Joshua Seigal

Joshua Seigal is a British children's poet, author, performer, and educator.^[1] He has published many collections of poetry for children with publishers such as Bloomsbury and HarperCollins, and has performed and led workshops at schools and festivals around the world.^[2] Seigal has won several awards, including the Laugh Out Loud Book Award^[3][4] and the People's Book Prize.^[5] He has written and performed for BBC Television and has appeared at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on numerous occasions.^[6][7]

Joshua Seigal
Born	London, England
Website
www.joshuaseigal.co.uk

• Children's literature portal

Seigal's poem ‘I Don’t Like Poetry’ (first published in his book of the same name) is featured on the website of the Poetry Foundation and is widely anthologised.^[8] He has an MA in Creative Writing and Education from Goldsmiths, University of London, where he studied under Michael Rosen.^[9] Seigal also writes for adults, and his work has appeared in magazines such as Poetry Wales.^[10][11]

During the coronavirus pandemic, Seigal gave away many of his books online, stating: “This is an incredibly difficult, scary time. However, my job is based on sharing joy, and I am determined that I will keep doing this, in whatever form it takes.”^[12]

Awards

• UKLA Book Award (2025) - Longlist ^[13]
• Reading Rocks Book Award (2024) - Winner ^[14]
• Laugh Out Loud Book Award (2023) - Winner ^[15]
• Caterpillar Poetry Prize (2023) - Runner-Up ^[16]
• The People's Book Prize (2022) - Winner ^[17]
• Laugh Out Loud Book Award (2020) - Winner ^[18]
• Laugh Out Loud Book Award (2017) - Shortlist ^[19]

Bibliography

• I Am (Collins, 2024) (illustrated by Evelline Andrya)
• Poetry is Not for Me (Collins, 2023) (illustrated by Rebecca Burgess)
• Who Let the Words Out? (Bloomsbury, 2023) (illustrated by Chris Piascik)
• Yapping Away (Bloomsbury, 2021) (illustrated by Sarah Horne)
• Welcome to My Crazy Life (Bloomsbury, 2020) (illustrated by Chris Piascik)
• I Bet I Can Make You Laugh (Bloomsbury, 2018) (illustrated by Tim Wesson)
• Just Like Me! (Flying Eye Books, 2017) (illustrated by Amélie Faliere)
• Morris Wants More (Flying Eye Books, 2017) (illustrated by Amélie Faliere)
• Little Lemur Laughing (Bloomsbury, 2017) (illustrated by Chris Piascik)
• I Don't Like Poetry (Bloomsbury, 2016) (illustrated by Chris Piascik)