List Of Writers

SHIPTON, JONATHAN

Garreglefain, Porthyrhyd, Llanwrda, Carmarthenshire SA19 8PE
Tel: (01558) 650454
Email: jon@shipton.greenisp.org
Website: www.jonathanshipton.co.uk

A children’s writer and poet, Jonathan was born in Birmingham in 1948 and has lived and worked in Wales since 1974. His poetry has been published in the following school anthologies: Thoughts like an Ocean (Pont, 1997), Second Thoughts (Pont, 2003), Me (Franklin Watts, 2000), Fire to a Cold World 1 (WJEC, 2001), Fire to a Cold World 2 (WJEC, 2004). He was the winner of the Austrian Children’s Book award 1992, Stitching Nederlandse Kinder Jury Award 1996, was the Picture Book Quarterly prize winner, 1999 and also won the Junior Magazine Book of the Month 2004. His children’s stories have been broadcast on the BBC and on Dutch television.

Selected Publications:
In The Night (Harper Collins, 1991)
Busy! Busy! Busy! (Andersen, 1991)
Horrible Crocodile (Heinemann, 1995)
The Cooking Pot (Heinemann, 1996)
What if? (Macmillan, 1999)
How to be a Happy Hippo (Little Tiger Press, 1999)
Waiting for Snow (FBA Publications, 1999)
Disgwyl Eira (FBA Publications, 1999)
Going to the Match (FBA Publications, 2000)
Mynd i’r Gem (FBA Publications, 2000)
My Dad (Frances Lincoln, 2000)
Showtime! (FBA Publications, 2001)
Sôn am Sioe! (FBA Publications, 2001)
Emily’s Perfect Pet! (FBA Publications, 2002)
Lucky Duck (Macmillan, 2004) 

Eligible Writers on Tour subjects offered:
Readings from / discussion of own writing. How books are made. Inspiration, technique, favourite authors, question and answer. Sessions modified according to age group.

AGE RANGE: Play Group, Infant and Primary school