Announcing the Michael Morpugo Collector's Club

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2012

• February
  • West End Musical Wicked announces third year of Wicked Young Writers’ Award, sprearheaded by Michael Morpurgo
  • Private Peaceful
• January
  • War Horse gallops away at the UK Box Office in the No.1 slot with £3.9million
  • War Horse sequel riding high in New York thanks to US love of nature, by Tom Teodorczuk

2011

• December
  • Michael Morpurgo makes an appearance on Broadway
  • Announcing the Michael Morpugo Collector's Club
• November
  • The man with the child in his eyes, Sophie Elmhirst
  • Award-winning new book Shadow
• October
  • An Evening with Michael Morpurgo
  • TV Star Ben Fogle announces the winners of the National Geographic Kids Adventure Awards 2011
  • HRH The Duchess of Cornwall draws attention at the new War Horse: Fact & Fiction exhibition
  • An evening with Michael at the Harrogate Theatre
  • Portrait of the artist: Michael Morpurgo Guardian interview
  • Michael Morpurgo at the Chiswick Book Festival
• September
  • War Horse: Fact and Fiction exhibition
  • Q&A with Michael about 'War Horse' exhibition and film adaptation
  • Shadow is out now in paperback!
  • Billy the Kid returns to the Unicorn Theatre
  • New War Horse poster online
  • Morpurgo named HWA president
  • Friend or Foe theatre tour 2011
• August
  • Michael's writing space Guardian article
• July
  • Listen to Michael's Today Programme essay on the Norway atrocity
  • Get 'Shadow' on your Kindle for just £2.49
• June
  • First War Horse trailer online
  • Once Upon a Wartime - Classic War Stories for Children
  • Michael Morpurgo crowned Red House Children's Book Award winner
  • Bid for a Michael owned book for the National Literacy Trust
  • Little Manfred - Out now
  • Listen to a new Michael Morpurgo extract
• May
  • Little Manfred: In Conversation with Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman
  • Michael reveals the inspiration behind Little Manfred and read an exclusive extract
  • Picture This 2011 with Waterstones
  • Always remember heroes like Claude...
• April
  • Picture This
  • Praise for War Horse as it premieres on Broadway
  • Shadow: Read a fantastic review on the Guardian Children's Books
  • Wicked Young Writers' Award spearheaded by Michael Morpurgo
• March
  • Michael's London Olympic mascot story turned into short film
  • Michael named Freeman of the Borough of West Devon
• February
  • Michael nominated for Red House Children’s Book Award 2011 - please get voting
  • Read Michael's Dimbleby Lecture in full
  • Michael on Newsnight
  • Once Upon A Wartime exhibition opens at Imperial War Museum London
  • Michael featured in Bon Voyage magazine
  • Michael nominated for Oxfordshire Book Award
  • BBC London discuss the Private Peaceful play adaptation
• January
  • Michael talks about the success of one of his best-known books, War Horse

2010

• December
  • Michael Audio Library
  • Private Peaceful Theatre Tour 2011
• November
  • Michael on Radio 4 this Sunday
  • In Tune With The World - the poetry of Séan Rafferty
  • An evening with Michael Morpurgo at the Bush Theatre, London
  • Carols by Candlelight with Michael Morpurgo
  • Michael on the Guardian's Family podcast
• October
  • Get a free copy of The Dancing Bear with this month's NG Kids magazine!
  • Michael Morpurgo's Cause - BBC World Service interview
  • Watch Michael talk about his new book Shadow
  • Morpurgo bares his teeth over children's detention
• September
  • 'Shadow' - Go to bookshops now!
  • Hotseat: Michael Morpurgo
  • Michael is the winner of the Independent Bookseller's Book Prize 2010
  • 'Farm Boy' under Stage Spotlight
  • Michael at Chichester Writing Festival
  • Michael's 'Rainbow Bear' appears in the form of Ballet
• August
  • Michael meets Sherlock Holmes at Sandown Races!
  • Morpurgo's 'Farm Boy' included in Edinburgh's Rich Performance
  • Independent Boyd Tonkin: The Magnificent Morpurgo
  • Telegraph: The Changing Manuscript styles
  • War Horse coming to Sandown Park, Esher, this weekend
  • Telegraph Family Book Club: An Elephant in the Garden
  • Michael Morpurgo at the Bexhill Children's Book Festival.
  • Farm Boy at Edinburgh Festival
• July
  • Michael Morpurgo on War Horse and beyond
  • Michael Morpurgo on his sequel to War Horse
  • Watch Michael Morpurgo's "Authors Live" Event with the Scottish Book Trust
  • Michael on Farms for City Children
  • See Michael at Sandown Park Variety Club day
• June
  • "Excited is absolutely the word to describe how I'm feeling at the moment"
  • War Horse movie cast announced
  • War Horse selected for Best Audio Books of the Year 2010
  • Children's author Michael Morpurgo returns to the source of his inspiration - the Devon waterway
  • Michael wins the Italian National Environment Book Award!
  • Michael Morpurgo Live!
• May
  • Michael Morpurgo has written the story for the official mascots of the Olympic Games.
  • Toro! Toro! at the Salisbury Playhouse
• April
  • Angela Barrett exhibition at The Illustration Cupboard
  • A LIFE IN STORIES…
• March
  • New photo from War Horse
  • Michael on the BBC's Daily Politics show
  • Vote for War Horse!
  • "I come from a family of poets and actors and historians"
• February
  • Michael Morpurgo spearheads groundbreaking new award to find young writers
  • Running Wild - "a gripping and powerfully written page-turner"
• January
  • My third-class life
  • War Horse on stage hailed 'the theatrical event of the decade'
  • The Real War Horse
  • Welcome to Michael's new website!
  • New interview with Michael!
  • New edition of Kaspar is published!