A Selection of John's Books
John Dougherty
Performance with readings/ Q&A / poems / songs
Workshop
Details
Preferred age range:Depending on type of session, happy to work with any age group up to about 12/13 yrs
No of sessions per day:
“For schools, normally 3-4 sessions, totalling up to 3 hours performance.”
Workshops: not normally more than 2 in a day.
Session Length:
20 mins for Foundation Stage; normally 40 minutes for KS1 & an hour for KS2/3
Workshops: normally 1 hour each
Book signings normally held at end of visit after all sessions completed
Areas prepared to travel to:
Based in South West England, but happy to go anywhere if all expenses, including overnight, are met
Transport:
Normally car: 45p per mile
Train for long journeys
Fees:
Website:
Titles include:
“The Stinkbomb & Ketchup-Face series
The Zeus on the Loose series
The Bansi O’Hara books
The Jack Slater, Monster Investigator books
Niteracy Hour
Has also written several books for reading schemes including Oxford Reading Tree, Project X, Treetops & Collins Big Cats.
First poetry collection,, Dinosaurs & Dinner-Ladies, due out 2016.”
Testimonials:
"Amazing... without a doubt one of the best author events that I have experienced"-Tamara Linke, Tales on Moon Lane Children's Bookshop, London.
" John is one of the very best authors for schools we've had... certainly at the front rank of authors that I'd recommend for both schools and festival events" - Teresa Lowe, children's events programmer, Glasgow West End Festival
" It gave me more courage with my own writing" - Year 5 pupil
" I didn't want him to stop, it was such fun!" - Year 3 pupil
" He made me think that writing is fun and I could do it" - Year 2 pupil
" Fantastic... a wonderful inspiration. There really is no substitute for this sort of experience" - Deputy Head, Berkshire
"A natural entertainer, with a guitar-strumming comedy routine that would go down well on kids' TV" - Stroud News & Journal
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