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Maisie Chan

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Other contact method: Website: maisiechanwrites.com/contact
Local authority: Glasgow City
Languages: English
Author type: Storyteller, Writer
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I am a British Chinese author, mainly for children and teens. I often write about outsiders, marginalised people and generational differences. I have taught creative writing to adults and children, am a mentor for new writers and am interested in health and wellbeing.

I recently published Stories From Around the World - a book of eighteen fairytales, myths and legends from many countries - with Scholastic.

Websites featuring the author

Author website Twitter Publisher - Penguin Publisher - Scholastic Feature (Banana Writers)

Local authorities can visit

Argyll and Bute; East Ayrshire; East Dunbartonshire; East Renfrewshire; Edinburgh City; Glasgow City; North Ayrshire; Renfrewshire; South Ayrshire; South Lanarkshire; Stirling; West Dunbartonshire

Events can deliver

Mentoring; Panel event; Reading; Residency; Talk; Workshop

Audience can work with

Adult learners; English as an additional language (EAL); Intergenerational learning; Adults with additional support needs; People living with dementia; Reluctant readers; Vulnerable young people (under 18); Vulnerable adults; Young people in the community (e.g. Youth clubs, Guides, Scouts); Young people with additional support needs (under 18) (ASN/SEN)

Topics of work

Activism & protest; Adolescence; Adventure; Biography & memoir; Care experience; Characters of colour & BAME characters; Childhood; Class & society; Comedy, humour & funny books; Contemporary fiction; Discrimination & Prejudice; Editing & editing your own work; Fairy tales, folklore & mythology; Family; Food; Friendship; Human rights; Loneliness & isolation; Poverty; Publishing & getting published

Age groups published for

Children; Teens; Adults

Age groups can work with

6-8; 9-11; 12-14

Audience size

11-30; 31-100

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