author Visits
Visiting Primary Schools with
Clever Books for Clever Children
from Acclaimed Children’s Author
Extraordinary Children’s Author
Brian is a kid’s author on a mission to spread kindness and “creative wonderment” to children.
He’s available for school visits, and for library, festival and other appearances too.
He can also do virtual visits if this is somethng you’d prefer. Contact us to find out more, and read on to see more about how delighted children are to engage with his work…
Author Fee
I try to keep these affordable and they’re about half of the recommended Society of Authors Fee Rates, but actually include expensive prizes for the children in the fee. (If you have a terrible issue with budget, please talk to me a maybe we can work something out!)
Half day (morning or afternoon)
£149
Includes: Assemblies, Classes (TBA and agreed), activities, Q &A, Author Letter, “Meet The Author” and a special offer for autographed, personalised books, with special stickers and bookmarks.
Also includes props, a special gift, a competiton with a book as prize and a copy for the school library.
Full Day (morning and afternoon)
£279
Includes: Assemblies, Classes (TBA and agreed), a competition with prize for each “event”, activities, Q &A, Author Letter to each class with a special message, “Meet The Author” and a special offer for autographed, personalised books, with special stickers and bookmarks.
Also includes props, a special gift, a competiton with a book as prize and a copy for the school library.
Also includes a bookmark for each participating child and subsidised books for qualifying children (to be discussed with the school)
Year 6 Children’s Review (10-11 Year Olds):
Dear Brian,
Thank you for your author letter and for sharing such a special book with us. We have thoroughly enjoyed Siggy’s journey in helping Mrs Chana and we would like to share some of our thoughts with you…
Relevant and current- English county, Manchester United shirt and village.
Ambitious verbs moving story forward- transfixed, scampered, trotted, scooted and swaggered.
Repetition of words/phrases- bark, bark, bark and scampered.
Key words/phrases in larger font and different colour- if they believe in magic and it is you.
Multicultural-A range of characters such as Mrs Chana.
Key moral- the theme of keeping a promise is delivered in a humorous and fun way.
Rating- 5/5
“Exciting, adventurous and simply fun!”
“Magical, special and relatable…”
“Siggy is truly remarkable in reminding us the importance of keeping promises.”
Its a great book, a lovely story and unique illustrations, perfect for year 1-4…
They loved the story! The pictures really inspired Year 1. Reception loved the cuddly toy and older children really wanted to find out more about the characters and whether they were real.
I enjoyed seeing the children so pleased to meet a ‘real author’ and I was surprised by the level of questions the older children asked. They responded to meeting you in such lovely ways. You clearly inspired many of them.
I shared this wonderful book with my class of 8 year olds today and they loved it! In fact they clapped at the end! This is such a beautiful story with a poignant message of you can do anything if you put your mind to it no matter how small you are.
We have our first ‘Reading For Pleasure Champion’ of the month 
They have chosen the fantastic Siggy Loves Sausages by Brian Frederick
The relatable narrative and highly-schematic illustrations make this a pleasure for children to read and well placed to support the Early Years Framework and KS1 curriculum. It is a real treat which can be enjoyed again and again.
This delightful, palindromic picture book is accompanied by highly-schematic pictures
which sustain Siggy’s sense of purpose right to the end.
It makes a complementary pairing with Rosie’s Walk (Pat Hutchins), We’re Going on a Bear
Hunt (Michael Rosen) or The Detective Dog (Julia Donaldson).
Winner of Gold Literary Titan Book Award in December 2021.
Brian’s Media Bio
Brian is a children’s book author. He aims to bring more joy into the world, for children (and for the adults who love them) so that they can live happier lives filled with more kindness.
Brian is a proponent of finding the goodness in life. He shares the value of that philosophy through children’s stories. In his books he hopes to entertain children and show them a world of kindness, joy and wonder.
Monday through Friday finds Brian as the lawyer at the helm of a commercial mediation services company. His work encourages solving disputes peacefully. This ideal carries over to the philosophy he shares in his children’s books. He is the founder and lead mediator at GetMediation, one of the UK’s leading commercial mediation companies, helping people to avoid the stress and expense of litigation and to simply get on with their lives free of conflict.
Brian’s new book Siggy Loves Sausages is a great example of this philosophy. In the book, Siggy the dachshund is an innocent, with the sweetest nature, just like a child. he wants to help people and finds that doing so brings him happiness.Brian began life in the legal world in litigation before realising he prefered to end conflicts rather than participate in fighting them.
Along the way, he also rediscovered his passion for writing and has a series of children’s book s coming out that he hopes will make the world a little better for his readers.Brian’s business has achieved several awards including Best Multi-Speciality Mediation Firm in England’s Prestige Business Awards. He writes for over 40,000 readers about his beloved Manchester United at The Utd Journal and his first children’s book is already garnering rave advance reviews. In fact, it looks like Siggy Loves Sausages will become an Amazon Kids Bestseller in the very near future.
Brian has built a strong Author Platform from nothing in the last two months and engages with the writing community on both Twitter and Instagram every day. Brian had just under 1,500 Twitter followers, and over 1,200 followers on Instagram (from a standing start just a couple of months ago) at the time of writing, and his following grows daily.Brian has been featured as a Top Ten Exciting New Author in De MODE Magazine, and given a double spread feature and interview for their 600,000 readers.
Asked about his philosophy of life as a writer, Brian said:
“I don’t know if stories for children can change the world, but I hope they can make it a little better – certainly for my readers.
I hope I can bring a little more joy into the world, and a little more truth and kindness.
I do care that these and other important things are often in short supply when they needn’t be. Maybe my readers and I can change that together…”
Lean Ins:
2. You Only Dine Twice… Brian has enjoyed both breakfast and dinner (twice) with both James Bond and Vanessa Redgrave…
De mode interview snippet:
Children’s book author Brian Frederick enjoyed creating his own worlds and being an insatiable reader from an early age. He always wanted to be a writer, having won praise and awards for his early stories, and was particularly inspired by the Narnia stories. When he writes, he finds himself entering a bubble of creativity, allowing his mind to wander into an imaginary realm.
Brian grew up in Northern Ireland, during “the Troubles” and went to a posh school where CS Lewis was once a pupil and Samuel Beckett briefly taught. Brian made the sports pages as a champion swimmer, travelling widely and representing Ireland as well as being a serial holder of records. He says he may have been more dedicated to training than to his studies at times.
After school, he studied for a Law degree at Southampton University, before taking a Master’s in Law at Queen’s University, while he enjoyed all that student life had to offer. A legal career beckoned, of course, and he pursued it, but it turned out that Brian liked being a writer more than being a lawyer.
“I much prefer writing stories to writing writs,” he quips.
Whether the story is about embracing enthusiasm and good cheer, or finding gratitude in the little things, Brian’s characters are blessed with good fortune. In Brian’s picture book, Siggy Loves Sausages, the magical little dog Siggy is rewarded for his positivity—with a sausage, of course!
His philosophy is that a great book is one that shares the beauty in everyday life. His relatability to children is evident. Real events and local children delivering little bouquets of flowers to their neighbours inspired The Phabulous Phlower Phaeries, his forthcoming book for older children. Brian’s hope is that his stories provide happiness and enjoyment to his young readers.
Asked about his philosophy of life as a writer, Brian said:
“I don’t know if stories for children can change the world, but I hope they can make it a little better – certainly for my readers.
I hope I can bring a little more joy into the world, and a little more truth and kindness.
I do care that these and other important things are often in short supply when they needn’t be. Maybe my readers and I can change that together…”
When he isn’t writing imaginative life lessons for children—whilst listening to loud indie rock music on headphones—Brian enjoys following Manchester United Football Club and taking country walks with his wife, Harvinder (whose family hail from the Punjab).
Together they live in a small nature reserve, where their house is alive with birdsong and woodland critters run around the trees like a fairytale forest. Outside a few of the locals take a daily stroll with their dogs. One of the dogs is Günther the dachshund who inspired Siggy. It’s a perfect haven for storytelling. Especially stories about sausage dogs!
Siggy loves sausages
Can Siggy Keep His Word? Will this sweet little sausage dog be able to resist his favourite tasty temptations, stay true to his pledge, and save a Big Birthday Surprise?
Join Siggy, as he learns about the happiness that comes from keeping promises, during his romp through a fast and fabulous adventure that takes him into the deep dark woods where magic sometimes happens…
He’s here NOW…. Siggy is a magical little dachshund, with the personality of the sweetest, happiest little child. He goes about the world with enthusiasm and good cheer and if everything goes well then he always ends up with a sausage “because there’s nothing a sausage dog likes better than sausages”!
Siggy the soccer dog
NEW RELEASE, HERE NOW…
Siggy looks so cute as he twitches and turns in his sleep.
But as they watch him, little do the family know that in his dream he is “Siggy Sosidj” the star player for Manchester United. It’s up to Siggy to rescue his team in the biggest game of his life. But can he do it?
Join Siggy and a multi-national cast of doggie players to find out – in a fast-paced, beautifully illustrated tale about overcoming the odds, staying true to your purpose and being kind…
Siggy saves christmas
It’s Christmas Eve and everyone is happy… Or are they?
Rupert the little Robin is very sad and things look bad.
Then he meets Siggy who thinks he knows what to do.
Come and see if Siggy can save Christmas for Rupert…
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