Spring Term is always the busiest and this one didn’t disappoint! National Storytelling Week and World Book Day fall in this term and along with other events and gigs make it a hectic few months. January started with three days in schools in Worcestershire before school events moved back up north to Blackpool, Leigh and…
Academic year 2024 – 2025 started off in fine style! It was a pleasure to open new school libraries in Clitheroe and Colne – always makes my heart sing. I delivered my first ATSA session in Atherton, collaborating with Wigan libraries, to fire up talented writers from eight local primaries. School visits in Blackpool and…
There’s nothing like a quiet finish to the academic year and this term was definitely nothing like a quiet finish!! School visits across the North West included stops in Lancaster, Blackpool, Wigan, Clitheroe and Cheadle to name but a few, plus a couple of road trips to schools in Cumbria. This all meant I clocked…