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class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="300" height="213" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-src="https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/image-300x213.png" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1349 lazyload" alt="" data-srcset="https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/image-300x213.png 300w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/image-1024x728.png 1024w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/image-768x546.png 768w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/image-1536x1092.png 1536w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/image.png 1772w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><noscript><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="300" height="213" src="https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/image-300x213.png" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1349 lazyload" alt="" srcset="https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/image-300x213.png 300w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/image-1024x728.png 1024w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/image-768x546.png 768w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/image-1536x1092.png 1536w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/image.png 1772w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></noscript></div></a><div class="elementor-post__text"><h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jamilagavin.com/my-soul-a-shining-tree-coming-july-2025/"> My Soul, A Shining Tree | Coming July 2025 </a></h3><div class="elementor-post__excerpt"><p>My new book My Soul A Shining Tree is coming July 2025! The cover art by Akrem Chebokha is luminously beautiful and encapsulates the book perfectly. My Soul, A Shining Tree has already been included on The Guardian’s list of</p></div> <a class="elementor-post__read-more" href="https://jamilagavin.com/my-soul-a-shining-tree-coming-july-2025/" aria-label="Read more about My Soul, A Shining Tree | Coming July 2025" tabindex="-1"> Read More 禄 </a></div><div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-date"> February 1, 2025 </span> <span class="elementor-post-avatar"> No Comments </span></div></div></article><article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-1330 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized"><div class="elementor-post__card"> <a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://jamilagavin.com/jamila-gavin-awarded-an-mbe/" tabindex="-1"><div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img decoding="async" width="300" height="300" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-src="https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Stroud-MBE-20240613-1-300x300.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1331 lazyload" alt="" data-srcset="https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Stroud-MBE-20240613-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Stroud-MBE-20240613-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Stroud-MBE-20240613-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Stroud-MBE-20240613-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Stroud-MBE-20240613-1-400x400.jpg 400w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Stroud-MBE-20240613-1-75x75.jpg 75w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Stroud-MBE-20240613-1-460x460.jpg 460w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Stroud-MBE-20240613-1.jpg 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="300" height="300" src="https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Stroud-MBE-20240613-1-300x300.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1331 lazyload" alt="" srcset="https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Stroud-MBE-20240613-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Stroud-MBE-20240613-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Stroud-MBE-20240613-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Stroud-MBE-20240613-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Stroud-MBE-20240613-1-400x400.jpg 400w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Stroud-MBE-20240613-1-75x75.jpg 75w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Stroud-MBE-20240613-1-460x460.jpg 460w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Stroud-MBE-20240613-1.jpg 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></noscript></div></a><div class="elementor-post__text"><h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jamilagavin.com/jamila-gavin-awarded-an-mbe/"> Jamila Gavin awarded an MBE </a></h3><div class="elementor-post__excerpt"><p>Jamila has been awarded an MBE for her services to Children’s Literature. See below an excerpt from the London Gazette. For more details, click here. Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood St. James鈥檚 Palace, London SW1 15 June 2024</p></div> <a class="elementor-post__read-more" href="https://jamilagavin.com/jamila-gavin-awarded-an-mbe/" aria-label="Read more about Jamila Gavin awarded an MBE" tabindex="-1"> Read More 禄 </a></div><div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-date"> June 15, 2024 </span> <span class="elementor-post-avatar"> No Comments </span></div></div></article><article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-1326 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized"><div class="elementor-post__card"> <a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://jamilagavin.com/coram-boy-at-chichester-festival-theatre/" tabindex="-1"><div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img decoding="async" width="300" height="225" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-src="https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Coram-Boy_Chichester-Festival-Theatre-300x225.png" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1327 lazyload" alt="" data-srcset="https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Coram-Boy_Chichester-Festival-Theatre-300x225.png 300w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Coram-Boy_Chichester-Festival-Theatre-768x576.png 768w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Coram-Boy_Chichester-Festival-Theatre-600x450.png 600w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Coram-Boy_Chichester-Festival-Theatre.png 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="300" height="225" src="https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Coram-Boy_Chichester-Festival-Theatre-300x225.png" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1327 lazyload" alt="" srcset="https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Coram-Boy_Chichester-Festival-Theatre-300x225.png 300w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Coram-Boy_Chichester-Festival-Theatre-768x576.png 768w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Coram-Boy_Chichester-Festival-Theatre-600x450.png 600w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Coram-Boy_Chichester-Festival-Theatre.png 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></noscript></div></a><div class="elementor-post__text"><h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jamilagavin.com/coram-boy-at-chichester-festival-theatre/"> ‘Coram Boy’ at Chichester Festival Theatre </a></h3><div class="elementor-post__excerpt"><p>I love hearing of productions of “Coram Boy being underway” – whether in school halls – or theatres in all sorts of far-flung places. Now another, this time in Chichester, at the prestigious Chichester Festival Theatre. Every production I鈥檝e seen</p></div> <a class="elementor-post__read-more" href="https://jamilagavin.com/coram-boy-at-chichester-festival-theatre/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Coram Boy’ at Chichester Festival Theatre" tabindex="-1"> Read More 禄 </a></div><div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-date"> March 23, 2024 </span> <span class="elementor-post-avatar"> No Comments </span></div></div></article><article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-1318 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized"><div class="elementor-post__card"> <a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://jamilagavin.com/alexander-the-great-man-myth-or-monster-now-available-in-paperback/" tabindex="-1"><div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-src="https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Alexander-the-Great-300x225.png" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1319 lazyload" alt="" data-srcset="https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Alexander-the-Great-300x225.png 300w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Alexander-the-Great-1024x768.png 1024w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Alexander-the-Great-768x576.png 768w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Alexander-the-Great-1536x1152.png 1536w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Alexander-the-Great-600x450.png 600w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Alexander-the-Great.png 1800w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><noscript><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" src="https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Alexander-the-Great-300x225.png" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1319 lazyload" alt="" srcset="https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Alexander-the-Great-300x225.png 300w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Alexander-the-Great-1024x768.png 1024w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Alexander-the-Great-768x576.png 768w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Alexander-the-Great-1536x1152.png 1536w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Alexander-the-Great-600x450.png 600w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Alexander-the-Great.png 1800w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></noscript></div></a><div class="elementor-post__text"><h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jamilagavin.com/alexander-the-great-man-myth-or-monster-now-available-in-paperback/"> ‘Alexander the Great: Man, Myth or Monster’ now available in Paperback </a></h3><div class="elementor-post__excerpt"><p>Way back in 2012, Walker Books published my book Alexander the Great: Man, Myth or Monster. I was thrilled with it, as it was such a handsome book, and wonderfully illustrated by David Parkins. It lay dormant for some years,</p></div> <a class="elementor-post__read-more" href="https://jamilagavin.com/alexander-the-great-man-myth-or-monster-now-available-in-paperback/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Alexander the Great: Man, Myth or Monster’ now available in Paperback" tabindex="-1"> Read More 禄 </a></div><div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-date"> March 17, 2024 </span> <span class="elementor-post-avatar"> No Comments </span></div></div></article><article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-1313 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized"><div class="elementor-post__card"> <a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://jamilagavin.com/the-next-the-next/" tabindex="-1"><div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-src="https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/fleur-SE2zTdS1MNo-unsplash-300x200.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1315 lazyload" alt="" data-srcset="https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/fleur-SE2zTdS1MNo-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/fleur-SE2zTdS1MNo-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/fleur-SE2zTdS1MNo-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/fleur-SE2zTdS1MNo-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/fleur-SE2zTdS1MNo-unsplash-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><noscript><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" src="https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/fleur-SE2zTdS1MNo-unsplash-300x200.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1315 lazyload" alt="" srcset="https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/fleur-SE2zTdS1MNo-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/fleur-SE2zTdS1MNo-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/fleur-SE2zTdS1MNo-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/fleur-SE2zTdS1MNo-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://jamilagavin.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/fleur-SE2zTdS1MNo-unsplash-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></noscript></div></a><div class="elementor-post__text"><h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jamilagavin.com/the-next-the-next/"> The Next & The Next </a></h3><div class="elementor-post__excerpt"><p>Being called a butterfly is often a derogatory term. It implies you flit about, unable to stick at anything. But the fact that my life has been all about flitting around, hasn鈥檛 made me feel a failure. 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