Editor of Write4Children: The International Journal for the Practice and Theories of Writing for Children and Children’s Literature - www.write4children.org
Books (for academic purpose)
- Here Comes The Bogeyman Exploring contemporary issues in writing for children (2011)
- Monsters Under the Bed critically investigating early years writing (2011)
- Write for Children (Routledge) (2002)
- Storykeeping – the story, the child and the word in cultural crisis Paternoster (2002)
Recent RAE Related Articles
- “Intimacy and the Icarus Effect” Axon Axon: Creative Explorations: contemporary creativity, poetry, images and design, Issue 1, No 1, Intimacy, September 2011
- "Jesus, Judas, Jimi and John: culture, communication, media and art in delightful chaos” TEXT Journal of Writing and Writing Course, Vol 14, No1, April 2010
- ‘Kyoto – A Collaborative Project between a Student (GA) and her Supervisor (AM)’, with Grace Astor, New Writing (2008)
- ‘Crabs (and stories) walking sideways; life beyond the death of the story’ in Maggie Butt, ed, Story the Heart of the Matter (2008)
- ‘Junk, Skunk and Northern Lights – representing drugs in Children’s Literature, Paul Manning, ed, Drugs and Popular Culture (2008)
- ‘Reading and Righting - carrying on the “creative writing theory” debate, what should we expect from creative writing students? New Writing (2006)
- ‘Writing for children – a critical perspective’, a chapter in Peter Hunt ed., Routledge Companion Encyclopaedia of Children’s Literature – 2nd Edition (2004)
Films/Screenplays: Year screened by ITV
- The Storykeepers Series
Written and Created by Andrew Melrose and Brian Brown
Produced by Shepherd Films (Dublin) and Zondervan (USA)
- 13 Films for ITV (broadcast every Sunday for 7 years from 1996-2001
- The Christmas Storykeepers
An animated feature film – broadcast on ITV Christmas Day 1998 and 1999
- The Easter Storykeeepers
An animated feature film – broadcast Easter Sunday 1998; 1999; 2000
- Friends and Heroes
42 Films – an animated film series, broadcast on the BBC 2007
Fiction
Early Readers - (Age 4-8) The Storykeepers Series, all with Brian Brown, published by CASSELL (UK) and ZONDERVAN (USA) and being re-released by PATERNOSTER except where specified.
- Breakout (1996)
- Raging Waters (1996)
- Catacomb Rescue (1996)
- Ready, Aim, Fire! (1997)
- Sink or Swim (1997)
- Starlight Escape (1997)
- Captured (1997)
- Roar in the Night (1997)
- Trapped (1997)
- Victory (1998)
- The Storykeepers Collection Hunt and Thorpe (1999)
- Foul Play Heineman (2000)
- The Mouse Stone Ginn (2001)
- The Stone Mouse Ginn, USA (2001)
- Magic Mr Edison Red Fox, Random House (2002)
- Magic Mr Edison Red Fox, Random House, Korea – translated with accompanying audio tape (2003)
Pre-teen Novels - (The Storykeepers Series, all with Brian Brown)
- Breakout (1996)
- Raging Waters (1996)
- Catacomb Rescue (1996)
- Ready, Aim, Fire! (1997)
- Sink or Swim (1997)
- Starlight Escape (1997)
- Captured (1997)
- Roar in the Night (1997)
- Trapped (1997)
- Victory (1998)
- Foul Play with Judy Waite, Illustrated by Garry Davies, Heineman (1998)
Songs (Recorded for films or CD)
- I Will Wait Loobie Music (1998)
- Hold Me Loobie Music (1998)
- You Have to be Strong Now RAE Music (1999)
- Shemhadar RAE Music (1999)
- Handmaiden’s Lullaby RAE Music (1999)