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Adrian Poynton

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Adrian Poynton is an award-winning writer. His work has covered all mediums from fiction and non-fiction, television, theatre, radio and live performance and his passion to transfer his knowledge of storytelling to new writers is unmatched. Much of Adrian’s work…

Derek Blyth

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Derek was born near Edinburgh and was educated there and at the Universities of Aberdeen and Durham. As well as teaching music, he is also a performer, lecturer and keen audience member of a wide range of musical styles. He…

Sue Woollard

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Sue studied Psychology at Swansea University and went on to gain an MSc in Psychology. For over 35 years Sue has been teaching Psychology in colleges and schools. Sue started work in the further education sector but joined St Christopher…

Sarah Neale

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Sarah is a Yoga Teacher, Personal Trainer, Massage Therapist and a Group Fitness Instructor, teaching classes at various gyms in the north Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire area and online. She combines these skills in addition to a wealth of life experience…

Sarah Burles

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Sarah studied History of Art at Cambridge University before doing a masters degree at University College London. She went on to have a career in museum and gallery education, establishing new services in three different museums before working at the…

Rosemary Hayes

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Rosemary has written over fifty books, mainly for children and young adults. Many of these have won or been shortlisted for awards and several translated into different languages. She has worked in publishing, been a reader for a well-known authors…

Justine Lister

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Justine Lister is a qualified English teacher, passionate about inspiring a love of reading in her students. She runs ReadWriteIgnite offering Secondary English tutoring, educational services and CPD sessions for schools, reading and writing groups online and in person, adult…

Maria Perez Luis

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Maria Perez Luis is originally from Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, where she grew up and attended school and university. After spending several years studying and working in the United States, she settled in England over twenty-five years ago. She…

Helena Hon

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Helena previously taught art and English in both primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong following her teacher training. Helena loves languages; she speaks English, Cantonese and Mandarin, has recently started to learn French, and has a degree in Japanese…

Kate Burgess

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After studying applied arts, she has enjoyed introducing her love of colour, and themes of travel, landscape and the coast, to small groups and classes. Kate often uses an artists work for creative inspiration, so that we can explore a…

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