Chris is a writer, Illustrator and Performance Poet. He has made many appearances at festivals, school, theatres and libraries around the globe.He has had many poetry and storybooks published since his first, 'BITEY - THE VEGGIE VAMPIRE', in 2000. He illustrates his own work and that of others. In 2021, he published his first book with Ventorros Press, the critically-acclaimed S.H.E.L.L. -Episode I - THE HORSE AWAKENS, which was nominated for the 2022 BIG BOOK PRIZE at the Shropshire Bookfest. Chris has featured at many festivals, in a range of weird and wonderful places, including The Edinburgh Fringe, The Edinburgh Book Festival, The Doha Book Festival and The Cheltenham Book Festival. His poetry performances and writing workshops have taken him all over the world, visiting schools in places such as China, Russia, Vietnam, Jordan, Egypt, India, Germany and even The Congo, where he held a poetry and illustration workshop in a cave! Chris recently was writer in residence at the Qatar National Library. He has visited thousands of schools and libraries during his writing and illustrating career, inspiring countless children to be creative, write their own stories and poems, and pick up a pencil and start scribbling their own illustrations and has had his poems and pictures broadcast on BBC TV and radio, and worked for the British Government and the British Council on various projects.
