So very sad to hear this news about the wonderful author of books for both adults and children, Alex Wheatle. The BBC show ‘Crongton’ based on his Crongton Knights series premieres 24th March
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March 20, 2025 at 10:36 AM
So very sad to hear this news about the wonderful author of books for both adults and children, Alex Wheatle. The BBC show ‘Crongton’ based on his Crongton Knights series premieres 24th March
#kidlitUK
#kidlitUK
CRONGTON is coming to the small screen and we are so excited!
The CBBC show is based on the wonderful series written by our charity's patron Alex Wheatle 🎉
Here's the trailer: buff.ly/3ZPhqDk
#ReadingForPleasure #Crongton
The CBBC show is based on the wonderful series written by our charity's patron Alex Wheatle 🎉
Here's the trailer: buff.ly/3ZPhqDk
#ReadingForPleasure #Crongton
December 20, 2024 at 9:02 AM
CRONGTON is coming to the small screen and we are so excited!
The CBBC show is based on the wonderful series written by our charity's patron Alex Wheatle 🎉
Here's the trailer: buff.ly/3ZPhqDk
#ReadingForPleasure #Crongton
The CBBC show is based on the wonderful series written by our charity's patron Alex Wheatle 🎉
Here's the trailer: buff.ly/3ZPhqDk
#ReadingForPleasure #Crongton
Hachette Children's Group has signed A Crongton Christmas Party by Alex Wheatle, a new instalment in the Crongton series. 👇 #BookSky
Hachette Children's signs Crongton Christmas tale from Alex Wheatle
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February 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Hachette Children's Group has signed A Crongton Christmas Party by Alex Wheatle, a new instalment in the Crongton series. 👇 #BookSky
Alex Wheatle MBE (1963-2025) was our charity's patron.
Thanks to Hachette UK & @barringtonstoke.bsky.social we have 10 sets of seven of Alex's brilliant books to give away to UK school libraries.
To enter, follow us and share this post. Closing date: 18 July.
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Thanks to Hachette UK & @barringtonstoke.bsky.social we have 10 sets of seven of Alex's brilliant books to give away to UK school libraries.
To enter, follow us and share this post. Closing date: 18 July.
#ReadingForPleasure #UKKidLit 1/2
July 1, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Alex Wheatle MBE (1963-2025) was our charity's patron.
Thanks to Hachette UK & @barringtonstoke.bsky.social we have 10 sets of seven of Alex's brilliant books to give away to UK school libraries.
To enter, follow us and share this post. Closing date: 18 July.
#ReadingForPleasure #UKKidLit 1/2
Thanks to Hachette UK & @barringtonstoke.bsky.social we have 10 sets of seven of Alex's brilliant books to give away to UK school libraries.
To enter, follow us and share this post. Closing date: 18 July.
#ReadingForPleasure #UKKidLit 1/2
#crongton launches on iplayer today and on BBC3. A privilege to have been with the show when it was just post it notes on an office wall and to write an episode. Go watch it!
March 24, 2025 at 9:16 AM
#crongton launches on iplayer today and on BBC3. A privilege to have been with the show when it was just post it notes on an office wall and to write an episode. Go watch it!
Loving the new BBC series #Crongton released this week on iplayer and based on the Crongton Knights series of books by the mighty and talented Alex Wheatle. Sad to lose such a great writer. What a legacy he has left behind for us and countless generations to enjoy. #kidlitUK
March 26, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Children’s writer and author of the award-winning Crongton series, Alex Wheatle MBE, has died of prostate cancer at the age of 62. 👇 #BookSky
'Beloved' author Alex Wheatle MBE dies aged 62
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March 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Children’s writer and author of the award-winning Crongton series, Alex Wheatle MBE, has died of prostate cancer at the age of 62. 👇 #BookSky
Gutted. Truly gutted. What a brave, good man.
'Beloved' author Alex Wheatle MBE dies aged 62
Children’s writer and author of the award-winning Crongton series, Alex Wheatle MBE, has died of prostate cancer at the age of 62.
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March 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Gutted. Truly gutted. What a brave, good man.
Another wonderful obituary for the brilliant Alex Wheatle. I'm watching CRONGTON on the iPlayer now; it's absolutely essential TV, the best thing I've seen this year. If you haven't seen it yet, you must - and you must read the books too! They are modern classics.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Alex Wheatle obituary
Author of the Crongton novels whose stories of inner-city life give a realistic portrait of growing up in contemporary Britain
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Another wonderful obituary for the brilliant Alex Wheatle. I'm watching CRONGTON on the iPlayer now; it's absolutely essential TV, the best thing I've seen this year. If you haven't seen it yet, you must - and you must read the books too! They are modern classics.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
April 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Alex Wheatle, novelist and ‘Brixton Bard’, dies aged 62
Alex Wheatle, novelist and ‘Brixton Bard’, dies aged 62
The writer, who found success with young adult novels, inspired one of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe films which was based on the author’s childhood
British writer Alex Wheatle, the author of books including East of Acre Lane and the Crongton series, has…
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Alex Wheatle, novelist and ‘Brixton Bard’, dies aged 62
oh hello! Congratulations to everyone on the Horrible Science team, a wonderful bonkers show that deserves all the plaudits
March 24, 2026 at 4:41 PM
oh hello! Congratulations to everyone on the Horrible Science team, a wonderful bonkers show that deserves all the plaudits
We are so excited to announce the trailer for Crongton, now available to watch on @bbciplayer
Based on the best-selling Crongton Knights books by Alex Wheatle and written by Archie Maddocks, this 10 part series will be coming in Spring 2025!
Watch the trailer here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Based on the best-selling Crongton Knights books by Alex Wheatle and written by Archie Maddocks, this 10 part series will be coming in Spring 2025!
Watch the trailer here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Crongton
Liccle Bit and his friends navigate coming of age on the vibrant and chaotic Crongton estate, with friendships and loyalties tested by the growing darkness of the world around them.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
We are so excited to announce the trailer for Crongton, now available to watch on @bbciplayer
Based on the best-selling Crongton Knights books by Alex Wheatle and written by Archie Maddocks, this 10 part series will be coming in Spring 2025!
Watch the trailer here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Based on the best-selling Crongton Knights books by Alex Wheatle and written by Archie Maddocks, this 10 part series will be coming in Spring 2025!
Watch the trailer here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
August 25, 2024 at 12:28 PM
I have once again achieved international Hollywood fame as ..."man in corner of screen waving a flag" in BBC Crongton
March 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I have once again achieved international Hollywood fame as ..."man in corner of screen waving a flag" in BBC Crongton
Sad news that the inspirational Alex Wheatle has died: www.thebookseller.com/news/beloved...
'Beloved' author Alex Wheatle MBE dies aged 62
Children’s writer and author of the award-winning Crongton series, Alex Wheatle MBE, has died of prostate cancer at the age of 62.
www.thebookseller.com
March 20, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Sad news that the inspirational Alex Wheatle has died: www.thebookseller.com/news/beloved...
UPDATE! We've got a BAFTA nomination AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! BAFTA has decided that a show that hooks kids into STEM subjects through the medium of fart jokes is good enough to be alongside such shows as Shaun the Sheep, Crongton and The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball! This is sooooooo cool!
March 30, 2026 at 12:47 PM
UPDATE! We've got a BAFTA nomination AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! BAFTA has decided that a show that hooks kids into STEM subjects through the medium of fart jokes is good enough to be alongside such shows as Shaun the Sheep, Crongton and The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball! This is sooooooo cool!
What does the book trade need more of? "Stuff that ain't shit" Archie Maddocks at #KidsConf Apparently the tv is less dark than the crongton books.
September 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
What does the book trade need more of? "Stuff that ain't shit" Archie Maddocks at #KidsConf Apparently the tv is less dark than the crongton books.
We're at @thebookseller.com's #KidsConf discussing how children read, learn and engage with stories.
Loved 'Adapting Crongton for TV' - CBBC's Amy Buscombe and Archie Maddocks talked about bringing Alex Wheatle’s books to the screen.
Say hi if you’re here too 👋 #ReadingForPleasure
Loved 'Adapting Crongton for TV' - CBBC's Amy Buscombe and Archie Maddocks talked about bringing Alex Wheatle’s books to the screen.
Say hi if you’re here too 👋 #ReadingForPleasure
September 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
We're at @thebookseller.com's #KidsConf discussing how children read, learn and engage with stories.
Loved 'Adapting Crongton for TV' - CBBC's Amy Buscombe and Archie Maddocks talked about bringing Alex Wheatle’s books to the screen.
Say hi if you’re here too 👋 #ReadingForPleasure
Loved 'Adapting Crongton for TV' - CBBC's Amy Buscombe and Archie Maddocks talked about bringing Alex Wheatle’s books to the screen.
Say hi if you’re here too 👋 #ReadingForPleasure
With great sadness we've just heard of the death of Alex Wheatle, one of our favourite YA writers. We loved working with him + recommending his books. Here he talks about his work for EMC Language Laboratory. Our thoughts are with his friends + family www.englishandmedia.co.uk/videos/colle...
KS3 Language Lab: Writers' Choices
For use with KS3 Language Laboratory 'Writers' Choices', Alex Wheatle author of the Crongton sequence, discusses his writing.
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March 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
With great sadness we've just heard of the death of Alex Wheatle, one of our favourite YA writers. We loved working with him + recommending his books. Here he talks about his work for EMC Language Laboratory. Our thoughts are with his friends + family www.englishandmedia.co.uk/videos/colle...
CBBC’s Amy Buscombe and Archie Maddocks join us on stage to share how they brought Alex Wheatle’s Crongton book series to the screen whilst authentically representing children’s issues and joy 📺
#KidsConf
#KidsConf
September 29, 2025 at 10:54 AM
CBBC’s Amy Buscombe and Archie Maddocks join us on stage to share how they brought Alex Wheatle’s Crongton book series to the screen whilst authentically representing children’s issues and joy 📺
#KidsConf
#KidsConf
RIP Alex Wheatle.
“He took it upon himself to reconnect me. He pushed CLR James’s The Black Jacobins into my eager hands. ‘This will tell you ah liccle something about where you come from and where you stand in the struggle,’ he said.”
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“He took it upon himself to reconnect me. He pushed CLR James’s The Black Jacobins into my eager hands. ‘This will tell you ah liccle something about where you come from and where you stand in the struggle,’ he said.”
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Alex Wheatle obituary — The Guardian
Author of the Crongton novels whose stories of inner-city life give a realistic portrait of growing up in contemporary Britain
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April 7, 2025 at 7:59 AM
RIP Alex Wheatle.
“He took it upon himself to reconnect me. He pushed CLR James’s The Black Jacobins into my eager hands. ‘This will tell you ah liccle something about where you come from and where you stand in the struggle,’ he said.”
apple.news/Ah2DWRyQ8RQy...
“He took it upon himself to reconnect me. He pushed CLR James’s The Black Jacobins into my eager hands. ‘This will tell you ah liccle something about where you come from and where you stand in the struggle,’ he said.”
apple.news/Ah2DWRyQ8RQy...