On 15th May, Leyland will be joining award-winning children's author Nick Sharratt and UKLA Regional Representative Jo Bowers to speak to student-teachers about writing for children, and specifically the use of rhyme and innovation in teaching phonics.

On 17th March, Leyland Perree will be returning to Mary Dean's Primary School for an author presentation and guest storytime.

Taken from The Plymouth Herald, 6th March 2014

PLYMOUTH-based author-and-illustrator team Leyland Perree and Stuart McGhee have secured an international publishing contract by having one of their hit books translated into Spanish.

Which Witch Is Which? is an observational picture book that encourages readers to spot their favourite of 20 very different witches as they bounce from page to cackling page.

The book is being translated into Spanish by Editiones Obelisko, with an initial print run of 3,000 copies.

But with Spanish the third most-spoken language on the planet behind Mandarin Chinese and English, the worldwide sales potential is huge.

The duo were originally put together by Plympton-based Ghostly Publishing front man Neil Trigger, and since their first combined efforts the team has become a huge success.

Mr Perree and Mr McGhee launched their first book, The Great Reef Race, in September 2012, and knew they had created something special.

Reviews were glowing and sales for their new publisher soared.

When they showcased their book at the Ghostly Publishing stand of The London Book Fair in 2013, it attracted orders and interest from international book sellers and representation from an agent in India.

Both men had been published individually before and Mr Perree even sold a copy of one of his solo titles to Prime Minister David Cameron, but their books as a team have eclipsed them all.

Since September, they have released another two books – the latest being a humorous Christmas tale called The Unpleasant Tale of the Man-Eating Christmas Pudding.

Mr Perree, whose day job is writing training manuals, is currently looking for schools to attend and spread his love of writing into the education curriculum.

He is pictured here visiting Compton Primary School, where he donated £50 to school funds – £1 for every copy of the book sold there.

Mr McGhee, who works for the Marine Biological Association in Plymouth and has a degree in illustration from Plymouth College of Art, continues to attend comic book conventions and undertake private commissions.

Mr Trigger said: "Their books are among our company's best sellers."

On Friday 7th March, children’s author Leyland Perree will be visiting Perran-ar-Worthal Community Primary School to meet the children and to share his experiences of being an author.

Leyland will also run author workshops with some of the classes.

As part of the school's book week, Leyland was invited to read to the children at their Evening Storytime session.
"They had me at the words 'Hot chocolate and cookies'" said Leyland.
Bless.

On Monday 3rd March, Leyland Perree will attend the Ivybridge Reads event...and he's yet to figure out why...

Details TBC!

On 24th February Leyland Perree will be joining the children of Compton C of E Primary at their afternoon assembly, where he'll present a donation to the school raised from the sale of his books at their book fair held during December 2013.

Starting Monday 10th Feb, Leyland Perree is running a story workshop with the students of Leigham Primary School. Taking place over two days the workshop will cover many aspects of story writing. By the end of the week the children of Yrs 1-6 will present their collaborative tale to the school.

On Saturday 21st December, I'll be signing copies of my books at Barnstaple Library from 10am until 2pm, after which I'll be hitting Barnstaple high street for a spot of Christmas shopping!
This is most likely going to be my last event of the year, and what an eventful year it's been.