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He has also been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal in 2001 and 2003 and twice for the Booktrust Teenage Prize. He has won the Blue Peter Book Award 'The Book I Couldn't Put Down', the Catalyst Award, the Leicester Book of the Year, the Angus Book of the Year, the Stockport Book Award, the Birmingham Chills Award, the
Salford KS4 Award, the
Hackney Short Novel Award
and the Salford Librarians' Special Award. His books have been published
in Japanese, German, Italian, French, Thai, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Swedish
and other languages.
Alan has been a teacher for 16 years, working with KS1, KS2 and KS3. He has made numerous visits to schools and libraries, colleges and education conferences. He is a popular speaker at the Edinburgh Festival, the London Book Fair, the Northern Children's Book Festival, the Hay-on-Wye Festival, the Cheltenham Festival and many others.
| Pupils' achievement is very good. This is due to the effective deployment of the talented Author in Residence, and the focused teaching of skills in dedicated writing lessons. |
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Ofsted Report on one of Alan's schools |
Alan has also appeared on the BBC Education programme Writer's Block, the Blue Peter Book Awards, Radio 4's Front Row, The World Tonight and The Message programme. He is a regular contributor to TES, Junior Education, Carousel, Books for Keeps and other journals. Alan writes an occasional column for the Liverpool Echo.
Alan is a full time writer and independent educational consultant. He has
featured in the Book Trust's Writing Together Initiative. In addition to
visiting 150 schools a year across the UK, Alan has spoken in the Channel
Islands, Spain, France, Cyprus and Switzerland. Visits to Greece, Hong Kong
and El Salvador are being scheduled.
See Alan's blog at www.alangibbons.net
Talks and Workshops
Alan gives two kinds of talks :
| • | author talks('How I do it.') |
| • | writing workshops (KS2 or 3) |
Example : writing horror using the techniques of tension
Workshop followed by 15 minute BBC video featuring a short ghost story
and interview with the author on how he constructed the story.
Alan Gibbons is fully police checked and he has full public liability insurance.
If you would like Alan to speak at your school, library
or other venue he can be contacted by email.
(Example of fee for a day visit to a school, £450 plus travelling
expenses.)
Reviews for The Dark Beneath
| Very occasionally a story comes along which packs such a powerful emotional punch you want to tell the world about it and yet somehow cannot find the words.... an author whose ability to turn out convincing, consistently moving, make-you-stop-and-think stories is nothing short of miraculous. |
School Librarian |
| Told with Alan Gibbons' characteristic directness, this will readily appeal to teenage readers |
The
Tablet |
| a grippingly told story that will appeal to the most reluctant reader. |
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Linda Newbery, Times Educational Supplement |
| (His readers) won't close this novel without having added considerably to their palette of experience and knowledge |
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Lindsey Fraser, Guardian. |
Reviews for The Lost Boys Appreciation Society
| a sensitive exploration of how men and boys deal with bereavement... insightful book... about fear and violence, tension and alienation... love and tenderness |
The Bookseller |
A powerful and compelling novel by a writer who has an incredible gift for depicting real people in real-life situations.' |
The Bookseller |
| Every sentence of the Lost Boys Appreciation Society is perfectly chosen... Gibbons deserves to be recognized as an national treasure. |
The
Bookseller |
| The story is extremely well told, extremely readable and sensitive without becoming maudlin. |
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Primary Times in Hampshire |
| how sensitively and tactfully Gibbons deals with the death of the parent. It's a gripping read for teen readers |
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Liverpool Echo |
Reviews for Caught in the Crossfire
| There's a slice of real life in this book, and the writing is accessible and compulsive. |
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The Bookseller, 15th November, 2002 |
Gibbons' writing often addresses worrying issues of social justice but never as powerfully as in this novel. |
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The Bookseller, 15th November, 2002 |
Reviews for The Edge
| a fast and compelling 'must read'…I can't recommend it highly enough. |
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Books for Keeps, July 2002 |
The characters are brilliantly drawn |
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Mail on Sunday, July 1, 2002 |
Alan Gibbons is committed to writing books boys will read…No film or televising could compete with the immediacy of this intense plotting. |
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Sunday Herald, July 7, 2002 |
Alan Gibbons's best yet. The writing grabs you from the first page and entwines you into the lives of the characters. |
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The Herald, July 6, 2002 |
A number of outstanding novels have recently been published including 'The Edge' by Alan Gibbons, a tense and deeply affecting story that encompasses racism and manipulative violence. |
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Books for Keeps, September 2002 |
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