National Conferences
Keynote speeches, conference papers, symposia and workshops since 2000
University of Glasgow, Scotland - September 2009
Paper at academic Children’s Literature conference
Manchester Metropolitan University - June 2007
Playing to Learn Conference
Workshop seminar: Literacy, Play and Learning: Children as Playful Literacy Learners
Liverpool Hope University - June 2007
The Turn to Aesthetics Conference
Merchant Taylor’s Independent School, Liverpool - September 2006
Full day inset presentation
Merchant Taylor’s Independent School, Liverpool - June 2006
Full day workshop
Association of Junior Independent Schools (AJIS) Conference - February 2006
Keynote speech to Independent School Headteachers
Children’s Literacy and Popular Culture ESRC Research Conference - 2004
The University of Sheffield March 2004
ESRC research seminar: Bob the Builder Goes to School: Popular Culture, Role Play and Interactive Writing
10th Children’s Literature Conference - 18th May 2002
Manchester Metropolitan University Seminar: Using Anthony Browne’s Work to Explore Children’s Responses to Literature: Working With Children from N - Y6
Children’s Writing Conference - October 2001
Manchester Metropolitan University Keynote speech
How Texts Teach What Readers Write: Using High Quality Children’s Literature to Teach Writing and Create Young Authors.
12 th European Conference on Reading - 2001
Dublin (2001) Seminar The True Story of Insy Winsy by A. Spider”: Using Traditional Fairy Stories and Variations on Nursery Rhyme Themes to Teach Writing.
BERA Conference - 2001
Leeds - September 2001 Symposium on Popular Culture
Beanie Babies: An opportunity to promote literacy development, or an insidious money spinner for the business tycoons?
North of England Education Conference 2000
Wigan - January 2000 Invited speaker
Progress by Partnership: Learning to be Literate with Parents, Teachers, Children and Books.