Never have a man and a pub been so perfectly aligned. Michael Morpurgo arrives with his wife, Clare, at the Duke of York in Iddesleigh, as rumpled and friendly as the ancient room with its low ceilings, dark beams and thick stone walls. When I thank him for… Read More

Emma Rice directs her and Michael Morpurgo’s critically acclaimed theatrical adaptation 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips, a little known story of the rehearsal of the D-Day landings, and of the 946 people who were killed during Operation Tiger at Slapton Sands in Devon in 1944.   Imagine being told… Read More

  Best-selling author Michael Morpurgo joined Joey, the life-size horse puppet and star of the National Theatre’s production of War Horse, to visit the poppies installation at the Tower of London on Sunday 19 October. Joey walked amongst the poppies and Michael Morpurgo planted a poppy before reading the Roll… Read More

This competition has now closed and the winner has been contacted. Take part in the Michael Morpurgo Reading Challenge! We invite teachers, librarians and home educators to submit the words your students have learnt throughout Michael Morpurgo Month 2019. At the end of the month, we will compile all of… Read More

This competition is now CLOSED! Win a family ticket to see Michael Morpurgo LIVE this summer, plus a full set of Michael Morpurgo books for your school! There are so many great Michael Morpurgo books to enjoy, but this month we’ve highlighted sixteen of his must-reads! The books are grouped… Read More

This February, we’re celebrating Michael Morpurgo Month! Each week, we’ll be giving one lucky school or library the chance to win a Michael Morpurgo Month resource pack (containing four posters and four bookmarks). To enter, visit Michael Morpurgo’s Facebook page and comment on the weekly competition post. The competition… Read More

This February, we’re celebrating Michael Morpurgo Month! We’re giving 10 lucky schools the chance to win a Private Peaceful DVD as part of our ‘Times of War’ week. To enter, fill out the form below: Michael Morpurgo Month: Win 1 of 10 Private Peaceful DVDs… Read More

This competition is promoted by HarperCollins Publishers Limited (“HarperCollins”), 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. This promotion is open to all UK school staff except employees of HarperCollins (or their parent, subsidiaries or any affiliated companies) and their immediate families, who are not allowed to enter the competition. You… Read More

Only last Summer I was sailing along the coast of Norway, in and out of the fjords. We picnicked on deserted islands, explored tiny villages, with their simple clapperboard houses painted oxblood red. We visited ancient stave churches, entirely built from wood, black with pitch, each a symbol of survival… Read More

Writer Michael Morpurgo An interview with Michael Morpurgo was conducted and transcribed by Allen W. Wright. His book Robin of Sherwood was published in 1996 (with illustrations by Michael Foreman) and re-published in 2012 under the new title Outlaw: The Story of Robin Hood. AWW: What versions of the… Read More

At 68, and with more than 100 books to his name, Michael Morpurgo is one of our best-known children’s writers. But in her new biography, Michael Morpurgo: War Child to War Horse, Maggie Fergusson describes two quite distinct Morpurgos. There is the one who appears on stage at festivals in… Read More