Hosted by Laura Henry-Allain · 🇺🇸 US · EN-GB · 26 episodes
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My Words, My Book, is an original children's podcast aimed at supporting children's love of books and reading. This comes at a time of national decline in children's reading enjoyment, according to the National Literacy Trust.My Words, My Book features authors' interviews offering children unique insights into the creative process behind some of their most beloved stories and explaining what is it like to be an author.The shows will feature fiction and non-fiction and combines interviews with emerging authors as well as those who are well known.It will reach children across different platforms, podcast channels, YouTube and will be linked to social media channels.My Words, My Book will offer a platform to authors who do not have the reach or resources to promote their books and will serve the many schools nationally and internationally that do not have the budget for author visits. Four charities will benefit from books donated by authors, Fences and Frontiers, the Grenada Communit
Laura Henry-Allain hosts My Words, My Book, a kids show with 26 episodes published.
In this podcast episode, MC Grammar discusses, his passion for reading and, of course, for all things grammar related. He generously shares stories of his background as a teacher and how teaching is at the heart and cent
Mama G shares her love of libraries and the influence her childhood library had on her decision to become a writer. She talks about how libraries are a hub within the community and the positive impact they can have on ch
Stacey reflects on her Caribbean heritage and how it influences her art and writing. She shares her creative journey and how her Grenadian culture should be embraced positively around the world. In Will and Krill, Stacey
Eric shares his career journey and provides a behind-the-scenes view of publishing thanks to the variety of job roles he has had. He encourages authors to ask questions about the publishing process. Eric discusses the us
Ramzee's writing career has been varied and includes creating comics and plays; he is keen to show refugee and asylum children in a positive light in his work. He explains how his ADHD impacts him as an author, and share
In this episode, Cressida shares her love of reading and why she is so passionate about libraries, especially libraries in schools. She also talks about how the globally loved How to Train your Dragon became a successful
Rob shares his belief that everyone is able to draw: some may just need a little help to get started on their drawing journey. Rob talks about his career as an author and illustrator and explains the role of an agent and
Onyinye talks about her debut book as an author/illustrator, The Best Jollof Rice Ever! and shares how although she has illustrated many books, this is her first published as an author. Onyinye also talks candidly about
In this episode, Chitra generously shares her journey from her homeland in India and Tamil culture, to writing children's books in the UK. Chitra also talks about her career as an author and the importance of positive re
Cathy shares how her work as a journalist led her into writing children's books and reflects on how many authors do not come from a traditional creative writing background. She also talks about her friendship group, many
In this episode, A.M. Dassu shares how she started her journey into writing through observing children and talks about how reading and writing complement each other. Did you know that Spot the Dog was her favourite book
Stephanie Taylor Stephanie shares her passion for working with children and talks about her journey to becoming a published author, which she acknowledges may be slightly different to others as she was fortunate to have
Simon James Green Simon reflects on his journey from qualified lawyer to working in theatre, to becoming an author. He talks about self-doubt and how to keep going when starting out and trying to get published. He also s
In this episode, Jamel reflects on his background as an Early Years teacher and how this has been important to him as an author. He discusses the lack of representation of men in Early Years, especially Black men who wor
Rachel has ADHD, a fact she proudly shares on her travels, especially when engaging with children and young people. She also talks about how in Felix and the Future Agency it was important for Felix to be dyslexic and ho
Nikki shares her deep love of reading, which has been with her since childhood. Becoming an author was a natural progression for Nikki: her son is autistic and Nikki was keen to write a book where he and other autistic c
Lydia talks passionately about the magic of sharing stories that every child can fall in love with, irrespective of their background. She explains that her mum (Mummy Debbie) was a foster carer when she was a child and h
Lanisha shares her story of how signing up to an incentive led her to becoming a children's author. She also talks about how entering competitions, such as the BBC's 500 Words, can open the door to children becoming auth
In this episode, Louie talks about the career she had before she became an author, which included being an editor for a publishing company – she was Laura's editor for My Skin, Your Skin! Louie reveals what inspires her
In this podcast episode, Richard reminisces about his Romani heritage and how this is central to his storytelling; he fondly shares how he was one of the last in his family to live in a caravan and travel around the UK.
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My Words, My Book is hosted by Laura Henry-Allain. The show is categorised under kids (family) and has published 26 episodes.
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