Tag: memories
Shirley Hughes Remembered
I first met Shirley Hughes at the Society of Authors, Children’s Writer’s And Illustrators Group (CWIG) Summer Party, probably 1987. I had a book contract and so was allowed to apply for membership of the Society and was invited along to the party. I was very new to it all. Travelling up to town from…
My memories of Dunblane
Twenty years ago this morning Sandra Reid, then the Children’s Librarian in Stirling, picked me up from my hotel and took me to my first library visit that day. We drove through Dunblane. I remember Sandra saying that we wouldn’t normally go that way but there was traffic on the main road. She said that…