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Tendai Huchu

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Contact: [email protected]
Local authority: Edinburgh City
Languages: English
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I am the author of two novels, The Hairdresser of Harare and The Maestro, The Magistrate & The Mathematician. Currently I am working on a new YA fantasy novel Ghostalker: The Library of the Dead.

I have done events, workshops and talks on various themes with secondary schools and universities in the UK, Germany, Tanzania, and Nigeria.

Local authorities will visit

Aberdeen City; Dundee; East Lothian; Edinburgh City; Falkirk; Fife; Glasgow City; Midlothian; West Lothian

Events will deliver

Mentoring; Reading; Residency; Talk; Workshop

Topics of work

Characters of colour & BAME characters; Class & society; Comedy, humour & funny books; Contemporary fiction; Crime fiction; Editing & editing your own work; Fairy tales, folklore & mythology; Fantasy; Friendship; Health including mental health & wellbeing; Historical fiction; LGBTQIA+ characters; Loneliness & isolation; Love & romance; Music; Mystery & thriller; Politics; Poverty; Science fiction; Urban communities; Violence & abuse; Wars & conflicts

Age groups published for

Teens; Adults

Age groups will work with

15-18; 18+

Audience size

0-10; 11-30; 31-100; 100-500; 500+