Shadow Forest is a children's novel by Matt Haig

Matt Haig

Matt Haig is a British novelist and journalist.-Biography:Haig was born in Sheffield. As a journalist, he collaborated with The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Independent, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Face....

, published in 2007. It won the Nestlé Children's Book Prize

Nestlé Smarties Book Prize

The Nestlé Children's Book Prize, also known as the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, was an annual award given to children's books written in the previous year by a UK citizen or resident. The prize was administered by Booktrust, an independent charity which promotes books and reading, and sponsored by...

 Gold Award, was shortlisted for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize

Waterstone's Children's Book Prize

The Waterstone's Children's Book Prize is an annual award given to a work of children's literature published during the previous year. First awarded in 2005, the purpose of the prize is "to uncover hidden talent in children's writing" and is therefore open only to authors who have published no more...

 and has been nominated for the Carnegie Medal

Carnegie Medal

The Carnegie Medal is a literary award established in 1936 in honour of Scottish philanthropist Andrew Carnegie and given annually to an outstanding book for children and young adults. It is awarded by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals...

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Audiobook

An audio book version of Shadow Forest, read by James Daniel Wilson was released by Clipper Audio. Another of Matt Haig's novels also narrated by James Daniel Wilson is The Runaway Troll, also released by Clipper Audio.

"Wilson is a triumph, bringing character's voices recognisably from childhood to old age... mesmerisingly examined for meaning." Karen Robinson The Sunday Times

The Sunday Times

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 on his reading of Alan Hollinghurst's The Stranger's Child

The Stranger's Child

The Stranger's Child is the fifth novel by Alan Hollinghurst, published in June 2011. The book tells the story of a minor poet, Cecil Valance, who is killed in the First World War. In 1913 he visits a Cambridge friend, George Sawle, at the latter's home in Stanmore, Middlesex...

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