I'm a voice for children's books and children's reading.

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• Malorie Blackman:

  I loved reading when I grew up but did feel totally invisible because I couldn't see myself and my

• Malorie Blackman:

  I would like to champion diverse forms like graphic novels and works told in verse and diverse writ

• Malorie Blackman:

  We need more people working in the publishing industry itself who are people of colour.

• Malorie Blackman:

  Any anxieties publishers have about putting a child on the front cover of a book who isn't white is

• Malorie Blackman:

  I didn't even enter a bookshop until I was 14 because I couldn't afford books until I got my first

• Malorie Blackman:

  What I want is to try and get across the idea that reading for pleasure is so beneficial. And turn

• Malorie Blackman:

  I try to widen the horizons of every child I meet, and part of that is promoting diverse forms, be

• Malorie Blackman:

  Children will go with any story as long as it's good, but white adults sometimes think that if a bl

• Malorie Blackman:

  Books teach children to see the world through the eyes of others and empathise with others. It's ab

• Malorie Blackman:

  I'm one of the few adults lucky enough to love their job. And when you've got bills to pay, you get