Peter J. Murray's Blog
March 5, 2023
WORLD BOOK WEEK BONANZA
A great World Book Week all-round! We spent the week in Newbury, Berkshire, where our son, Simon (of Icky Doo Dah fame), and his family live. Hence we got to spend time with our fab grandchildren, which was great. First port of call was Robert Sandilands, a primary school we hadn’t visited before. This proved […]
February 26, 2023
ISLE OF WIGHT TO COOLEST KENT
After more wonderful Isle of Wight schools – Lanesend, Arreton, Carisbrooke and Queensgate primaries. We met up with someone really special and have great news to report in a future blog – but now now! I love leaving people on a ‘Cliff Hanger’! This is the reason why I must apologise to all of the […]
January 29, 2023
BACK ON THE ISLE OF ‘FRIGHT’
Kath and I are back on the lovely Isle of Wight…or ‘Isle of Fright’ as I prefer to call this inspiring location for my spooky stories. Bembridge and Wroxall Primaries have given us the best restart to island visits ever! Both schools went crazy for our Ten O’ Clock Caller short story collection, along with […]
January 15, 2023
THREE OF A KIND!
After the huge success of the Redscope Primary visit, we wondered if the next two schools would give us the same level of enjoyment! Redscope, Anston Greenlands and Thorpe Hesley are all members of the same academy trust. We needn’t have worried! Anston Greenlands and Thorpe Hesley primaries were equally amazing in every respect! The […]
January 3, 2023
BACK WITH A BANG!
No time wasted in getting back to school visits! One of our neighbouring schools – Wickersley Northfield Primary– needed a wonderful new library opening and I was very proud to be the author requested to cut the ribbon. But first, I presented my short story collection, Ten O’ Clock Caller, to a very wide-awake and […]
December 11, 2022
LOVELY END TO TERM
It was a mixture of relief and sadness to us as we finished off our winter term school visits! Relief because, like most people at this time of year, we are ready for a rest, but sadness because we have had such a wonderful time with our countless fans, both pupils and staff. We called […]
December 7, 2022
SCABBAJACK REVIEW
I recently received the following review from a Year 8 girl, Esther, at Ovingham Middle School. I’m extremely grateful for the fab review, especially as I know how pressed the Year 8’s are for time. Scabbajack, a book by Peter J Murray, is an outstanding novel. Full of thrills and horror and with constant cliffhangers, this book […]
December 5, 2022
KNOCKOUT IN KENT!
After our local schools on the doorstep as it were, the next trip was a LONG drive down the M1, M25 and M20 to far off Kent. Our brilliant cover artist lives in Maidstone – Paul Bryn Davies – and we needed to link up to discuss the cover of my recently completed book. We […]
November 26, 2022
MORE ‘DOORSTEP’ SCHOOLS’!
Two more fab school visits and right on the doorstep. Ravenfield Primary School and Maltby Lilly Hall Academy. First visit on the Monday was to nearby Ravenfield. The journey took us all of ten minutes and we were soon in front of an enthusiastic KS2 group consisting of Years 4 to 6. We suggested leaving […]
November 22, 2022
JMAT MAGIC IN AND AROUND ROTHERHAM
It was lovely to be in schools on our doorstep again. Having said that, sometimes the nearest schools provide the most traffic problems in getting there! But well worth the effort in the case of all three JMat Academy Trust school visits. First visit was to the village of Harthill to enthuse and entertain Harthill […]
