Event overview
Sarah Crossan in conversation with Sita Brahmachari and Michael Rosen about Where the Heart Should Be.
This is a rare opportunity to listen to leading figures in the field of children鈥檚 and YA literature discuss Where the Heart Should Be. Sarah Crossan鈥檚 new YA novel (published on 14 March 2024) is described as an outstanding novel; thought-provoking and incredibly moving, it explores love and family during The Great Hunger in Ireland. Sarah will talk with Sita and Michael about how the novel took shape and writing about the Irish famine for a YA readership.
Sarah Crossan won the CILIP Carnegie Medal in 2016 for her novel One, having been shortlisted for both Apple and Rain and The Weight of Water. One also won the CBI Book of the Year Award, the YA Book Prize and the CliPPA Poetry Award. Moonrise was shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book Awards 2017, the YA Book Prize 2018, the CBI Book of the Year award 2018 and the CLiPPA award 2018.
Sita Brahmachari is a multi-award-winning children鈥檚 and YA writer. Artichoke Hearts (2011) won the Waterstone鈥檚 Children鈥檚 Book Award and was voted in the Guardian鈥檚 top 50 books celebrating diversity since the 1950s. Tender Earth (2017) was honoured by the International Board of Books for Young People and When Shadows Fall (2021) was endorsed by Amnesty International and shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegies Medal 2023. Sita is an Associate Lecturer at 91影视破解版 and teaches a module 鈥榃riting for Children/Young Adults鈥�.
Michael Rosen is one of Britain鈥檚 best loved writers and performance poets for children and adults. He is currently Professor of Children鈥檚 Literature at 91影视破解版 where he co-devised and teaches critical approaches to reading on an MA in Children鈥檚 Literature. He was the Children鈥檚 Laureate from 2007-2009 and has published over 200 books for children and adults, including the recent bestseller The Big Dreaming (2023) and The Incredible Adventures of Gaston Le Dog (2023).
There will be book sales and signing at the event.
The book launch is hosted by the Children鈥檚 and YA Literature Research Forum and Centre for Language, Culture and Learning at 91影视破解版
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Mar 2024 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm |
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