The money I raise here will be used to promote Bea's Witch ahead of its launch in July 2021. I'd love the book to have a wide reach and to grow empathy and understanding for all those connected to the adoption system. Adoptees are under represented in fiction, and yet they are 20 times more likely to be excluded from school, do half as well as their peers in exams and two thirds of adoptees say that they are teased or bullied at school. Help me open a conversation and make a change!
I'm an award-winning author & theatre maker from Yorkshire. My current project, Bea's Witch, is very close to my heart. As an adoptive dad, I wanted to write a novel that reflected some of the challenges adoptees face. Bea's Witch (released in July 2021) explores themes of adoption, home, identity, belonging & loss. I also work with schools, giving children space to explore their own experiences through creative writing. --- The future can be rewritten. On the eve of her twelfth birthday, Beatrice Crosse runs away from her adoptive home only to encounter the ghost of England’s most famous prophetess. The witch offers her treasure, but can she be trusted? Bea must wrestle her past to discover the witch’s secret and find her way home. “A deft blending of historical, fantastical, contemporary and adoption fiction. I was genuinely transported.” Dr Rachel Connor, Novelist & Dramatist
My ko-fi page is for anyone who'd like to support the publication of my new book, Bea's Witch: A runaway adoptee encounters the ghost of a witch. She must wrestle her past to discover the witch’s secret and find her way home.
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