All-female shortlist for BBC Young Writers’ Award

Emotional connection and reconciliation feature in the all-female shortlist for the 2019 BBC Young Writers’ Award, run in association with literacy charity First Story and Cambridge University. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-22 07:04:04 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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