I was a keynote speaker and workshop presenter at GESS Dubai 2019, a major education conference. This interview gives an idea of what I spoke
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Calling ALL Dubai teenagers: are your parents on their phones too much?
I’m on my way back to Dubai today to talk at the Emirates Litfest. For details of what I’m doing (and what I did in
Three bits of positively lovely news
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GESS Dubai conference – Resources and handouts
I am in Dubai for the GESS education conference. I know I’m going to be loving the opportunities to talk to teachers and educationalists from
Some thoughts on empathy – cognitive empathy
Empathy – the ability to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes – is something I think about a lot. I’ve written about it before, for
A double trip to Dubai
I have two work trips to Dubai coming up. There’s a huge variety in what I’m going to talk about over both trips and every
Shelf Help and Reading Well – Northern Ireland
I’m flying to Northern Ireland this evening to give a couple of talks tomorrow to help Y9 and Y10 students manage their mental health and
From me, for you – to all the schools I visit
I wrote this for a school I visited recently but it’s really for every school I visit, every young person I talk to, everyone who
Writers read
As some of you know, I used to spend a lot of time giving advice about how to get published and how to stay published