A Week of Visits

I've had a really busy week of visits and just have time to catch up, now.

My first talk of the week was at Southsea, a lovely new library in the Palmerston Road pedestrian area. Next on my tour was Fareham, a bustling and well stocked library on two floors opposite Fareham Shopping Centre. Fareham Library is signing up record numbers for the Summer Reading Challenge, over a thousand children have signed up already! Last, but certainly not least, was Bitterne Library. Part of my talk is to get the children to think up a way to turn a modern story into something that could become a myth or a legend - it was at Bitterne that we had the best suggestion yet, with an idea for a fireman quenching flames with magical balls of water.

I want to thank everyone who helped arrange the talks - Orlando has told me he was really excited to meet so many budding new writers and mythology fans, too - more from him soon. For now, click on the pictures below to see the fun times we have all been having.

I've had some amazing drawings for the GOBLIN GALLERY competition. All of them are uploaded, just follow the above link to see them. More news soon!