Hello, my name is Sarah Govett and I love writing stories.
I am the award-winning author of the Territory trilogy, the India Smythe series and We Go On Forever and before that I ran a tutoring agency specialising in preparing children for 11+, 13+ and GCSE exams.
In the dim and distant past I read Law at Oxford and qualified as a solicitor in the City.
I do lots of school author visits and am currently King’s College School, Wimbledon’s Writer in Residence. I have been thrilled to see how much children enjoy creative writing workshops. One or two hours, however, isn’t really enough to practise and delve into the craft, so I’ve started running longer holiday workshops in East Sheen. We focus on building up a toolkit of amazing descriptions and emotions that can be used in any story to really make it sing and look at plotting the sort of short stories that the children will be most exposed to.
Praise for Sarah’s teaching:
‘I recommend Sarah Govett’s excellent tutoring provision warmly and without reservation. Sarah herself is gifted with the precious ability to put her pupils at their ease.’ Jonnie Noakes, then Head of English at Eton College
‘A phenomenal teacher‘ Andrew C
‘Sarah is an excellent and charismatic communicator with young people‘ Claire McGregor, Head of English, King’s College Junior School
‘Sarah’s fantastic teaching quickly resolved my daughter’s debilitating fear of creative writing, allowing her to approach writing tasks with confidence and a bank of techniques to draw upon. Amazing!‘ Rachel P
Praise for The Territory series:
Winner of the Trinity Schools Book Award as voted for by students from the 24 participating schools, including Dulwich, Latymer, City of London, Reeds and Godolphin.
Winner of the Gateshead Teen Book Award
‘The 1984 of our time‘ The Guardian Children’s Books
‘Thrilling and thoughtful‘ The Times
‘An exceptional novel‘ Booktrust
‘I love reading Sarah Govett – she’s whip-smart, funny and by plugging into the hope and energy of the youth makes me feel better about these dark times’ Dame Emma Thompson
For more information please see http://www.sarahgovett.co.uk
My husband, the writer Spencer Brown, also teaches some of the courses.
Spencer Brown is a talented writer, director and comedian (ex Cambridge Footlights) and experienced tutor. He is the author of the Tom Cooper books and his historical fiction debut, The Photographer, is out this year. Spencer uses exactly the same approach and techniques I do, working through a booklet and course structure we developed together.
‘A joy-seeking missile’ Richard Ayoade
‘Philip Roth meets Cold Feet’ Helen Lederer
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