Joshua Seigal is a British children's poet, performer, and educator.[1] He has published many collections of poetry for children with publishers such as Bloomsbury and HarperCollins, and has performed and led workshops at schools and festivals around the world.[2] Seigal has won several awards, including the Laugh Out Loud Book Award[3][4] and the People's Book Prize.[5] He has written and performed for BBC Television and has appeared at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on numerous occasions, to critical acclaim.[6][7]

Joshua Seigal
BornLondon, England
Website
www.joshuaseigal.co.uk

Seigal's poem ‘I Don’t Like Poetry’ is featured on the website of the Poetry Foundation and is widely anthologised.[8] He has an MA in Creative Writing and Education from Goldsmiths, University of London, where he studied under Michael Rosen.[9] Seigal also writes for adults, and his work has appeared in magazines such as Poetry Wales.[10]

Awards

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  • UKLA Book Award (2025) - Longlist [11]
  • Laugh Out Loud Book Award (2023) - Winner [12]
  • Caterpillar Poetry Prize (2023) - Runner-Up [13]
  • The People's Book Prize (2022) - Winner [14]
  • Laugh Out Loud Book Award (2020) - Winner [15]
  • Laugh Out Loud Book Award (2017) - Shortlist [16]

Bibliography

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  • I Am (Collins, 2024) (illustrated by Evelline Andrya)
  • Poetry is Not for Me (Collins, 2023) (illustrated by Rebecca Burgess)
  • Who Let the Words Out? (Bloomsbury, 2023) (illustrated by Chris Piascik)
  • Yapping Away (Bloomsbury, 2021) (illustrated by Sarah Horne)
  • Welcome to My Crazy Life (Bloomsbury, 2020) (illustrated by Chris Piascik)
  • I Bet I Can Make You Laugh (Bloomsbury, 2018) (illustrated by Tim Wesson)
  • Little Lemur Laughing (Bloomsbury, 2017) (illustrated by Chris Piascik)
  • I Don't Like Poetry (Bloomsbury, 2016) (illustrated by Chris Piascik)

References

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  1. ^ Seigal, Joshua. "Children's Poet". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Children's poet proves inspirational". Evesham Observer. 1 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Walliams, Seigal and Robinson win at the Lollies children's book awards". The Bookseller. 6 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Adeola and Rutter among Lollies 2023 winners". The Bookseller. 13 July 2023.
  5. ^ "2021/2022 Winners". The People's Book Prize. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Primary Poetry". BBC. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Joshua Seigal presents The Legend Of Ooshus Magooshus (And Lots Of Other Poems) (Joshua Seigal / PBH's Free Fringe)". Three Weeks Edinburgh. 29 August 2013.
  8. ^ "I Don't Like Poetry". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  9. ^ "Joshua Seigal: So How Did You Get Into Poetry, Then?". Children's Poetry Summit. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  10. ^ "Poetry Wales 59.2 Winter 2023". Poetry Wales. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  11. ^ "UKLA Book Awards". UKLA UK Literacy Association. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  12. ^ "Adeola and Rutter among Lollies 2023 winners". The Bookseller. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  13. ^ "Butterfly Necklace". Irish Times. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  14. ^ "2022 CHILDREN'S LITERATURE winner Joshua Seigal talks about his book 'YAPPING AWAY". YouTube. The People's Book Prize. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  15. ^ "'Poetry Collection Wins Lollies'". ReadingZone. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  16. ^ "Scholastic UK announce Lollies 2017 Shortlist of Funniest Books in Children's Literature". Primary Times. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
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