We have just heard that the excellent four-part radio serialisation of Back Home is to be broadcast again on BBC...
Read MoreNew Unabridged Audiobook Released
We are delighted to announce the release of the unabridged audio version of Goodnight Mister Tom read by the award...
Read MoreAudiobooks – Recent Reviews
Audio versions of some of Michelle’s books can be found on Audible. Here are a selection of recent reviews. To...
Read MoreGreen For Women – A New Novel For Adults
Kent. 1944 – 45 A group of women find ways to survive and help others under skies ravaged by London-bound...
Read MoreA 40th Anniversary In Lockdown – My Favourite Word is ‘Nosy’
Part 4 And now for the two adult novels I completed last year, one just before the first lockdown Looking...
Read MoreA 40th Anniversary In Lockdown – Time for more Novels
Part 3 One night, unable to sleep, my head whirling, I suddenly saw an image of an old cinema. It...
Read MoreA 40th Anniversary in Lockdown – The Musicals
Part 2 So how did I come to write librettos in the first place? Again, it began with Goodnight Mister...
Read MoreA 40th Anniversary In Lockdown – How It Started
Part 1 It was after I had been in a production of Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat that I...
Read MoreThe Women from Goodnight Mister Tom – 40th Anniversary Extras
In Goodnight Mister Tom, I could have revealed more about William’s mother but decided not to as I felt it...
Read MoreFortieth Anniversary Edition of Goodnight Mister Tom
Celebrating 40 years since first publishing, revisit and reconnect with the magically unforgettable classic story, presented in a beautiful clothbound...
Read MoreThe Book Of Hopes
As you are probably aware, there were many parents in lockdown at home with young children. During that time, Bloomsbury...
Read MorePlay As Cast – Not Typecast
‘Play as cast’ were the words written on a long term acting contract with a repertory theatre company. I was...
Read MoreTinsel The Musical Premiered In Petersfield
The world premiere of TINSEL will be performed in Petersfield, Hampshire from November 20th to the 23rd with an additional...
Read MoreGoodnight Mister Tom now available in Chinese
Goodnight Mister Tom is now available in a Chinese edition published by Jeili Publishing House. You can order it on ...
Read MoreBack Home Audio Book Released
We are delighted to announce that a new audio version of Back Home has just been released by Puffin Books...
Read MorePerforming Goodnight Mister Tom The Musical
We are pleased to announce that Professional companies wanting to perform Goodnight Mister Tom the musical by the composer Gary...
Read MoreIn At The Deep End Available In Swedish
In At The Deep End published by Barrington Stoke is now available in Swedish. Here’s a review by Agneta Warheim...
Read MoreRNIB Talking Book Version Of Goodnight Mister Tom
There is a lovely abridged version of Goodnight Mister Tom read by Patrick Malahide (Penguin Books Limited) but recently I...
Read MoreBack Home DVD
Three of my books (Back Home, Cuckoo in the Nest and A Spoonful of Jam) deal with how families struggled...
Read MoreA Reply To Fans Of The Hollis Family Books
Michele would like to thank all the fans of the Hollis Family books, particularly L. Tilly and C Sykes. They...
Read MoreA Third Book For Barrington Stoke Publishers
Michelle is proud to have her third book published by Barrington Stoke, the foremost publisher of super-readable short fiction by...
Read MoreGoodnight Mister Tom The Play On Tour
Elisa De Grey – Actress & Puppeteer of Sammy The Dog Here’s a delightful interview where Nick Coffer of Three...
Read MoreFarewell To Jack Gold
It was with great sadness that we heard of the death of the director Jack Gold at the age of...
Read MoreNew Reviews For The Novel Impossible!
Pippa Goodhart reviews IMPOSSIBLE! on Saturday, 4 July 2015 for An Awfully Big Blog Adventure “……This is a world...
Read MoreThe Smile – A New Book For Little Gems – Available In July
We are delighted to announce the publication of a new book called The Smile. The book is available in July...
Read MoreThe Bookwitch – Michelle Magorian In The Limelight
Here’s a lovely interview that Michelle did with The Bookwitch Michelle Magorian in the Limelight “If anyone had told me...
Read MoreImpossible! – Book Launch Events
We are delighted to announce that Michelle’s new book Impossible! is available in all good book shops now. Michelle will...
Read MoreStories To Last A Lifetime – A Puffin Book
We are delighted to announce that both Goodnight Mister Tom and Back Home have been chosen by Puffin Books to...
Read MoreTwo Festival Appearances!
I’m very happy to announce that I will be appearing at both the Chalk Valley History Festival and the Festival...
Read MoreQ & A Session With Michelle Magorian At The Bridewell Theatre In London on December 18th
I’m happy to announce that I will be appearing at a Question and Answer session on the 18th December after...
Read MoreIndependent Bookshops
Update: Sadly the Forest Bookshop closed after 40 years I recently came across an article Not In Chains, which was...
Read MoreGuest Writer Ben Davis talks about playing William Beech for The North Devon Allstarz
Hi I’m Ben Davis and I have the honour of playing William Beech for North Devon All Starz at The...
Read MoreBack Home To Be Serialised On BBC Radio 4 Extra
We have just heard that the excellent four-part radio serialisation of Back Home is to be broadcast on BBC Radio...
Read MoreLiving Together Again
Original Jacket by Anthony Kerins Cuckoo In the Nest and A Spoonful of Jam (Written at the request of members...
Read MoreBest Entertainment And Family Olivier Award For The Play Of Goodnight Mister Tom
Yesterday it was announced that the play of Goodnight Mister Tom has won the Olivier Award for Best Entertainment And...
Read MoreAn Autumn Letter from Michelle
Welcome to my website designed by the talented and versatile, Heather Cairncross. Heather’s highly acclaimed album At Last was released...
Read MoreGoodnight Mister Tom The Musical | Production Photographs
We thought we’d like to share these great photographs taken during the professional productions of Goodnight Mister Tom The Musical....
Read MoreGoodnight Mister Tom To Open In The West End
Fiery Angel, The Ambassador Theatre Group, Fiery Dragons & The Children’s Touring Partnership present The Chichester Festival Theatre Production of...
Read MoreInterview By Kieran Kinsella For Best British TV Website
Michelle Magorian is one of Britain’s most popular authors and it is no surprise that some of her finest works...
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