Feed the Minds equips people in Africa and Asia who have missed out on an education with knowledge and skills they can use to change their lives and communities for the better. They do this by working with local organisations to deliver ‘Education for Change’ projects that integrate literacy training… Read More

Today is the launch of The Summer Reading Challenge, an initiative which encourages children aged 4 to 11 to read six books during the long summer holiday through their local library. This year thousands of children will be inspired to share their love of reading by recommending or passing on… Read More

The BBC Proms commemorates the anniversary of the outbreak of First World War, collaborating for the first time with the National Theatre for a concert inspired by Michael Morpurgo’s award-winning play War Horse. Lifesize War Horse puppets joined the BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor David Charles Abell, Gareth Malone and… Read More

Last year’s Illustrator in Residence returns to this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival, to talk about his remarkable graphic novel, Line of Fire. Based on the diary kept by a French soldier during the First World War, Barroux’s work provides a fresh perspective on the first two months of the… Read More

On Angel Wings is a beautifully poignant and atmospheric retelling of the Christmas story. This unique concert is performed by Michael Morpurgo and actress Juliet Stevenson. Carols are sung by a cappella group Voice at the Door, including Georgina Boyes, Jim Boyes, Barry Coope, Fi Fraser, Jo Freya and Lester… Read More

Author Michael Morpurgo is joined by actress Alison Reid, violinist Daniel Pioro and The Storyteller’s Ensemble (a quartet of strings). Together they interweave words and music, to tell his haunting tale of survival against the odds, set against the background of the Holocaust. Adapted and directed by Simon Reade. ‘It… Read More

  Clare Morpurgo, co-founder of Farms for City Children, has been shortlisted for the Lifetime Achievement award in the national Awards for Outstanding Contribution to Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC). The awards are presented annually by the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom (CLOtC) and recognise those people who… Read More

Monday, 22nd February 2016 I am not sure when the first seeds of War Horse were sown in my mind. That I was predisposed to be deeply concerned with war and the consequences of war there can be no doubt. I was born into a world of war. My earliest… Read More

Having been open just over a week, the stage adaptation of Running Wild by the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre has received rave reviews.   “…the closest most of us will ever come to experiencing the jungle in London.” – Time Out “…it softened… Read More

Join Michael Morpurgo on the 24th of June to teach your class about life in WW1 before the centenary of the Battle of the Somme on July 1st Michael Morpurgo, in partnership with HarperCollins Children’s Books, is hosting a real-time digital event on the 24th of June to encourage children… Read More

At 7:30am on the 1st July 2016, thousands of British, Commonwealth and French forces went ‘over the top’, signalling the beginning of the most tragic campaign in British military history. On this one day, a hundred years ago,  nearly 20,000 men lost their lives, with many tens of thousands more… Read More

On Wednesday 22nd June 2016, Michael Morpurgo was In Conversation with Gaby Roslin. TV and radio star Gaby hosted the award-winning author in the beautiful, candle-lit St James’ Church in Piccadilly, London. Given that it was the run-up to the Battle of the Somme centenary, the pair talked a lot… Read More