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Joseph Coelho
Joseph Aaron Coelho is a British poet and children's book author who was Children's Laureate from 2022 to 2024. In 2023, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. In 2024, he was announced the winner of the Carnegie Medal for his YA novel The Boy Lost in the Maze.
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- In 2023, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
- In 2024, he was announced the winner of the Carnegie Medal for his YA novel The Boy Lost in the Maze.
- Children's author and poet Joseph Coelho drops into the Book Bag to discuss his latest prizewinning book, 'The Boy Lost in the Maze', a brilliant contemporary re-working of the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur.
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Books By Joseph Coelho - AuthorBuy from our bookstore and 25% of the cover price will be given to a school of your choice to buy more books. *15% of eBooks. Joseph Coelho OBE, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Children's Laureate for 2022-2024, is a performance poet, childrBooks By Joseph Coelho |Author By Joseph Coelho · Price £12.99 · READ MOREGo To Book Details · Title · Author By Joseph Coelho · Price £7.99 · READ MOREGo To Book Details · Title · Author By Joseph Coelho · Price $18.99 · READ MOREGo To Book Details · Title · Author By Joseph Coelho Joseph Coelho | RCW Literary AgencyFormer Waterstones Children's Laureate (2022 - 2024) Joseph Coelho is an award-winning performance poet, playwright and children's author based in Kent. Hi...Joseph Coelho | RCW Literary AgencyTen-Word Tiny Tales (<strong>Walker Books</strong> 2023) inspires children to write their own tiny stories. Other work includes middle-grade series Fairytales Gone Bad illustrated by Freya Hartas (Walker), while Joseph's Poetry Prompts (Wide Eyed), a comp
