List Of Writers

DOYLE, MALACHY

Cruit Island, Kincasslagh, County Donegal, Ireland
Tel: 00353.74.9543046
Email: malachydoyle@gmail.com
Website: www.malachydoyle.co.uk

Writer for young people. From Northern Ireland, Malachy lived in Wales from 1984-2007. He worked in special needs education for ten years and won a Northern Irish Arts Council Literary Award in 1997; an English Association Award for Cow (Simon and Schuster, 2002) and a Tir na nOg award for Georgie (Bloomsbury, 2001), both in 2002; and a Nestle Silver Award for The Dancing Tiger (Simon and Schuster, 2005) in 2005. He is a Member of Academi.

Selected Publications:
The Great Hunger/Farewell to Ireland/12000 Miles from Home
(Watts, 1998)
The Great Castle of Marshmangle (Andersen Press, 1999)
Jody’s Beans (Walker Books, 1999)
The Changeling (Pont: Legends of Wales, 1999)
Well, a Crocodile Can! (Frances Lincoln, 1999)
Tales from Old Ireland (Barefoot Books, 2000)
Owen and the Mountain (Bloomsbury, 2000)
Hero, Toffer and Wallaby (Pont Readalone, 2000)
Hungry! Hungry! Hungry! (Andersen, 2000)
Georgie (Bloomsbury, 2001)
Owain a’r Mynydd (Carreg Gwalch, 2001)
Babies Likes Me! (Frances Lincoln, 2001)
The Bold Boy (Walker Books, 2001)
Sleepy Pendoodle (Walker Books, 2002)
Cow (Simon and Schuster, 2002)
Who is Jesse Flood? (Bloomsbury, 2002)
Storm Cats (Simon and Schuster, 2002)
Riley, Kylie and Smiley (Pont Readalone, 2002)
Lake of Shadows (Pont: Legends of Wales, 2002)
Antonio on the Other Side of the World, Getting Smaller (Walker Books, 2003)
Long Grey Norris (Egmont, 2003)
Ugly Great Giant (Orchard, 2003)
1,2,3 O’Leary (Simon and Schuster, 2004)
Amadans (Orchard, 2004)
Y Cawr Mawr Hyll (Cymdeithas Llyfrau Ceredigion, 2004)
Una and the Seacloak (Frances Lincoln, 2004)
Splash, Joshua, Splash! (Bloomsbury, 2004)
Teddybear Blue (Frances Lincoln, 2004)
The Barefoot Book of Fairy Tales (Barefoot, 2005)
Amadans Alert (Orchard, 2005)
Big Pig (Simon and Schister, 2005)
The Dancing Tiger (Simon and Schuster, 2005)
Granny Sarah and the Last Red Kite (Pont, 2006)
Mam–gu Penrhiw a’r Barcud Coch Olaf (Gomer, 2006)
Jack the Giant-Killer (Franklin Watts, 2006)
When a Zeeder Met a Xyder (Doubleday 2006)
Albert & Sarah Jane (Qed Publishing, 2007)
Horse (Simon & Schuster, 2008)
Charlie is my Darling (Orchard, 2008)
Digger & Lew (Qed Publishing, 2008)
Swap (Gomer, 2008)


Eligible Writers on Tour subjects offered:
1. Reading/discussing own work (to children or adults)
2. Creative writing workshops for children
3. Writing for children (including picture books)
4. Adapting/retelling folk tales 

AGE RANGE: Infant to ancient - any age or ability