Hello and welcome to the website of

Margaret

Bateson-Hill

author and storyteller

Welcome to my website where you can explore my books, and find out about me,

You'll find videos, blogs, Soundcloud recordings,
downloadable resources,
information about school visits,
my calendar showing availability
and the dates of my public events (including my Horniman storytelling dates.)

Current news

Although we have all been stuck inside, outside spring has been magnificent. I have loved watching the trees and gardens around me bud and bloom. I've had feathered visitors to my garden I don't normally see and have loved the birdsong of robins and blackbirds.

To help celebrate the wonderful outside you might like to share in the Urban Tree festival.

https://urbantreefestival.org/horniman-family-friendly-tree-inspiration

Isolation Inspiration!

Alongside fellow writers, Dom Conlon, Mo O'Hara and Chitra Soundar I have been writing a series of poems inspired by our reflections on life in lockdown.

It's available here as a free download pdf. Do share it with your family and friends. Send us your poems, stories and illustrations.

Isolation Inspiration by POETS ALLSORTS.p

Why not make your own superhero?

Download the PDF for instructions

To make your own masked super hero.pdf

Projects I'm involved in

I'm taking part in #BookPenPals where I will be sending a postcards to:

Limbrick Class, St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Chorley

Year 3, Claregate Primary School, Wolverhampton

Year 5, Whitburn Village Primary School nr Sunderland

I am a member of www.virtualauthors.co.uk

I am a member of SCBWI

I'm delighted to be Patron of Reading for a second year at Cypress Primary Click on the link to visit your page

I am a member of Tall Tales Big Moves - a dance theatre project taking place in Thanet, East Kent, and around the UK, combining dance, drama, creative writing, storytelling ...

For more info on Sea Story visit www.seastory.co.uk