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Inclusive Stories Tour with Beth O’Brien
Applications for the Inclusive Stories Tour 2026 are now open.
When: 17–19 March 2026
Who: Primary and secondary schools
Where: Dundee, Angus
Cost: Free
Audience: Children and young people aged 10–13 years (P7–S2)
Audience size: Groups of 20–30 students (we may consider assemblies)
Deadline for application: Friday 5 December 2025
Application outcome: You will receive an email with the outcome of your application by 11 December. All applications will be reviewed and assessed based on the information you provide.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact Signe Rudoviča at [email protected](this link will open in a new window).
About the event
During the event, students will meet author Beth O’Brien and hear about her journey into writing, including the fears she had to overcome. She’ll talk about her books and why it is important to see disabled characters in stories, then read a preview from her upcoming novel Feather Vane, out in March 2026.
Students will take part in a fun quiz and a quick creative activity where they’ll retell a fairy tale in their own words. There’ll be time to share ideas and ask Beth questions in a relaxed Q&A to finish.
About the author
Beth O’Brien is an English Literature BA and Creative Writing MA graduate from the University of Birmingham. She is also the author of four adult poetry books. Having been born visually impaired and with an upper-limb difference, Beth is passionate about the representation of disability in literature and is currently studying for a PhD researching the (mis)representation of disability in contemporary fairytale retellings. She is the founder and editor of Disabled Tales, a website dedicated to discussing disability in fairytales and folklore.
You can see posts from previous Inclusive Stories Tours on our About Sensory Storytelling page.
The Inclusive Stories Tour is generously sponsored by the Mohn Westlake Foundation.
