Joseph Coelho, award-winning performance poet, playwright and children's author, has today been crowned the Waterstones Children's Laureate 2022 - 2024. Coelho was presented with the bespoke silver ...

Performance poet, playwright and children’s author Joseph Coelho said he wants to “highlight and celebrate the power of poetry” after being announced as the new Children’s Laureate. Award-winning ...

Since his first anthology in 2014, Coelho has become a prolific author for children and YA readers – and it all started, he says, in a vital community space Tucked neatly beneath Allbrook House, a ...

Waterstones Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho has revealed that his “Poetry Prompts” videos will return on 11th September for a second year featuring a raft of guests new guests including Shini Somara ...

Coelho finds the magical touch by drawing on memories from childhood. Black British writer, playwright and performance poet Joseph Coelho’s children’s books explore themes of joy, self-love and ...

Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho has become an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the King’s Birthday Honours. The performance poet, playwright and children’s author, who grew up in ...

Writer Joseph Coelho, known for his Luna Loves picture books and Fairy Tales Gone Bad, has said he wants to "reclaim the term poet" after being named the new children's laureate. He said he wants to ...

This guide is produced in partnership with Blue Peter. Poems Aloud, written by Joseph Coelho and illustrated by Daniel Gray-Barnett, is the fifth title in the Blue Peter Book Club. A book full of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho has become an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the King’s Birthday Honours.

Joseph Coelho leans his elbow on a bookshelf in front of a sign announcing him as Children's Laureate Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho has become an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) ...