Welcome
to the website of multi-award winning author
John Dougherty

"One of the very best authors... for both schools and festival events"

AUTHOR

POET

SONGWRITER

On this page, you can learn about some of John's books 

On this page, there's information about where to find his poems
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And here, you can learn a bit about his songwriting, and hear a few songs

School visits and events

School Visits

​John's school and festival events are fast and funny, entertaining and inspirational. He's got decades of experience performing and talking to audiences of all ages, and consistently gets great feedback from his sessions.

​Here's where you can find out more, including how to book him!

And of course, you can also find out how to contact John and buy his books!

Just about everything on this site is © either John Dougherty or somebody else. Things that are © somebody else include all illustrations from the books. Credit for many of these can be found on the author page, but please don't forget that all  illustrations & photos are © whoever did the drawing or took the photo, which means YOU CAN'T USE THEM unless you're the photographer or illustrator or have their permission, ok?!? I'll probably put copyright credits on other pages but if I forget, it doesn't mean you can swipe stuff that doesn't belong to you. So don't.

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