The Boy Lost in the Maze

Joseph Coelho's debut poetry collection Werewolf Club Rules won the CLPE CLiPPA Poetry Award 2015. Joseph has been a guest poet on Radio 4’s Front Row and has performed poems for Channel 4 and CBeebies Radio. He has written plays for young people for the Theatre Royal York, Pied Piper, Polka and The Unicorn Theatres, and Servants in a Council Flat, a play by Joseph for adults, received a special commendation from the Verity Bargate Award and was long-listed for The Bruntwood Playwriting Competition. As well as poetry and plays, Joseph also writes picture books including Luna Loves Library Day (Andersen Press) and non-fiction books including How To Write Poems (Bloomsbury). All of his work has poetry and an element of performance at its heart making his festival and school sessions dynamic occasions. Joseph is a staunch ambassador for Britain's straitened public libraries. He lives in Kent. www.thepoetryofjosephcoelho.com  Joseph became the Waterstones Children's Laureate in 2022. Kate Milner studied illustration at Central St Martin’s before completing an MA in Children’s Book Illustration at Anglia Ruskin University. Kate won the V&A Illustration Award 2016 and the Klaus Flugge Prize 2018 for My name is not Refugee. Kate is particularly passionate about libraries; she continues to be involved with every kind of activity from Storytime for toddlers to teen reading groups at her local library. Her most recent book is It's a No-Money Day (2019, Barrington Stoke), which was shortlisted for the Greenaway Medal.