Events

I am available for writing workshops, school visits, presentations and panel events.

I have appeared at literary festivals including Kendal Mountain Book Festival and the International Literature Festival Dublin, and delivered workshops in schools and libraries across the UK.

I also love to visit bookshops for events and signings so please do get in touch.

Writing Workshops

Delivering creative writing workshops is one of my favourite parts of being a writer!

I have developed workshops themed around retelling stories from folklore, writing a fantasy adventure, place-based storytelling and writing for climate action.

For more information please see my author visit information sheet.

Bransty Primary School. Used with permission
St Bees School careers presentation. Used with permission
Forest School at Bransty. Used with permission
Dalreoch Primary School Residency. Used with permission
Dalreoch Forest School, Book Week Scotland. Used with permission
QEGS Primary Transition Project. Used with permission

  • "The opportunity to work with Alex through the Scottish Book Trust’s Author Residency programme was a wonderful experience. The creativity and passion Alex brought to our young learners has made an imprint on our school. We now have such motivated and enthusiastic children that love to write for pleasure!"

    Caitlin McBrearty, Dalreoch Primary School

  • "Your workshop was great, a perfect fit for our project and lots of engagement so definitely sparked the imagination of lots of growing minds."

    Wendy Johnson, Midlothian Libraries

  • "This was an excellent visit which really caught the children’s attention… The children were fascinated by Alex’s story as it was set in Cumbria; they thoroughly enjoyed the map activity in the workshop. A hugely successful visit!"

    St Bees Village School

  • "Alex delivered two different and engaging workshops across World Book Day to all of our pupils aged 7 to 12. They kicked off the day by getting involved in judging our fancy dress and the pupils were so excited to have an author be the judge! The pupils had an exciting time either starting to write their own fantasy adventure or retelling a folk tale. What was especially interesting was learning about our very own Scottish folk tales. We will definitely be delving deeper into Alex’s books during library time."

    Susan Mullen, Librarian at Strathallan School

  • "I loved the way we added to the map to think of our own story ideas: I’m going to use that idea in class next time we have to write a story."

    Eddie, Pupil at St Bees Village School

  • "Our year 5 children all came back full of enthusiasm and lovely stories from the day."

    Morland School

Booking

School visits in Scotland can be organised through the Scottish Book Trust Live Literature programme, which offers partial funding.

For the rest of the UK and other parts of the world, please submit school visit requests through Authors Aloud.

For other events, or for Scottish school visits outwith Live Literature, fill out the contact form.