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Award-winning children's novelist & poet. Child I (Faber) Blood Donors & Nobody Saw No One (Walker)
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New video poem Gift of Giving, positivity poetry. Come and hear it live and/or share your own at the open mic White Feather Poetry Tue 18 Nov, 7.30 at Artillery Arms Bunhill Row EC1 8ND. It's free/donations, no booking needed - Just Poetry For Just People!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-LA...
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The Gift of Giving - Steve Tasane
YouTube video by stevetasane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-LAR7sbwNE
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New video poem Gift of Giving, positivity poetry. Come and hear it live and/or share your own at the open mic White Feather Poetry Tue 18 Nov, 7.30 at Artillery Arms Bunhill Row EC1 8ND. It's free/donations, no booking needed - Just Poetry For Just People!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-LA...
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The Gift of Giving - Steve Tasane
YouTube video by stevetasane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-LAR7sbwNE
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Meet the Author in the Library - celebrating THIS BOOK ROARS children's poetry collection and award-winning novel Child I, I'll be talking about family, play and refugee journeys at Marylebone Library 23 June, and maybe reading a fun poem or three...
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Meet the Author in the Library - celebrating THIS BOOK ROARS children's poetry collection and award-winning novel Child I, I'll be talking about family, play and refugee journeys at Marylebone Library 23 June, and maybe reading a fun poem or three...
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School Reading List
7 months ago
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel...
New children’s poetry and drama for Summer term 2025 with titles by Michael Rosen, James Carter, Dom Conlon, John Agard, Matt Goodfellow, Benjamin Zephaniah, A.F. Harrold, Gaby Morgan, Grainne O’Brien & more.
#KidLit
#TeachersofX
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Our picks of the best children’s books coming out in Summer 2025
Here's our selection of top new titles coming out in Summer 2025. These include picture books, poetry, middle-grade, YA & non-fiction.
https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-releases/new-childrens-books-summer-2025/
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Jason Why
7 months ago
Today Meet the Author Hannah Stanislaus "AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY " 7 pm at Charing Cross Library 4-6 Charing Cross Road WC2H OHF Free entry Next Meet the Author Celabrating Pride with Keith Robert Bray Victoria Library 160 Buckingham Palace Rd, London SW1W 9TR 25th June 2025 time 6pm Free Entry
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Lucy English
7 months ago
With Shagufta Iqbal, Kathryn O’Driscoll, Alex Calver, Manganaro, Josie Alford, Danny Carlo Pandolfi and the BSU uni slam team 💖💖🎉🎉
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Thanks Eastside Education for putting this spotlight on me and my Positivity in Practice work. Schools - this link contains details of my Talking Trouble presentation. Take a look...
www.eastside.org.uk/about/who-we...
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Steve Tasane - Eastside
I am a performance poet, award-winning novelist and playwright who weaves fun, games and inclusivity into the learning process. I have substantial experience working with children with SEN, disabiliti...
https://www.eastside.org.uk/about/who-we-are/artists/steve-tasane
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Katy Evans-Bush
7 months ago
This from
@stevetasane.bsky.social
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I Never Left The Left (The Left Left Me) - Steve Tasane
YouTube video by stevetasane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3mPsMzexYU
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Tonight!
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New video poem! I Never Left The Left (The Left Left Me) - with, 'cos I like to stretch myself, live percussion on the keyboard. Yes, it's lo-fi and I ain't ever gonna be no Keith Moon but....ENJOY! (not for children...)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3mP...
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I Never Left The Left (The Left Left Me) - Steve Tasane
YouTube video by stevetasane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3mPsMzexYU
7 months ago
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New video poem! I Never Left The Left (The Left Left Me) - with, 'cos I like to stretch myself, live percussion on the keyboard. Yes, it's lo-fi and I ain't ever gonna be no Keith Moon but....ENJOY! (not for children...)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3mP...
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I Never Left The Left (The Left Left Me) - Steve Tasane
YouTube video by stevetasane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3mPsMzexYU
7 months ago
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As it's Bank Holiday Monday, here's my positive gift to the day, the networking page for my Positivity in Practice site provides links and blurbs for great arts groups ranging from Half Moon Children's Theatre to
@authorsalouduk.bsky.social
Take a look!
stevetasane.wixsite.com/my-site-1/ne...
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Networking | My Site 1
https://stevetasane.wixsite.com/my-site-1/networking
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So many resources in my Positivity in Practice website, you could spend a weekend absorbing those positive vibes, but here's the video page, including the four vids I made during the Arts Council Project. My fave is Teardrops Are A Beautiful Thing
stevetasane.wixsite.com/my-site-1/vi...
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Videos | My Site 1
https://stevetasane.wixsite.com/my-site-1/videos
7 months ago
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So many resources in my Positivity in Practice website, you could spend a weekend absorbing those positive vibes, but here's the video page, including the four vids I made during the Arts Council Project. My fave is Teardrops Are A Beautiful Thing
stevetasane.wixsite.com/my-site-1/vi...
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Videos | My Site 1
https://stevetasane.wixsite.com/my-site-1/videos
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Thanks Arts Council England for funding my Artist's Guide to Positivity in Practice. An essential 9000 words for creatives in schools. Read, learn, share share share!
stevetasane.wixsite.com/my-site-1/ar...
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Artists' Guide | My Site 1
https://stevetasane.wixsite.com/my-site-1/artists-guide-to-positive-practice-in-s
8 months ago
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Justin Coe took this luvverly pic of me with proof copy of my children's collection THIS BOOK ROARS! Justin says, "don't be a grumblebum feast your eyes and twist your tongue around the sights and sounds of Steve Tasane's playful collection of pure poetry"
10 months ago
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Thanks Arts Council England for funding my Artist's Guide to Positivity in Practice. An essential 9000 words for creatives in schools. Read, learn, share share share!
stevetasane.wixsite.com/my-site-1/ar...
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Artists' Guide | My Site 1
https://stevetasane.wixsite.com/my-site-1/artists-guide-to-positive-practice-in-s
8 months ago
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Still buzzing from Friday's lift-off for This Book Roars! Thx London Poetry Books for publishing/staging, & Hannah Stanislaus for filming. Teachers, librarians, festivalarians, this is what you get if you order in the children's poet Steve Tasane!
vimeo.com/1061822856/c...
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STEVE TASANE BOOK LAUNCH
This is "STEVE TASANE BOOK LAUNCH" by Hannah Stanislaus CF on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
https://vimeo.com/1061822856/cb8618cf27
9 months ago
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Thank you Marysia!
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9 months ago
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Looking like a kid's poetry book ought to look! And wonderful poet
@nealzetterpoet.bsky.social
says it's "bubbling over with brilliant wordplay, finger-snapping rhythms & rhymes" Out next week. Teachers, still have a couple of windows around World Book Day, so if you'd like to celebrate...
10 months ago
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THIS BOOK ROARS! my debut poetry collection for children & fun-loving adults! This one is enjoyed with live hula hooping (something AI has yet to introduce to the page..) Teachers - is this the kind of poetry you want in your class room?!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3bn...
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All Hail the Hula Hoop - Steve Tasane
YouTube video by stevetasane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3bnvbugE28
10 months ago
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THIS BOOK ROARS! my debut poetry collection for children & fun-loving adults! This one is enjoyed with live hula hooping (something AI has yet to introduce to the page..) Teachers - is this the kind of poetry you want in your class room?!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3bn...
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All Hail the Hula Hoop - Steve Tasane
YouTube video by stevetasane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3bnvbugE28
10 months ago
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A week tomorrow - a Pride of Poets - come and share your words with us, celebrating creativity and positivity. Just drop in, Tooting Library Thursday 20th, 6-8, FREE, with open mic
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Justin Coe took this luvverly pic of me with proof copy of my children's collection THIS BOOK ROARS! Justin says, "don't be a grumblebum feast your eyes and twist your tongue around the sights and sounds of Steve Tasane's playful collection of pure poetry"
10 months ago
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The joy of working on a scene, turning it from boring to gripping, and your daily word-count has dropped substantially.
#writing
11 months ago
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Delighted to announce London Poetry Books are publishing my first children's poetry collection just in time for World Book Day - THIS BOOK ROARS!
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Excited to post this video about childhood trauma shared between me, my brothers and our beautiful beast of a dog Lizzie, using archival pics, as part of my ACE-funded Positivity in Practice schools presentation (teens upwards)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7YO...
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That Dirty Rabid Tasane Beast - Steve Tasane
YouTube video by stevetasane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7YOw-xjDrE&t=13s
11 months ago
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Marysia Kurowski
11 months ago
Wonderful story teller Steve Tasane brings alive part of his life with Lizzie the dog, his brothers and mother. He does it like no other.
#autobiography
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Excited to post this video about childhood trauma shared between me, my brothers and our beautiful beast of a dog Lizzie, using archival pics, as part of my ACE-funded Positivity in Practice schools presentation (teens upwards)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7YO...
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That Dirty Rabid Tasane Beast - Steve Tasane
YouTube video by stevetasane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7YOw-xjDrE&t=13s
11 months ago
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Julie Patchouly
12 months ago
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Here's my festive wish for you all. Have a good cry. You know you deserve it. Sob for joy. Cry with relief. Let the pain go. Tis the season to be true. The emotional energy of our open hearts will keep the killing machines at bay. Peace to you all 💚💚💚
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rJ7...
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Teardrops Are A Beautiful Thing - Steve Tasane
YouTube video by stevetasane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rJ7hzyjbyw
12 months ago
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Here's my festive wish for you all. Have a good cry. You know you deserve it. Sob for joy. Cry with relief. Let the pain go. Tis the season to be true. The emotional energy of our open hearts will keep the killing machines at bay. Peace to you all 💚💚💚
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rJ7...
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Teardrops Are A Beautiful Thing - Steve Tasane
YouTube video by stevetasane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rJ7hzyjbyw
12 months ago
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The Poetry Society
12 months ago
📣 Reminder! Our next open mic is on 17 December at The Poetry Café. Sign-ups are from 7pm at the door, and the event begins at 7.30. Don't miss your chance see a headline set from Kareem Parkins-Brown! To book your tickets and find out more, click here:
poetrysociety.org.uk/event/twas-t...
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Looking forward to a feature set at Sober AF Poetry Club this Weds 11th Dec, as co-winner of their audience vote. It's a welcoming alcohol/drug free open mic, a genuinely friendly and encouraging evening
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-sober-...
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This Thursday - industry sharing day for all artists working in schools, looking at "Behaviour!", with panel, creative games, networking. FREE, to book, simply email
[email protected]
Spaces left, get in quick, more details here:
stevetasane.wixsite.com/my-site-1
about 1 year ago
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This Thursday - industry sharing day for all artists working in schools, looking at "Behaviour!", with panel, creative games, networking. FREE, to book, simply email
[email protected]
Spaces left, get in quick, more details here:
stevetasane.wixsite.com/my-site-1
about 1 year ago
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Behaviour! A week today, the second Positivity in Practice sharing day, looking at inclusivity and wellbeing in schools, with panel, creative games and forum theatre. FREE, but must book, simply email
[email protected]
stevetasane.wixsite.com/my-site-1
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Positivity in Practice | My Site 1
https://stevetasane.wixsite.com/my-site-1
about 1 year ago
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2nd Positivity in Practice sharing day on Thurs 5 Dec at Half Moon theatre. Booking is FREE & easy, just email
[email protected]
asking for confirmation. Panel with Justin Coe @literacyoutloud & Dympna Cunnane @ourtimecharity + forum theatre & games
stevetasane.wixsite.com/my-site-1
about 1 year ago
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Behaviour! A week today, the second Positivity in Practice sharing day, looking at inclusivity and wellbeing in schools, with panel, creative games and forum theatre. FREE, but must book, simply email
[email protected]
stevetasane.wixsite.com/my-site-1
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Positivity in Practice | My Site 1
https://stevetasane.wixsite.com/my-site-1
about 1 year ago
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Ahead of next week's Positivity in Practice sharing day (FREE, Half Moon Theatre, Thursday 5th Dec to book
[email protected]
) here's a little film I made with Portsmouth Young Carers looking at superpowers. It's got sound effects and all!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G6K...
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The Earth Defenders with Steve Tasane
YouTube video by stevetasane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G6Kokgettg
about 1 year ago
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The Poetry Society
about 1 year ago
In partnership with green engineering firm AESSEAL here is a new young poets (U25, worldwide) ecopoetry writing challenge! Poet Caleb Parkin offers prompts for imagining building a world where human and non-human earthlings coexist. Closes 26 January 2025.
ypn.poetrysociety.org.uk/workshop/ear...
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Amyl & The Sniffers hit Weatherfield
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about 1 year ago
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Ahead of next week's Positivity in Practice sharing day (FREE, Half Moon Theatre, Thursday 5th Dec to book
[email protected]
) here's a little film I made with Portsmouth Young Carers looking at superpowers. It's got sound effects and all!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G6K...
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The Earth Defenders with Steve Tasane
YouTube video by stevetasane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G6Kokgettg
about 1 year ago
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Lit Hub
about 1 year ago
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on searching for her father (and the Moomins) in Helsinki.
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In Search of the Moomins in Helsinki: The Enduring Magic of Tove Jannson’s Characters
It is the end of October when I arrive in Helsinki with my nine-year-old son, with whom I first read the Moomin stories when he was three years old, and we were living in Scotland together during a…
https://buff.ly/3Zj3zGE
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Jon Biddle
about 1 year ago
My map of children's independent bookshops is updated regularly. Most provide an online service and they're all run by people who can make well-informed book recommendations. Make sure you support your local one if you want to keep it. Any missing, please let me know.
padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...
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5, (ermm 7!) authors we've read 5 or more books by: Patience Agbabi Stephen King Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Charles Dickens John Steinbeck Zadie Smith JG Ballard
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about 1 year ago
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2nd Positivity in Practice sharing day on Thurs 5 Dec at Half Moon theatre. Booking is FREE & easy, just email
[email protected]
asking for confirmation. Panel with Justin Coe @literacyoutloud & Dympna Cunnane @ourtimecharity + forum theatre & games
stevetasane.wixsite.com/my-site-1
about 1 year ago
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Pascale Petit 🌿🐅🌱🐆🌿🦜
about 1 year ago
It’s never too late – I was 44 when my debut poetry collection was published – I’d been writing poems forever. I’ve published 8, 9th on the way. And my debut novel, linked with my poems. Earth is rejuvenated by spring, creativity keeps you young. Don’t give up, just keep renewing yourself & your art
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