Joffre White
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Joffre White

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“Joffre White is a master storyteller, his books leave you breathless.” - Alexander Gordon Smith, award winning author of The Fury, The Furnace Series and The Devil's Engine. ‘Every school needs a visit from Joffre White.’ Lytchett Minster School, Dorset Joffre White, Author and Reading & Writing Motivator. A member of the National Association of Writers in Education, and a UK Patron of Reading, he actively promotes the importance of reading, literacy and creative writing by visiting primary and secondary schools, colleges, libraries and literary events in the U.K. delivering his acclaimed, interactive, motivational and inspiring sessions designed to excite and energise young people’s imagination and interest in the power of words. His talks to all audiences including adults, give a humorous and informative view of an author’s journey, including a wealth of useful and practical information to inspire any would-be or practicing writer. Touring the UK since 2010 taking in venues across the UK, featuring on BBC Radio programmes, and appearing at events including, Berkshire Book Award, Appledore Book Festival, Hampshire Children in Care Awards, Penzance Literary Festival,FurnessLitfest, International Kid’s Lit Quiz Belfast, Swindon Youth Festival of Literature, The Concorde Book Award, Sherborne Literary Festival, The Earl’s Court Literacy Festival, Wells Festival of Literature, and The Frome Festival. Joffre has now made more than 1000 appearances with return visits requested regularly. - '250 students captivated for an hour - Wow! It clearly had a fantastic impact.' St Joseph's, Herts. - 'Both students and staff enjoyed it immensely, describing it as one of the highlights of the year.' Westfield School, Yeovil. If you would like Joffre to visit your school you can contact him through his web site at www.joffrewhite.com. Also you can keep up to date with him on his Facebook page 'Joffre White - Children's Author' and his twitter feed @joffrewhite. The first book in the FROG series, which because of its increasing popularity, has now been released as a fifth edition in paperback form.The second book in the series entitled, Frog and the Sandspiders of Aridian, going to third edition and continues to gain popularity.The third book, Frog and the Tree of Spells continues the adventure series was released in January 2016. EARTHLAND, a stand alone dystopian novel for teenagers and young adults was released in May 2017 and has caused great excitement. AURA BOY, a stand alone thrilling adventure was published in Paperback, Kindle and Audio Book in August 2023. ‘Aura Boy’ keeps you on your toes from start to finish with a cracking storyline, two pairs of twins and empathy in bucket loads. This is a dark and twisty adventure that sparkles with menace and ultimately hope – with some support of school libraries thrown in for good measure!’ – Gill Ward, Senior School Librarian, London N10. He continues to support the importance of school libraries and is working on other projects that are focused on encouraging young people's love of reading and writing. Joffre was born in the Wiltshire town of Bradford on Avon near Bath. He now resides in a small village in North Devon with his wife. His son, Chris, who was the inspiration for Joffre's Frog series, now lives in Hong Kong and is regarded as one of the country's top Master Barbers.
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