Patrick Hardy Lecture
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Previous Speakers 2007 Michael Rosen 2006 Meg Rossoff 2005 Anthony Horowitz 2004 Michael Morpurgo 2003 David Almond 2002 Anne Fine 2001 David Fickling 2000 Jacqueline Wilson 1999 Quentin Blake |
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PATRICK HARDY (1936-1987) joined Constable Young Books as Grace Hogarth’s assistant, where he succeeded Grace as Editor. Constable Young Books then became Longman Young Books and from there Patrick transferred, with his list, to Penguin, where he founded Kestrel Books. Between 1982 and 1985 he ran his own company, maintaining the high standards he had always set himself. November 1989 saw the very first inaugural Patrick Hardy Lecture, given in the form of a dialogue between Jill Paton Walsh and John Rowe Townsend. These series of lectures have continued, occurring annually, with honoured speakers from the world of children’s books such as Jacqueline Wilson, Anthony Horowitz and Meg Rosoff. |