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Alex Wheatle

July 2023

  • STOCK<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Peter Anderson/Pymca/Shutterstock (3488787a) Black Teenagers, dancing at a sound system, Notting Hill Carvival, London, UK 1983 STOCK

    Sufferah: Memoir of a Brixton Reggae Head by Alex Wheatle review – triumph over adversity

    In a searing account of early trauma at the hands of social services and the police, the award-winning writer finds joy and empowerment in his love of music

January 2022

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    Young adult books round-up – review

    Fantasy worlds, feminism and school squabbles are all on the agenda this month

December 2021

  • Alex Wheatle

    How I returned from rock bottom
    I felt so alone and rejected – until my prison cellmate taught me about belonging

    Abandoned and neglected, I was close to a breakdown when I entered Wormwood Scrubs. Then Simeon introduced me to the black literature that inspired me to write

December 2020

  • Alex Wheatle near his home in south London.

    Books interview
    Alex Wheatle: ‘I have nightmarish moments where my past comes back and hits me’

    The prize-winning author’s life is now an episode of Steve McQueen’s hit series Small Axe. He talks about working on the project and his latest novel, based on a Jamaican slave uprising

September 2020

  • YA author Alex Wheatle, pictured with pupils at Yardleys School, Birmingham, in 2019.

    Number of young adult writers of colour doubles to almost 20%

    Research shows improvement in diversity of YA writers but comes with warning about domination by US authors

May 2019

  • Award-winning British writer Alex Wheatle witnessed the 1981 Brixton Riots, and was briefly incarcerated afterwards.

    Teenage books roundup – review

    A memorable verse novel, contemporary drama and magic realism all feature in the best YA releases for May

October 2018

  • Fear and shadow … The Visitor by Antje Damm.

    Children's book roundup
    Children’s and teens roundup: the best new picture books and novels

    A world without darkness; comic cautionary tales; Tracy Beaker grows up and more

June 2017

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    Straight Outta Crongton by Alex Wheatle review – tough subjects tackled with humour and heart

    Rich dialogue and vivid language sweeten a tale scarred by domestic abuse and gang violence, the sequel to the prize-winning Crongton Knights

February 2017

  • a Carnegie medal.

    All-white Carnegie medal longlist provokes anger from children's authors

    Philip Pullman, Alex Wheatle and Alan Gibbons among authors speaking out against ‘appalling’ exclusion of acclaimed books by leading BAME writers

December 2016

  • Composite: Alex Wheatle and Nadja Spiegelman

    The Guardian Books podcast
    Nadja Spiegelman and Alex Wheatle - books podcast

  • Francesca Sanna The Journey

    Best books of 2016
    The best children’s books of 2016

November 2016

  • Alex Wheatle, winner of the 2016 Guardian children's fiction prize.

    Guardian children’s fiction prize 2016 winner announced

    Alex Wheatle has been named winner of the 2016 Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize for his second novel for young adults, Crongton Knights
  • ‘I still see myself sometimes as “little Alex” who never thought he would achieve anything’ … Alex Wheatle

    A life in ...
    Alex Wheatle: ‘I felt like the token black writer who talks about ghetto stuff’

    The Guardian children’s fiction prize winner on facing his demons through writing and why he switched to YA
  • Alex Wheatle’s invented slang delighted the judges, who said ‘the language sings from the page’.

    Alex Wheatle wins 2016 Guardian children's fiction prize

    Author who says his time in jail inspired his love of literature triumphs with Crongton Knights, set on a fictitious inner-city estate

October 2016

  • Authors clockwise from top left: Alex Wheatle, Tanya Landman, Zana Fraillon and Brian Selznick

    Guardian children's fiction prize 2016 shortlist announced

    Historical and contemporary fiction go head-to-head as UK authors Tanya Landman and Alex Wheatle vie with US writer Brian Selznick and Australian Zana Fraillon for the only children’s book award judged by children’s authors

August 2016

  • Judith Kerr

    Guardian children's books festival 2016 – what's on

    Join Mog author Judith Kerr, Charlie and Lola creator Lauren Child and other star authors and illustrators at the Unicorn theatre, London on 23 October for a day celebrating the choicest children’s books

March 2016

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    Children's books
    Alex Wheatle: I was mesmerised by Tolkien’s inventiveness of language

    Reading The Hobbit and Lord of Rings inspired the author of Brixton Rock to take risks with language and dialogue in his own books, none more so than in his YA debut Liccle Bit and sequel Crongton Knights, where he brews up a fictional concoction of South London, US Hip-Hop , Jamaican dancehall and beyond!

August 2013

  • Alex Wheatle on Brixton gentrification

    Alex Wheatle on the gentrification of Brixton - video

    Novelist Alex Wheatle describes how his native Brixton has changed. Has it lost its unique vibe?

September 2011

  • Brenton Brown by Alex Wheatle – review

    By Jane Housham

April 2011

  • Donna Sinclair, seen in Brixton 30 years after the Brixton uprising of 1981.

    Brixton: could it happen again? 30 years after the riots

    It is 30 years since Brixton was torn apart by riots. Today it is a place transformed – but drastic cuts and rising unemployment are threatening its renaissance. By Peter Walker

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