Multi-award winning writer, poet & songwriter. Does terrific school visits. Rep: @JuliaChurchill at @AMHeathLtd.
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16 Jul 2024
Very proud of this little book and the success it's achieved - but even more so of the fact that it's provided comfort to children and adults at a time when they might need it most. Thank you to all the schools, educators, hospices and counselling services who are using it.
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A brilliant day at St John’s CE (A) Primary as part of our Roots to Reading launch in Stoke 📚
From the moment the boxes opened, pupils were diving into books - “they fill you with imagination.” Plus inspiring workshops with @WriterPoetJohn ✨
Read more: bookmarkreading.org/news/roo…
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The ACHUKA #BookoftheDay for Fri 15 May is
It Won't Be Forever by John Dougherty @WriterPoetJohn ill. Thomas Docherty from @QuartoKids
achuka.co.uk/blog/it-wont-be…
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John Dougherty retweeted
May 14
The partnership between writer @WriterPoetJohn and illustrator Thomas Docherty continues to flourish. It Won't Be Forever, their third collaboration, beautifully explores the anxiety young children can often feel when separated from a loved one. Very special indeed.
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John Dougherty retweeted
With a warm, lyrical text @WriterPoetJohn & Thomas Docherty’s expressive mixed media illustrations #ItWontBeForever @FL_Childrens shows young children how absence and loss are different. It's #RedReadingHub's #picturebook of the day reviewed on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-dMe
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Happy US publication day to It Won’t Be Forever, my latest collaboration with the brilliant Thomas Docherty.
UK readers: only three weeks to go! Pre-order it now!
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Just noticed that the river site is doing an offer on The Hare-Shaped Hole amzn.to/4c6HP7i
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Always lovely to get book post! Advance copy of the US edition of It Won’t Be Forever by me & Thomas Docherty (out April 14th; UK edition coming May 7th)! Available for pre-order now.
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Poetry fans - Zooming the Zoo is currently on offer on the river site… amzn.to/3Z1M7Wb
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Very excited to reveal the cover of It Won't Be Forever, my latest collaboration with Thomas Docherty, coming in May from @QuartoKids
ALT Cover image of It Won't Be Forever, the next book from writer John Dougherty and illustrator Thomas Docherty. The cover depicts a father fox comforting his cub before going away.
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20 Dec 2025
I love finding out what titles my foreign editions have been given! It turns out that #TheBearShapedHole is published as The Shape of the Void in Greek, and What Will Remain When You Leave, Bear? in German @QuartoKids
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25 Nov 2025
Such an honour that The Bear-Shaped Hole by me and Thomas Docherty has been chosen by @childmindinst as one of their best books about mental health. Thank you.
25 Nov 2025
We’re excited to share our 2025 list of the best kids’ books about mental health!
For our second-annual list of Best Kids’ Books for Mental Health, the Child Mind Institute has narrowed down 150 candidates to nearly two dozen winners with options for every age, from toddler to teen. All have been read and reviewed by our clinical experts and editorial staff.
Whether your child has been diagnosed with anxiety or ADHD, struggles with regulating emotions, or has lost a loved one, books can be a valuable way to help them navigate the world.
Share them with your kids (and buy them for classroom libraries) because every child deserves to read a story that they can see themselves in.
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John Dougherty retweeted
7 Nov 2025
Working class is when your parents don't support you after 16/18. Middle class is when your parents will financially support you for 1-2 decades longer.
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5 Nov 2025
How utterly lovely to get an unexpected Thai edition through the post! @QuartoKids #TheHareShapedHole
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24 Oct 2025
Absolutely lovely day of schools’ events at the Great Malvern Festival of Stories!
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John Dougherty retweeted
Thank you to @joshuaseigal and @WriterPoetJohn for supporting our school community by sending us signed copies of your books with supportive messages. We read The Hare-Shaped Hole to Nursery today and we cried, we laughed and we filled a hare shaped template with happy memories.
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25 May 2025
Very pleased to see The Bear-Shaped Hole chosen as one of @guardian’s best new books for children ❤️ theguardian.com/books/2025/m…
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John Dougherty retweeted
15 May 2025
ReadingZone's #BookoftheDay is a stunning #picturebook, The Bear-Shaped Hole, by the creators of award-winning The Hare-Shaped Hole.
Here's author @WriterPoetJohn & illus John Docherty to introduce their story of loss, and what inspired it.
👉readingzone.com/books/the-be… #bereavement
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