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Author of The Look, You Don’t Know Me, Love Song (winner of the Romantic Novel of the Year 2017) and Following Ophelia. I talk about what it takes to set out on a career in the creative industries.
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Editor of several anthologies about asylum seekers, racism, climate change. Always happy to engage on interesting subjects!
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Co-authors (Mum & 19 year old daughter) of the Waiting for Callback series (Casting Queen, Take Two and It’s A Wrap) – a funny teen series about teen actor-in-training, Elektra James.
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Author of How to Think Like a Coder: Without Even Trying!
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Authors of Young Adult fantasy novels The Witch’s Kiss trilogy (HarperCollins Children) and A Throne Of Swans duology (Hot Key Books).
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Author of The Private Blog of Joe Cowley series.
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Author (as Joss Stirling) of crime and thrillers, Don’t Trust Me, The Silence, The Jess Bridges Mysteries, and as Eve Edwards, the romantic comedy, The Summer of Wishful Thinking. Also a screenwriter.
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Author of Chameleon.
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Author of Pelagia and marine biologist, Steve will explore the ‘blue frontier’ of the open seas and how we could pioneer and settle them in an environmentally sensitive way in the near future.
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Author of The Goose Road, and a short story in War Girls, both focused on the first World War. Cross curricula opportunities in English, History (WW1) and French studies. Science, too, about Spanish influenza pandemics.
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Author of Zinc and Cobalt.
Zinc: It is 1939 and the Nazis are menacing Europe and planning to invade Britain. What can brothers John and George do to make a difference? Soon John is cracking German codes at Bletchley Park and George is parachuting into enemy territory. But what of their sister Eva? What will she do in this time of unimaginable danger?
Cobalt: Cobalt is the exciting follow-up story to Zinc, in which three Jewish siblings – John, George and Eva – continue to play key roles in the WW2 war effort, encountering high stakes and thrilling adventures in the UK and across war-torn Europe and North Africa.
‘Sue was absolutely fantastic with the boys. She gave 2 assemblies, one to yr 7 and one to yr 8 of around 140 boys each. Her talk was extremely interesting and educational. Even the boys who don’t usually manage to sit still in assembly found this very engaging. I have some students (ones who didn’t buy on the day) who are desperately waiting for Zinc and Cobalt to arrive as they can’t wait to read it! ‘ Librarian, Hasmonean Middle School.
TOPICS: WW2, Bletchley Park, Special Operations Executive, The Holocaust
Find out more about Sue and her books in our interview here.
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Author of The Boy I Am. Confident speaker with workshops on issues and themes from The Boy I Am, and on the craft of writing, suitable for various ages and audiences on a range of topics.
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Author of Monkey Wars, screenwriter for film and TV.
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Author of Glimpse.
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Author of the New York Times, Sunday Times and International Bestseller Finding Gobi: A man, a dog, and the lengths to which love will go to sacrifice for its companion.
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Author of Breathe (a ghost story), The Hunting Ground, Angel and Savannah Grey.
Read more about Cliff, his visits and his writing tips here!
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Author of Fall Out and Gut Feelings.
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Author of Riot, Siege and Bomb.
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Author of The House of Little Sisters.
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Author of Ask Me as well as D&D sourcebooks and contributor to anthologies.
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Author of the The Haunting of Lindy Pennyworth.
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Author and Illustrator of Drawn to Change the World.
TOPICS: Climate crisis, climate change, environmental racism, youth climate activism, community action, the need to centre Indigenous knowledge.
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Author of The Dollmaker of Krakow, a fusion of fairy tales, Slavic folklore, and World War II history that illustrates the power of love and the inherent will to survive even in the darkest of times.
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Author and illustrator Hannah Shaw offers a session for older students about writing character based young fiction and picture books for children. Includes some interactive illustration / brainstorming. Up to 1hr. 1 class per session. Smaller groups preferred.
Topic: Visual approach to writing.
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Author of Goodnight, Boy. Available for short readings, questions, talks on this book, breaking the rules in writing, character development and being writer.
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Author of Oh My Gods, a funny and warm YA novel about a teen girl living with her chaotic family – who happen to be the Greek gods in disguise. One of The Guardian’s 100 Best Holiday Books for 2019.
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Author of The Big Questions in Science. With 10 years’ experience answering tough space questions from the Big Bang and black holes to aliens, time travel and other universes, I offer space Q & A sessions.
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Author of Out of the Smoke, a gripping adventure set in Victorian London. Follow Billy the chimney sweep as he rises through the ranks of the criminal underworld. Based on the work of Lord Shaftesbury.
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Author of the Carnegie-shortlisted Code Name Verity, The Enigma Game, and Stateless, novels of flight and World War II, as well as the Scottish-interest mystery The Pearl Thief.
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Author/poet of The Shape of Rainbow, Scared (with Joshua Seigal), Chicken in the Kitchen and eleven more poetry books. I stage interactive virtual poetry performances, Q & As and online fun poetry writing workshops. Virtually any topic covered!
Read an interview with Neal and find out more about his books and writing tips.
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