Tag: Library Visits

  • What do teachers want from an author visit?

    What do teachers want from an author visit?

    What do teachers want from a school visit? I’ve been visiting schools for years now, telling stories, sharing my writing strategies, showing how to draw things and, I hope, inspiring the odd child here and there. I’ve never been a teacher. I’ve not trained as a teacher. In staff room conversations, it’s clear that many…

  • Off to tell stories in Jersey

    I’m off to Jersey today to tell stories in Jersey Library in St Helier tomorrow, Wednesday. It’s part of the Summer Reading Challenge, so I might tell you a scary Story! If you are around, why not come along! We’ll be doing some drawing too.  

  • Telling stories in Malmesbury

    I visited Malmesbury in Wiltshire today and told stories in the Town Hall as part of the carnival and The Summer Reading Challenge. I had a great time and everyone did fantastic drawings of the Pizza Man. I was very taken by the Norman Abbey, which had the most fabulous carved Doorway entrance, which has…