The latest news, reviews and comment on David Almond
February 2024
A Song for Ella Grey review – Orpheus casts a fateful spell over teenage dreamers
David Almond’s young adult novel is brought to life in a soulful production that weaves its mythical elements with imagination
February 2021
Books that made me
Vick Hope: 'I didn’t just cry when reading A Little Life, I bawled'
The TV presenter, author and Women’s prize judge on reading To Kill a Mockingbird at nine, the influence of Malorie Blackman and her love for David Almond’s novels
November 2020
Fiction for older children review – wayward wizards and a war of the worlds
History and the mysteries of the human heart take centre stage in this month’s best tales
May 2018
Children's book roundup
Children’s and teens roundup: the best new picture books and novels
Dogs and jungle animals for young ones, politics and mysteries for older readers
October 2017
Children's authors slam celebrity-heavy World Book Day lineup
Led by David Almond and Anthony McGowan, writers have spoken out against stress on famous names in works chosen for 2018 event
October 2016
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
July 2016
Children's books
David Almond's The Savage, book-to-play – review
Bookgroup Millennium Riot Readers got to see David Almond’s stage adaptation of his book The Savages at the Live Theatre, in Newcastle. Here they tell us all about it
Children's books
Guardian children's fiction prize 2016, the longlist – in pictures
We announce the eight wonderful authors and books that have been longlisted for our prize, this year judged by David Almond, SF Said and Kate Saunders
Children's books
Top 10 teen books for summer
As school begins to wind up, we’ve got the whole heady summer ahead of us. Here are Liz Flanagan’s recommended YA summery reads, from Meg Rosoff’s How I live Now to Kevin Brooks’ Black Rabbit Summer
June 2016
Children's books
Group Reviews – a selection
The Millennium RIOT Readers review The Sin Eater’s Daughter, My Name is Mina and The Weight of Water
Children's books
Eighty years of children's books: the best Carnegie medal winners
Julia Eccleshare looks back at the incredible roll-call of past Carnegie medal winners since the children’s book prize began in 1936, and wonders if any have been unjustly forgotten
Children's books
Thirteen children's books you can see on stage this summer
Your favourite characters are leaping out of the page and onto the stage. Find out where you can watch the creations of authors from Roald Dahl to Michael Morpurgo to David Almond come to life
December 2015
Children's books
What are the best children's books of 2015?
Children's books
If the real world isn't censored – why should fiction be?
David Almond’s honest book is a worthy winner of children’s fiction prize
A Song for Ella Grey is a children’s book – and a great one
Piers Torday
November 2015
David Almond’s fiction prizewinner is for grownups of 17, not children
Children's books
A Song For Ella Grey by David Almond - review
Children's books
David Almond wins the Guardian children's fiction prize - in pictures
Children's books
David Almond wins Guardian children's fiction prize
