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Street Child by Berlie Doherty – featured on the home page

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Berlie Doherty is the author of the best-selling novel, Street Child, and over 60 more books for children, teenagers and adults, and has written many plays for radio, theatre and television. She has been translated into over twenty languages and has won many awards, including the Carnegie medal for both Granny Was a Buffer Girl and Dear Nobody, and the Writers’ Guild Award for both Daughter of the Sea and the theatre version of Dear Nobody. She has three children and seven grandchildren, and lives in the Derbyshire Peak District with Alan James Brown. Her most recent books are Far From Home and Joe and the Dragonosaurus. Her latest novel The Haunted Hills will be published in 2022.

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Sheffield Novel Slam 2021 – winner announced

25 October 2021

Find out who won the Sheffield Novel Slam 2021, for which I was one of the five judges.

‘Authors Uncovered: Britain’s Favourite Children’s Authors’ by Jack Heywood, 10

11 October 2021

I am honoured to appear in 10-year old Jack Heywood’s book, ‘Authors Uncovered: Britain’s Favourite Children’s Authors’, among some very distinguished authors indeed!

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Writing ghost stories

16 November 2021

Writing ghost stories: a look at the history of ghost stories, why we love them, the basic elements of how to write a ghost story, and some chilling examples.

‘The Song That Sings Us’ by Nicola Davies

13 October 2021

My review of ‘The Song That Sings Us’, an epic environmental adventure story by Nicola Davies, illustrated by Greenaway award winner Jackie Morris.

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