Available to buy

A Birth; Noah; Master Builder; and The Warming Force are available at a price of £7.00 each direct from the author.

Hopscotch

One of James' greatest successes has been Hopscotch, the educational series from BBC Radio Scotland.

Since 1997, Jim has had the luxury of scripting, writing the music and performing in these programmes as the character Stirfry, a rather scatterbrained dog who lives in the Hopscotch garden.

First writing for this flagship programme in 1995, his contributions now total nineteen, on various subjects:

2008	I can't
2008	Imagination
2007	Making Music
2007	Up and Down
2006	You Never Can Tell
2005	Healthy Eating
2004	Fresh and Clean
2003	Why Worry?
2002	Easter Time
2001	Minibeasts
2000	The Lost Toy
1999	When You're New
1998	Death
1998	Different Friends
1997	Spring Cleaning
1997	Death
1997	Hello, I'm New
1996	Getting Better
1995	Wanna Be In Your Gang
1995	Bang on a Drum

Other contributions to BBC Radio Scotland Education re to the Stop Look Listen series:

Friends
A story for their Buddhism programme

Respect of Place
A story for their Christianity programme

Rakshabandan
A story illustrating the Hindu ceremony

Two Brothers
A story illustrating the Christian parable

The writings of James Bryce

Professionally, James started writing as a record reviewer with "Z" magazine, but he has always written articles, poetry, dramatic scripts, song lyrics, and whimsies - some of which you can see on the scribble page.

His output over the last few years is detailed here.

Published writings

Sustainability (2005)

Two ten-minute plays for educational radio in the theme of wind-power

Road Traffic Safety (2000)

A monologue for BBC Radio Scotland Education

Mary Slessor (1998)

A monologue for BBC Radio Scotland Education

Theatrical Tours (1995)

An article for The Scotsman on theatrical tours

Travel Time: China (1994)

For BBC Radio Scotland

21st Night (1994)

An article for Theatre Scotland on a three-week tour of Twelfth Night in China.

The Hobbit (1992)

A dramatised verion of the book, suitable for a cast of up to about 50 children, with songs and music

The Warming Force (1992)

A story with activities for the audience, suitable for all ages. First performed at the Scottish International Children's festival 1992.

The Master Builder (1991)

A story with activities for the audience, suitable for all ages. First performed at the Scottish International Children's festival 1992.

Noah (1987)

A short dramatic script with music based on the Bible story of Noah, and suitable for children from ages 4 to 14

A Birth (1986)

A short dramatic script with music based on the Nativity, and suitable for children from ages 4 to 14