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,
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You'll find videos, blogs, Soundcloud recordings,
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downloadable resources,
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information about school visits,
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my calendar showing availability
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and the dates of my public events (including my Horniman storytelling dates.)
Current news
Virtual Sessions
Who says a virtual story time can't have a little sparkle of its own? I have been delighted to celebrate some lively virtual story times this term. I'm currently taking bookings for the spring term - virtual or actual, depending on Covid 19 - so check out my availability on my calendar
Winter Book Bingo
Looking for some book/story ideas to inspire you during the winter months. Why not download the pdf?
Activities
As part of my Winter Book Bingo listen to my Jack Frost Poem or go to my activities page and learn how to cut out a snowflake
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.

Why not make your own superhero?
Download the PDF for instructions
Projects I'm involved in
I'm taking part in #BookPenPals where I will be sending a postcards to:
Year 2
Franche Community Primary School
Kidderminster
Year 5
Holy Cross Primary School , Parsons Green, London
Year 5/6
Matlock Bath Holy Trinity C of E Primary School

Ah it's a sad farewell to Cypress Primary where I have been their Patron of Reading for two wonderful years.
Click on the link to visit their page and see their wonderful work

I am a member of SCBWI
I am a member of www.virtualauthors.co.uk
I am a member of Children’s Writers and Illustrators for Stories and Literacy
For more info, especially about the CWISL writing Shout!festivals, please contact
or visit the CWISL website www.cwisl.org.uk


