Elle McNicoll’s Third Book, LIKE A CHARM, launching at the Southbank Centre—Feb 19th, 2022: Tickets Available

A Kind of Spark Is Going to be a Television Series!

A Kind of Spark is Overall Winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2021

I Will Be Appearing at the Barnes Children’s Literature Festival, 2021

A Kind of Spark Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize

I Will Be Writing a Neurodivergent Detective Story for Crime Anthology

A Kind of Spark Wins the Blue Peter Book Award for Best Story

A Kind of Spark Long-listed for the Branford Boase Award

A Kind of Spark is Announced Blackwell’s Children’s Book of the Year!

Thank you, Blackwell's, for choosing A Kind of Spark to be your best children's book of the year. A complete thrill and honour!

A Kind of Spark Nominated for the Carnegie Medal

Elle McNicoll's Debut Novel nominated for the prestigious Carnegie Medal

A Kind of Spark Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award

A Kind of Spark has been chosen out of hundreds of books as one of three shortlisted titles for the Blue Peter Book Award.

A Kind of Spark Nominated for the Books Are My Bag Reader Awards!

Yay! A Kind of Spark has been nominated for Best Children's Book, in the BAMB Reader Awards. #BooksAreMyBag. The awards will be held virtually on the BooksAreMyBag YouTube account, and they will be streamed live on November the 10th, at 17:30.