October 2018 - Read for Good

Month: October 2018

Adam Baron, Author of ‘Boy, Underwater’ tells us how a workshop to inspire students taking part in the 2018 Leicester City Readathon inspired him too.

31st October 2018

Adam Baron

I was delighted to be asked by Read For Good and Leicester-based literacy initiative Whatever it Takes to run workshops … Read More

Filed under: Friends of Readathon Tagged with: author, books, Hospital, librarian, primary school, Readathon, reading, sponsored read

Fresh from a sell-out session for schools at The Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival, Read for Good Storyteller Wilf Merttens shares some of his ‘Storytelling Secrets of The Universe’!

19th October 2018

Wilf at Cheltenham

What did you do last Tuesday? I co-wrote an epic legend with approximately three hundred and fifty 5-7yr olds. They … Read More

Filed under: Storytellers Tagged with: author, books, Festival, festivals, Gloucestershire, school, storyteller, storytelling

Intrepid interviewer Toby Ringland, age 7, delves into the detective life of Rory Branagan with author Andrew Clover

15th October 2018

Toby reading Rory Branagan

Toby: How did you have the idea for Rory Branagan – a boy who becomes a detective? Rory: I got … Read More

Filed under: Friends of Readathon Tagged with: author, books, interview