Laura Henry-Allain MBE is an award-winning international storyteller, producer, consultant and educationalist.

Laura Henry-Allain MBE shares her story of how she left school with virtually no qualifications, being dyslexic, having had to have 10 pints of blood after an operation that went wrong, raising an autistic adult, to becoming the creator of the first animation that features a Black British family.

Laura is the creator of the well-loved, award-winning JoJo and Gran Gran global series, developed and produced by CBeebies, and is the series producer. Laura has a new children’s animation that is currently in development.

Laura has worked with several global brands, including Paramount, Mattel, Moonbug, Hasbro, John Lewis, Comic Relief and Bafta.

Her bestselling children's books include My Skin, Your Skin and My Family, Your Family. Her new book, Maya and Marley, will be published in September.

Laura is a board member of the Children’s Media Foundation and vice president of The British Association of Early Childhood Education. She is also a patron of the Grenada Community Library.

John Devine

Hosting the event will be John Devine, 26 and identified with dyslexia at a young age. After finishing his undergraduate degree he became an EFL Teacher and moved to Italy to teach and to study for his master's degree. John also works for ITSS Verona, an international, cultural, apolitical association dedicated to the study of security and expanding the debate around it. John has been a long-standing Young Ambassador for Dyslexia Scotland.

Dyslexia Scotland are running this series of 4 online ‘Summer Lectures’ for the first time this year. The lectures are open to anyone with dyslexia, regardless of age, and to anyone with a vested interest -- parents, educators, employers, work colleagues and friends.

This is the last of our summer season of lectures for 2024. For future events and meetings check out the Events pages of our website.

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