Joshua Seigal is a British children's poet, author, performer, and educator. He has published many collections of poetry for children with publishers such as

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and

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, and has performed and led workshops at schools and festivals around the world. Seigal has won several awards, including the Laugh Out Loud Book Award and the People's Book Prize. He has written and performed for

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and has appeared at the

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on numerous occasions. Seigal's poem ‘I Don’t Like Poetry’ (first published in his book of the same name) is featured on the website of the

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and is widely anthologised. He has an MA in Creative Writing and Education from

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, where he studied under

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. Seigal also writes for adults, his work having been published in magazines such as

Poetry Wales ''Poetry Wales'' is a triannual poetry magazine published in Bridgend, Wales. Founded by Meic Stephens and now published by Seren, it is edited by Zoë Brigley. Since its first publication in 1965, the magazine has built an international repu ...

. During the coronavirus pandemic, Seigal gave away many of his books online, stating: “This is an incredibly difficult, scary time. However, my job is based on sharing joy, and I am determined that I will keep doing this, in whatever form it takes.”

Awards

* UKLA Book Award (2025) - Longlist * Reading Rocks Book Award (2024) - Winner * Laugh Out Loud Book Award (2023) - Winner * Caterpillar Poetry Prize (2023) - Runner-Up * The People's Book Prize (2022) - Winner * Laugh Out Loud Book Award (2020) - Winner * Laugh Out Loud Book Award (2017) - Shortlist

Bibliography

* ''I Tell Myself I'm Awesome'' (Bloomsbury, 2026) (illustrated by Chris Piascik) * ''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) * ''Just Like Me!'' (Flying Eye Books, 2017) (illustrated by Amélie Faliere) * ''Morris Wants More'' (Flying Eye Books, 2017) (illustrated by Amélie Faliere) * ''Little Lemur Laughing'' (Bloomsbury, 2017) (illustrated by Chris Piascik) * ''I Don't Like Poetry'' (Bloomsbury, 2016) (illustrated by Chris Piascik)

References

External links

joshuaseigal.co.ukBloomsbury.comThe Open University
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