Margaret McDonald - Glasgow Boys

Margaret McDonald will discuss  her debut novel Glasgow Boys,  for which she was the youngest  ever recipient of the Carnegie Medal for Writing in 2025 at the age of 27.  Glasgow Boys also won the 2025 UKLA  Award and the UKLA Shadower’s Choice  Award, as well as the Branford Boase Award  2025. In addition, Glasgow Boys was  shortlisted for the YA Book Prize and  the Waterstones Children’s Prize 2025. Margaret writes about the working-class  experience, the student experience and  the Scottish healthcare system as a former  NHS employee and disabled author. She lives in Glasgow.


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