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• Bilton Grange is brilliant!

  

  Lots of great interaction with the children. And the best homemade biscuits in the Midlands!

  19 October 2014

• A tremendous time with the children at Brockworth Academy.

  

  Taking assembly was a great honour and the children asked all kinds of good questions.

  19 October 2014

• A Day with the Girls at St. Hilda's, Bushey

  

  This October, Book Week kicked off with a visit to St. Hilda’s. We talked about writing novels and I told some stories about growing up in Quebec and particularly about the bad behaviour of a big grey cat called Bogey.

  19 October 2014

• A lovely day at the Linton Literary Festival, May 11, 2014

  

  It was a huge honour to be asked to speak at Linton’s bi-annual festival, May 11th. I had a great audience and we talked about everything from log jams on the Gatineau River in Quebec to Anglo Saxon poetry. Ruth Keys, the librarian at the college, was delighted. “You could have heard a pin drop,” she said.

  19 May 2014

• A Marvelous Visit to Moor Park. One of the 'buzziest' days ever!

  

  We talked about everything from ‘How to Write a Novel’ to the impact of the Model T Ford! “A positive buzz went through the school.”

  04 April 2014

• Heath Primary School on Book World Day 2014

  

  Big is Beautiful! Heath Primary School has over 500 pupils and on World Book Day everyone was excited and enthusiastic. It was a great visit!

  23 March 2014

• Book Week 2014 - A visit to Hodnet Primary School

  

  Ceri Williams kindly asked me to come to her school during Book Week. It was a lovely spring day and a great visit. Ian from the ‘Shropshire Star’ even took a picture of us all!

  07 March 2014

• A visit to John Randall Primary School. January 17, 2014.

  

  It was my first school visit of the New Year and very enjoyable it was too!

  22 January 2014

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