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Malorie Blackman says Noughts & Crosses racism theme is still relevant after 25 years ‘in the times we’re living’

’Noughts & Crosses’ became a six-book series, which has been adapted for both the stage and screen

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Richard Osman and Jeanette Winterson among authors to publish ‘empty book’ in protest of AI using their work

Campaign arrives one week before ministers are due to deliver an update regarding proposed copyright reforms

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Thousands of authors publish ‘empty’ book in protest over AI using their work

About 10,000 writers including Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory and Richard Osman join copyright campaign

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Malorie Blackman on Noughts & Crosses at 25: ‘It’s even more relevant today’

Her YA classic was inspired by racism in 1990s Britain. A quarter of a century later, she talks about success, death threats and getting shoutouts from Tinie Tempah and Stormzy

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The Guardian view on 25 years of Malorie Blackman’s Noughts & Crosses: a love story that changed an industry

Editorial: Publishing has failed to deliver on its promises after Black Lives Matter. True diversity requires a lasting shift

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Queen and Paddington Bear share marmalade sandwiches at star-studded reception

Camilla thanked the bear for attending the event, celebrating the final of the BBC 500 Words, a children’s story writing competition.

Evening Standard

‘It’s about making reading as natural as breathing’: Malorie Blackman backs the National Year of Reading

The Noughts & Crosses author is among the starry ambassadors for the campaign – one of the initiatives aimed at addressing the reading crisis

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Booker prize launches £50,000 children’s award

Children will help judge the new prize along with children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce

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Malorie Blackman’s Noughts and Crosses uses critical dystopia to challenge us to build a better future

Between 2013 and 2015, Malorie Blackman was Britain’s first black children’s laureate. Her young adult series Noughts and Crosses (2001-21) at once challenges and plays with the prevailing racial ordering of western life and thought.

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Noughts & Crosses at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre: depressingly relevant

3/5 This adaptation of Malorie Blackman’s novel feels timely and necessary, although the tone can be patronising

Evening Standard

Visually, it’s dazzling but Noughts & Crosses wilts under the weight of its YA source material

3/5 Stage adaptation struggles to capture the emotional resonance of Malorie Blackman’s searing novel

The Independent UK

Noughts & Crosses review – Malorie Blackman’s thought experiment confronts the audience anew

Callum and Sephy are a modern Romeo and Juliet, forced to grow up fast as they wade through the crushing racial and class structures that pin them in their opposing places

The Guardian - UK

Pig Heart Boy review – lively staging of Malorie Blackman’s stimulating novel

Winsome Pinnock adapts the story of a teenager whose heart transplant causes controversy but the comedy drowns out the issues

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Broadway hit Shucked kicks off Drew McOnie’s debut season at Regent’s Park Open Air theatre

US musical will be followed by Rodgers and Hammerstein dream ballets, Malorie Blackman’s Noughts & Crosses and Brigadoon

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UK English curricula should focus on ‘inclusive and diverse’ stories, author says

Ex-children’s laureate Malorie Blackman says no student should feel English is irrelevant because they do not see themselves reflected in the literature

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Caleb Azumah Nelson: ‘James Baldwin ignited something in me that’s still burning today’

The British-Ghanaian author on having his mind blown by Malorie Blackman as a child, the allure of John Williams’s Stoner and why Zadie Smith made him want to write

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Best designs and designers of 2023: ‘A chunk of glossy sexiness’

From 3D-printed headphones to a museum dedicated to crabs, our panel of experts pick the designs and designers of the year

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Best dystopian novels of all time that are must-read classics

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Malorie Blackman is celebrated with British Library exhibition

‘Malorie Blackman: The Power of Stories’ at the British Library shines a light on her journey as an author, while touching on social issues represented in her novels

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Malorie Blackman’s career honoured in British Library exhibition

Show dedicated to the prolific children’s and young adult novelist includes 82 rejection letters alongside her children’s laureate medal

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They have all earned Britain’s thanks: 20 Black heroes who should be on a postage stamp

To mark Black History Month, we asked an all-star panel to tell us who they would celebrate for their contribution to British society

Evening Standard

Inspirational Black British women you should know about

The Black British women who have helped shape history

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Black History Month: Books black authors want all children to read

Sir Lenny Henry, Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé and more share their top picks from black authors.

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Juno Dawson: ‘The Secret History by Donna Tartt is a deeply vibey novel’

The YA author on identifying with Armistead Maupin and learning from Malorie Blackman

Evening Standard

Stormzy thinks his legacy will be more about his books than his music

Stormzy and Malorie Blackman were talking at the Hay books festival

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