Diana Hendry
Home address:
c/o Jenny Brown, 33 Argyle Place, Edinburgh, EH9 1JT, ScotlandTelephone:
0131 620 1556BRAW network:
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yesBiography:
Diana has published two books of poems plus two pamphlets. Many of her short stories have been published in journals and read on BBC Radio 4. She has published more than forty books for children. She has worked as a journalist, an English teacher and a tutor in creative writing at the University of Bristol and for the Arvon Foundation. Following a year as writer in residence at Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary she moved from Bristol to Edinburgh where she now lives. She is an occasional book reviewer for The Spectator.
About writer's work:
Diana’s most recent collection of poems was concerned with borders – both geographical and emotional.Awards include a Whitbread Award for a junior novel, Harvey Angell; a SAC Award for a sequel, Harvey Angell Beats Time; lst prize in the Housman Society Poetry Competition and, with Hamish Whyte, a Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship.
About writer's events and projects:
For adults: poetry readings, workshops, talks.
For children (4 – 18): readings, workshops – stories and/or poems
Language:
EnglishAge groups:
5-8, 9-12, Teens, AdultsBooks written
Molly is a total town person. She doesn't want to spend a week in the middle of nowhere, with crazy old Grandad and a whole lot of chickens! But when Grandad wants to catch a new Gran, Molly is just ...
It's Christmas Eve, and the house in Exeter Street is full to bursting! There's a guest in every nook and cranny from top to bottom - and even a baby sleeping in the kitchen sink! Will Father ...
At home, Fiona is a real chatterbox, but outside the house she says nothing at all - it's as if she's lost her tongue! These two stories tell of how Fiona makes a friend and finds her tongue, and of ...
A story which tells of the friendship between two girls of different races who live in the same street.
Goldfish Suppers is a magical anthology of new poetry for young children to share with their families, on the page or out loud. The poems and illustrations feature life in 21st-century Edinburgh, ...
When Harvey Angell zaps into Ballantyre Road, he brightens up Henry's life like a supercharged thunderbolt. With Harvey around, the atmosphere's electric - but is he musician, magician or ...
When Henry realises that the Scottish house they have rented for their holiday is haunted, he calls on Harvey Angell. With his 500-kilowatt smile and array of curious gadgets, Harvey is able to piece ...
When Henry comes home from school and finds a baby hidden in Aunt Agatha's hollyhocks, another adventure is on the way. To find out where it came from and who the dark women are haunting Ballantyre ...
Ever since Ned and Jess's parents split, they've had to put up with lodgers in the house, and they've all been disasters. So they aren't exactly thrilled when Mum announces the arrival of Kid Kibble ...
Opening with a group of poems set in Crete, this book also features poems about Christmas, pianos, family, people (real and imaginary), pigeons and skylarks.
Scully is a trainee wizard. His dad's a wizard and his mum can see into the future. When Scully is given a Minder called Monika to watch over him, he soon finds himself at the centre of a perilous ...
Cats, dogs, sisters, bluebells and hollyhocks - not to mention the curious Cullen Skink - rush pell mell through Diana Hendry's perky collection of poems for young people. Lively, readable, sometimes ...
When Mrs Mungo's pasta machine suddenly starts working all by itself, Mrs Mungo is surrounded by oodles and oodles of noodles. Soon she is tucked up tight in a noodle sleeping bag and the noodles ...
From its secret underground streets to the top of Arthur's Seat, the city of Edinburgh has been the inspiration for many children's books and writers. This unique guide will help children and adults ...
"That dog must go!" says Mr Sticks and his words seem like the end of the world to Sam. For lovable, naughty Delilah has been the best thing about Sam's life since his mum left home. How ...
A collection of six picture books, suitable for bedtime reading. It includes stories such as: "Ready for Bed!", "I Don't Want To Go to Bed!", "What Are You Doing in My Bed?", "Hushabye Lily", ...
'Sparks!' is the record of a two-year creative correspondence between friends and fellow poets Diana Hendry and Tom Pow, during which they set each other challenging poetic problems, resulting in the ...
Based on the story of "The Six Swans", this is a tale of six brothers turned to swans by their step-mother. All of them were turned back into children, except for Caleb, who is part-boy, ...
Computer games are never quite so cool for techno-head Laurie O'Grady after he and his dog Puddles take off on a flight of fantasy with a real-life, gigantic, awesome bird.
Do you collect things? Stamps? Spiders? CDs? Tess has some really crazy collections. But her brother can hardly believe his ears when Tess tells him what she plans to collect next!
When the thing-on-two-legs appears, Mulligan's life takes a turn for the worse. Gone are the long walks with Mr and Mrs Dembo. Now they can only toddle and waddle to the end of the road. Something ...
A bewildered dog cannot understand what is so special about a box that makes wah wah noises - until he discovers there's a baby inside.
It is a hot sunny day, and Big Mouse is digging in the garden. "Come and help me," he asks Little Mouse, but Little Mouse is busy 'dreaming up something'. The 'dream' involves a daisy ...
Little Mouse feels scared when he lies in bed. What is that huffing and puffing? Is it a ghost, calling "Who-who, who-who?" "Can I come into your bed?" he asks Big Mouse. But Big ...
It's the night before Christmas and Big Mouse and Little Mouse are putting up decorations. Little Mouse scampers out to search for holly but finds big white flakes falling from the sky. ...
Everyone in Jellybee Street says that Nell is the luckiest girl alive to have such a wonderful big brother as Robert; and isn't Robert lucky to have such a sweetie-pie sister as Nell? But one day ...
Megan offers a home to dreamy Anna and silent Raymond, and then the family is joined by Sam and Brent. All four have difficulties to overcome in the house high above the river, where each of them ...
