I am a Senior Lecturer in Primary Education at Edge Hill University where I teach English across our undergraduate and postgraduate ITE and OfS programmes.  Before this I was a primary school teacher for 16 years.  I am interested in all aspects of literacy but as an avid reader I am particularly passionate about engaging children and young people in reading for pleasure and exploring texts of all kinds.

I am currently completing my EdD with a focus on exploring student teachers’ identities as readers and Reading Teachers.  I lead an OU/UKLA Teachers’ Reading Group with our student teachers and have thoroughly enjoyed creating a community of reading enthusiasts.  My involvement in the UKLA Book Awards this year has given me a fantastic opportunity to not only indulge my own love of children’s literature but also to engage in rich, thought-provoking conversations with teacher colleagues.

Feel free to contact me on BlueSky at @theliteratedragon.bsky.social