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Roy
Apps is the author of fifty children's books.
He also writes extensively for radio and TV. In 2001 he was awarded
a BAFTA for his children's television work which includes Byker
Grove, The Ghost Hunter and Barmy Aunt Boomerang. Roy is currently
Writer in Residence at the National Gallery, London.
Publications include:
The Twitches
Time Spinner
How To Handle series
(for Scholastic)
The Fang Gang (launched
in October 2006 for Bloomsbury)
Crime Files series
(for Franklin Watts, launched in Spring 2007)
The Secret Summer of
Daniel Lyons (which won the Writers' Guild Children's Book Award
and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Awards) It is now a successful
musical.
School visits:
Roy visits schools,
libraries, bookshops and Arts Festivals to read from his books
and to share the secrets of The Shed in Your Head (For
Y2 - Y9, Group size up to 200). An interactive session about the
magic and power of stories, where they come from and how you can
make them come alive.
Roy also runs Writing
Projects for all ages. These can range in length from a morning
to long-term residencies. He has recently worked with:
- Year 5 classes - producing a BOOK
- Year 10 students - creating a STAGE PLAY
- Year 5 & 6 classes - making a 20' FILM
- Year 3 to 6 classes - creating performance POETRY
- Year 5 classes - creating an OPERA LIBRETTO
Testimonials:
'I
giggled all night,'
Shimon, London SW2
'A
top quality writer.'
The Radio Times
'Thank
you for such wonderful characters.'
Lawrie, Philadelphia,
USA
'Roy
Apps has a way with words that brings the past to life.'
Junior Bookshelf
Responses to Roy's
school visits:
'Engaging
and inspiring.'
English Teacher,
Technology College, Essex
'We
all learnt a lot… and it was great fun!
KS2 Teacher, Kent
'Your
way of helping us make characters out of buildings and ordinary
objects was amazing,'
Year 5 pupil, London
SE6
'I
liked finding out about story magic. I had another go at my story
and it got really good.' Year 5 pupil, Medway Towns.
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Home:
East Sussex
Travels
to: Anywhere
Prices:
Full
day - £340
(£390 if an overnight stay is necessary)
Late
start - £290
Half
day - £265
All
costs are + travel/accommodation expenses as necessary +
VAT
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