Links

Archive material

All my archive material is now housed at Sevenstories, the centre for children’s books: www.sevenstories.org.uk

Useful links

My Twitter page: www.twitter.com/berliedoherty

The BBC’s Learning Zone website features a short video of Berlie reading her poem ‘My Sparrow Gran’ and explaining a bit about it. Click here to watch it (works in the UK only).

Read and Inspire is an online Scholastic resource for children and teachers. Recently they interviewed me at home – to see more, go to: http://education.scholastic.co.uk/read_and_respond

For anyone interested in creative writing courses: www.arvonfoundation.org

Stories from the Web: www.storiesfromtheweb.org

Storybook England: a literary guide ‘exploring places linked with much-loved children’s books’ (including Alice in Wonderland, Peter Rabbit, and writers such as JK Rowling and Philip Pullman). For a free copy of the very attractive map phone 0845 456 2323 or visit www.storybookengland.com. Berlie’s page on Storybook England: click here.

Derbyshire Reading Champion: www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/services/books_and_reading/reading_champion/default.asp

Writeaway: www.writeaway.org.uk

My page on Whole Story Audio Books’ website, from which my unabridged audio books are available: click here.

UK Children’s Books: a directory of children’s authors and illustrators: www.ukchildrensbooks.co.uk

Swapped links

Sally Doherty • Alan Brown • Pauline Chandler • Bill Allerton • Caroline Pitcher