A.F. Harrold

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A. F. Harrold is an English poet, born in 1975, who writes and performs for both adults and children. He lives in Reading and has performed his poems on stage, in schools, at comedy and cabaret nights, literary festivals and poetry slams for more than twenty years. He won the Cheltenham All Stars Slam Championship in 2007 and was Poet-in-Residence for the Glastonbury Festival website in 2008 and for the Cheltenham Literature Festival in 2010. His work has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4, Radio 3 and BBC7. He began writing children's fiction after a pupil at a school poetry workshop asked whether he had written any stories. His books include the Fizzlebert Stump series and The Imaginary, illustrated by Emily Gravett, which was longlisted for the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals.

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Books

• The Song from Somewhere Else (2016) · The Song from Somewhere Else Core Canon

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• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 1 book
• Award recognitions across all universes: 1 (1 won)

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