The novelist and screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce has been named the new children’s laureate.
At a ceremony in Leeds today, the author behind critically acclaimed children’s books like ‘Millions’ and ‘Framed’, was handed the prestigious medal by his predecessor Joseph Coylow.
Mr Cottrell-Boyce has vowed to use his two years in the role to champion the life-changing benefits of reading to children – especially those living in poverty, who he says are being left further and further behind.
Jackie Long spoke to him earlier and began by asking what this appointment means to him.