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July 7
All day presentations by teachers attending the yearlong poetry course at the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education
July 8
St Helen’s Primary School, Walthamstow
July 13
Southwell
July 15
‘Bear Hunt’ event in Greenwich
July 21
Visiting my old school, West Lodge Middle School, Pinner
July 22
Receiving an Honorary Degree, Nottingham Trent University
August 18
Masterclass at Edinburgh University
Performance at Edinburgh Book Festival
September 7
Judging the Roald Dahl Funny Prize
September 13
Cormwall
September 15
Peckham Library
September 16
Perform-a-poem workshop with teachers in Wandsworth
September 20
Perform-a-poem workshop with teachers in Croydon
September 21
Perform-a-poem workshop with teachers in Tower Hamlets
September 21
An evening talking to French author Daniel Pennac about his new book ‘School Blues’ at Stratford Circus, 6.30, organised by Newham Bookshop. All welcome
September 22
Perform-a-poem workshop for teachers in Camden
September 22
An evening talking to French author Daniel Pennac about his new book ‘School Blues’ at the French Institute (L’Institut Francais)
September 23
Perform-a-poem workshop in New Malden
September 24
Perform-a-poem workshop for teachers in Enfield
September 27
Roald Dahl Day schools event at Stratford Circus
September 28
Perform-a-poem workshop with teachers in Bexley
September 29
Welling
October 1-3
Bath Children’s Literature Festival, several appearances
October 4
Perform-a-poem workshop
October 5
Week 1 of the MA in Children’s Literature and the MA in Children’s Literature and Writing at Birkbeck, University of London
October 6
Every Child a Talker evening in Barking
October 8
Salford Library of Working Class Writing, sessions with children
October 12
English and Media Centre, emagazine sixth form conference on poetry
October 13
Stratford-upon-Avon
October 15
Teachers in Newport, Wales
October 18
Children’s Bookshow event in Hereford
October 19
Southampton – Emotional Literacy conference
October 21
Children’s Bookshow event in Manchester
October 22
Teachers conference, Epping, Essex
November 15
Kent teachers conference
November 17
Ceremony for the award of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize
November 18
Talk about the French publishing house Pere Castor and its founder Paul Faucher at the French Institute (Institut Francais)
November 22
Dickens day at Dickens House, Doughty Street
November 23
Prime conference on writing. In Camden, for teachers.
November 24
Swansea
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