KATE MARKLAND | THE JOURNAL

The Answers Are in the White Space.

Reflections on imagination, trust and the power of being heard, at eight or at eighty.

Thoughts and Evidence

The Shadow of Zuff: Gabriel's Biggest Adventure Yet
16 2 min
Shadow of ZuffAdventures of Gabriel+3

The Shadow of Zuff: Gabriel's Biggest Adventure Yet

Book two in The Adventures of Gabriel series arrives. Bigger, bolder, and more confident than the first.

Kate
Kate
The Story That Shows Children Who They Are
7 2 min
Adventures of Gabrielchild identity+4

The Story That Shows Children Who They Are

Gabriel was ten when he was separated from his mother. What saved him and what it proves about the power of a child's own story.

Kate
Kate
A Thank You to Graeme at the Waterstones Children's Tent
8 2 min
The Adventures of GabrielWaterstones+3

A Thank You to Graeme at the Waterstones Children's Tent

The moment a bookseller at Cheltenham pointed Gabriel towards exactly the right book at exactly the right time.

Kate
Kate

BOOK KATE TO SPEAK

Build a world together, and trust follows.

Your people are being asked to trust each other across distance, across generations and through constant change. Most have never been shown how.

Kate Markland has. For a time she had one hour a week with her son Gabriel, on a FaceTime call. They spent it building a world. She asked one question, wrote down everything he said and corrected nothing. That world became three books and a method tested in nine UK schools.

In her keynote, Create the World You Want, Kate shows your audience how trust is really built, and gives them a method they can use the same evening.

For leadership, education and family audiences.

Even the kids who don’t like writing didn’t want to leave.
Tom Hirst Head of English, Dixons Manningham Primary
Even the kids who don’t like writing didn’t want to leave.
Tom Hirst Head of English, Dixons Manningham Primary

Quick links

coNTACT dETAILS

  • +44 7360 270776

© Copyright 2026. The Adventures of Gabriel. All rights reserved.

Privacy Policy