IF MY WORDS HAD WINGS - Danielle Jawando in conversation with Ayesha Ansari

We're delighted to be welcoming Danielle Jawando back to the shop for the launch of her stunning new YA novel IF MY WORDS HAD WINGS - a life affirming story of rehabilitation and hope after Pr*son. Danielle will be in conversation with Ayesha Ansari (founder of Mirror Me Write)

Doors: 5.00, starts: 5.15

Tickets start from £3.00. If My Words Had Wings will also be available to purchase on the night and Danielle will be signing copies after the talk. If you would like a signed copy but cannot make the event, please contact us on 0161 274 3331 or [email protected] and we can arrange this for you.

About the book:

‘Jawando’s writing is incredibly raw and real; I felt completely immersed’ - Alice Oseman (Heartstopper )

When fifteen-year-old Tyrell Forrester gets caught up in a high-profile armed robbery, he's sentenced to eighteen months in a young offenders’ Pr*son. Now he’s getting out, and he’s determined to turn his life around. Despite his release, systemic discrimination makes it difficult for Ty to truly be free. Inspired by a visiting poet while inside, Ty discovers a whole new world through spoken word and is finally finding his voice. But will society ever see him as anything other than a criminal?

About the author:

Danielle Jawando is an author and screenwriter. Her debut YA novel, And the Stars Were Burning Brightly, won best senior novel in the Great Reads Award, and was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, the YA Book Prize, the Jhalak Children’s & YA Prize, the Branford Boase Award and was long-listed for the CILIP Carnegie Medal. Her previous publications include the non-fiction children’s book Maya Angelou (Little Guides to Great Lives), as well as several short plays performed in Manchester and London. Danielle has also worked on Coronation Streetas a storyline writer. Her second novel, When Our Worlds Collided, won the 2023 Jhalak Children’s and YA Prize, the YA Book Prize and the 2023 Diverse Book Awards. Her third YA novel, If My Words Had Wings,was published in May this year.

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