Angela Marie James - Author, Poet & Storyteller

Author of books for children & adults. Performance poet & storyteller. Available for author visits in nurseries, schools, colleges & at events (incl. virtual)

[Angela Marie James - Author, Poet & Storyteller @amjamesauthor]

2 of 2) Then, the following week, I held two online poetry workshops for KS1 and KS2. The rest of the month was spent working on my 2nd book in the 'I Don't Want To' series called 'I Don't Want to Eat That', which will be out in the next few months. Phew!

[Angela Marie James - Author, Poet & Storyteller @amjamesauthor]

1 of 2) What a busy month March was. It was World Book Week, which meant visiting 5 schools (Aurora Ryefields SEMH School & Coppice Primary in Derbyshire, Oaklands Primary (virtually), Wheelers Lane Technology College in Birmingham & Phoenix Primary in Liverpool).

[Angela Marie James - Author, Poet & Storyteller @amjamesauthor]

2 of 2) For the older children, I also performed some poems from my book 'Conflict' about perfectionism and our inner critic. We had lots of interesting discussions, and the children had some great ideas of how a child could tackle these worries/issues.

[Angela Marie James - Author, Poet & Storyteller @amjamesauthor]

1 of 2) In February, I performed at Ellison Primary's 'Worries Wednesday' assemblies (during their Wellbeing Week). I chose my 'I'm Scared' poems from my 'I Don't Want To Go to Bed' book and from my upcoming books 'I Don't Want To Eat That' and 'I Don't Want To Go to School'.

[Angela Marie James - Author, Poet & Storyteller @amjamesauthor]

PS: If any secondary schools would be interested in an online workshop, let me know & if there's enough interest I'll run one

[Angela Marie James - Author, Poet & Storyteller @amjamesauthor]

PRIMARY SCHOOLS: Extend your #WorldBookDay celebrations by joining my online poetry workshops on Mon 9th March. I’ll be sharing my poems & the children will write & perform their own. Please comment below to book a place/register your school’s interest #WorldBookDay2026 #teachers

[Angela Marie James - Author, Poet & Storyteller @amjamesauthor]

As today is the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, I wanted to share my poem. It's from my book 'Conflict' (the 1st in the Conflict Poetry series). Please feel free to use it to aid discussion at home & in schools (both for children & staff).

[Angela Marie James - Author, Poet & Storyteller @amjamesauthor]

Primary & Secondary schools: Celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day by joining my online WW2 war poetry workshops. I’ll be sharing my WW2 poems & the children will write & perform their own WW2 poem. Please DM me or comment to book a place.
#VEDay80 #ve80day #VE80 #VEDay

[Angela Marie James - Author, Poet & Storyteller @amjamesauthor]

@StMargaretsWR Thank you so much for inviting me to your school. I had an amazing time. The children were really enthusiastic about poetry & wrote some amazing poems themselves. They should all be very proud :)

[St Margaret's Primary School (Whalley Range) @StMargaretsWR]

@amjamesauthor worked with our year 4,5 and 6 children and really inspired them to write their own poetry about.... anything! The children loved exploring different types of poetry and really developed our school value of creativity.

[Angela Marie James - Author, Poet & Storyteller @amjamesauthor]

NEW RELEASE: 'I Don't Want To Go to Bed' is a fun collection of poems about bedtime. Avoiding going to bed, story time, teddies, sleepovers, not wanting to get up & lots more. The 1st in the 'I Don't Want To' series
https://t.co/ewXPvlDvmS

[Angela Marie James - Author, Poet & Storyteller @amjamesauthor]

@coquetparkfs Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. You all wrote some amazing engineering riddles.

[Coquet Park First School @coquetparkfs]

Year 4 enjoyed a great workshop today with Angela James for National Storytelling Week. They enjoyed writing riddles inspired by her writing.

[Angela Marie James - Author, Poet & Storyteller @amjamesauthor]

@coquetparkfs Thank you. I'm so glad you liked my animal poems & stories. I loved the animal riddles you wrote. You were also fantastic at pretending to be animals with me

[Angela Marie James - Author, Poet & Storyteller @amjamesauthor]

@coquetparkfs Thank you so much. You wrote some fantastic animal riddles & were great at pretending to be animals with me

[Angela Marie James - Author, Poet & Storyteller @amjamesauthor]

@coquetparkfs Thank you so much for inviting me, I had lots of fun

[Coquet Park First School @coquetparkfs]

Nursery and Reception really enjoyed the start of #NationalStorytellingWeek , with our visiting author Angela James. They loved listening to her stories about animals and then making up their own riddles.

[Coquet Park First School @coquetparkfs]

Year 1 kicked off National Storytelling Week with a workshop with author Angela James. We had a fab time listening to and engaging with fun poetry and stories from Angela’s upcoming book series - ‘Guess the Animal’.