Tag: authors in schools

  • Questions for a Children’s Author

    I visited St Paul’s CofE Primary School in Gloucester last week and some of the children still had questions to ask when our time was up. I asked their teacher Mrs Bevan, to send me an email with the questions I hadn’t answered, and promised to make a video for her and her class 5.…

  • Patron Of Reading at Sully Primary, S.Wales

    I had a wonderful day, last Friday, visiting Sully Primary School in South Wales as their new Patron of Reading. It’s both an honour and great fun to have taken up this role. I’ve been to Sully before, and also met them again at the Welsh Books Council Book Slam in Brecon earlier this year.…

  • Slim School

    I have been at Slim School in Northern Germany this week. Slim was the Second World War General commanding the force in Burma. My father fought with him and was saved from a particularly bloody battle at Kohima when Slim finally arrived to relieve the beleaguered and much diminished garrison. Yes, Slim is a Services…