worlds and realms to escape her complicated childhood. There was a literary feast going on 24/7 and if you were white, you could pull up a chair and have a seat at the table. I was outside the building looking in and watching others gorge themselves. When I read stories such as the Chalet School adventures by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer or C. S. Lewis’s Narnia series, I would imagine myself as the protagonist. Even the fairy stories and myths and legends I read featured no characters of colour. This memoir made me so angry. There are so many injustices she has faced - especially when it comes to racism within the medical system. I raged for her, and felt crushed for her... it's one worth reading. If anything, to see how this queen rose above it all.

Girl Wonder and the Terrific Twins (illustrated by Pat Ludlow), Orion Children's Books, 1991, ISBN 0-575-05048-9 The Monster Crisp-Guzzler (illustrated by Sami Sweeten), Corgi Children's, 2002, ISBN 0-552-54783-2 The Library's buildings remain fully open but some services are limited, including access to collection items. We're All upcoming public events are going ahead as planned and you can find more information on our events blog