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Just Sayin'

by Malorie Blackman
Malorie Blackman
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Malorie Blackman OBE is one of Britain's best loved and most widely-read writers and this is her long-awaited autobiography.
For over thirty years, her books have helped to shape British culture, and inspired generations of younger readers and writers. The Noughts and Crosses series, started in 2000, sparked a new and necessary conversation about race and identity in the UK, and are already undisputed classics of twenty-first-century children's literature.
She is also a writer whose own life has been shaped by books, from her childhood in south London, the daughter of parents who moved to Britain from Barbados as part of the Windrush Generation, and who experienced a childhood that was both wonderful and marred by the everyday racism and bigotry of the era. She was told she could not apply to study her first love, literature, at university, in spite of her academic potential, but found a way to books and to a life in writing against a number of obstacles.
This book is an account of that journey, from a childhood surrounded by words, to the 83 rejection letters she received in response to sending out her first project, to the children's laureateship. It is an illuminating, inspiring and empowering account of the power of words to change lives, and the extraordinary life story of one of the world's greatest writers.
© Malorie Blackman 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

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Publisher: Random House Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781529119404
  • File size: 216939 KB
  • Release date: October 20, 2022
  • Duration: 07:31:57

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  • ISBN: 9781529119404
  • File size: 216966 KB
  • Release date: October 20, 2022
  • Duration: 07:36:55
  • Number of parts: 7

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Biography & Autobiography Nonfiction

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Brought to you by Penguin.
Malorie Blackman OBE is one of Britain's best loved and most widely-read writers and this is her long-awaited autobiography.
For over thirty years, her books have helped to shape British culture, and inspired generations of younger readers and writers. The Noughts and Crosses series, started in 2000, sparked a new and necessary conversation about race and identity in the UK, and are already undisputed classics of twenty-first-century children's literature.
She is also a writer whose own life has been shaped by books, from her childhood in south London, the daughter of parents who moved to Britain from Barbados as part of the Windrush Generation, and who experienced a childhood that was both wonderful and marred by the everyday racism and bigotry of the era. She was told she could not apply to study her first love, literature, at university, in spite of her academic potential, but found a way to books and to a life in writing against a number of obstacles.
This book is an account of that journey, from a childhood surrounded by words, to the 83 rejection letters she received in response to sending out her first project, to the children's laureateship. It is an illuminating, inspiring and empowering account of the power of words to change lives, and the extraordinary life story of one of the world's greatest writers.
© Malorie Blackman 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Expand title description text
Biography & Autobiography Nonfiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Random House
    Edition:
    Unabridged

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9781529119404
    File size: 216939 KB
    Release date: October 20, 2022
    Duration: 07:31:57

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9781529119404
    File size: 216966 KB
    Release date: October 20, 2022
    Duration: 07:36:55
    Number of parts: 7

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  • Formats
    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    MP3 audiobook
  • Languages
    English