The Writers of Wales Database

BATT, TANYA ROBYN

Tan–y–Bryn, Fachwen, Llanberis, Gwynedd LL55 3HB
Tel: 07990 733323
Email: faerybatt@hotmail.com
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Storyteller, writer and arts educator. Born in New Zealand. Studied Education, Performing Arts and Psychology at the Universities of Western Australia and Auckland. Works freelance performing, lecturing and teaching in Australia, New Zealand and Britain. Specialises in storytelling for the early primary years. Developed and wrote ’We Can Keep Safe’, an arts-based child protection programme. Regularly published in NZADIE Journal of Drama Education: poetry published and placed in NZ and British publications and competitions.

Selected Publications: 
The Fabrics of Fairytale (Barefoot, 2000)
The Terrible Queue (Scholastic NZ, 2000)
A Child’s Book of Faeries (Barefoot, 2002)
The Faerie’s Gift (Barefoot, 2003)
The Princess and the White Bear King (Barefoot, 2004)
The Barefoot Book of Faeries (Barefoot, 2008)