Congratulations to Margaret McDonald and her editors Alice Swan and Ama Badu – winners of the 2025 Branford Boase Award for outstanding debut novel for young people with GLASGOW BOYS, a moving, beautifully written coming-of-age novel exploring the power of identity, community and masculinity.
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