Archive: Apr 2011

Waterstone’s have announced the return of Picture This, a competition to discover the best new picture book illustrator. And this time around, the fairy tale starts with a poll: Michael has agreed to write his own version of the nation’s favourite fairytale – and you can vote to decide what… Read More

Concept artwork courtesy of the filmmakers. View more images at cartoonbrew.com Filmmakers Kirk Hendry and Neil Boyle have revealed pre-production concept paintings for their upcoming animated feature Kensuke’s Kingdom. The images were provided exclusively to Cartoon Brew. Based on the bestselling novel by War Horse author Michael Morpurgo… Read More

War Horse premiered on Broadway last night and Michael made the journey to see the performance. Praise has been coming in thick and fast following the debut and you can read some of the reviews below… Bloomberg | AM New York Theater Review | Beaumont… Read More

Read a fantastic review of Shadow on the Guardian Children’s Books site, written by kids for kids! “I didn’t want to stop reading in some parts because it was so good but in other bits I didn’t want to carry on reading because what was happening made me feel so… Read More

The smash hit West End musical WICKED is proud to announce the second year of its hugely successful WICKED Young Writers’ Award. The Award recognises excellence in writing, encourages creativity, and helps develop literacy and writing talent in young people between the ages of 5 and 25 years old. Inspired… Read More