Peter J. Murray's Blog, page 11
September 25, 2017
SPOOKED OUT IN SHEPHERD’S COTTAGE!
Kath and I are currently tucked away in deepest rural Northumbria, close to lots of superb middle schools in and around Hexham. We are staying in a VERY remote cottage known as Shepherd’s Cottage, somewhere in the hills just of the A69 west of Hexham. The door to the cottage looks around 1000 years old and […]
July 5, 2017
BRILLIANT AT BILLERICAY
My last school visit of the summer term involved driving along the M4, onto the infamous M25, and into deepest Essex to visit one of our favourite schools – Billericay School. Well worth the drive! Our good friends, Jacqui, Kim and the other library staff were waiting to give me a great welcome (as usual!). I […]
July 3, 2017
NORTHERN GOLD
After working in Berkshire for a while, it was good to head north up the M1 back to our northern roots around Rotherham, Sheffield and Doncaster. First port of call was to a new school to us – Pheasant Bank Academy, at Rossington near Doncaster. The lovely Headteacher (Mrs Robinson) knows us well from her previous school and was […]
June 14, 2017
SCABBAJACK INVADES ROUGHWOOD!
To all my Scabbajack fans at Roughwood Primary, may I first apologise for taking so long to get back to you. I received so many wonderful letters back in April and I’ve only just got round to reading them. I’ve been so busy charging around schools all over the place, and that’s my only excuse. […]
June 7, 2017
SCARY IN SALISBURY – BRILLIANT IN BRACKNELL
Before our three visits in the week ahead to new schools (to us!) in nearby Bracknell, Kath and I spent a Sunday in Salisbury. Not what you might regard as a spooky place to get new ideas for scary books! But then you’d be wrong! After wandering around this beautiful, historic city, we called into the stunning cathedral […]
SCARY IN SALISBURY!
Before our three visits in the week ahead to new schools (to us!) in nearby Bracknell, Kath and I spent a Sunday in Salisbury. Not what you might regard as a spooky place to get new ideas for scary books! But then you’d be wrong! After wandering around this beautiful, historic city, we called into the stunning cathedral […]
May 26, 2017
ISLE OF MAN KRUSCHMEISTER TOUR
The time had arrived for our return to the Isle of Man…not for the famous TT races, but to take our newest book, Kruschmeister, over the Irish Sea to our army of Manx fans. We stayed in a lovely residence in Onchan and it really proved a ‘home from home’ for us during our ten […]
April 27, 2017
ALL MONSTERS GREAT AND SMALL!
Kath and I headed up to one of our favourite parts of the country…the Yorkshire Dales! We took a lovely self-catering cottage in the brewery town of Masham – a truly quaint English Dales village. As I write this blog the town is preparing for the big cycle race (Tour Yorkshire) to pass through tomorrow. I […]
April 4, 2017
SUPERB AT ST PAULS
Our last school visit in the run-up to the Easter break was to a new school to us, St Paul’s RC Primary, on the Newbury-Reading border. Kath and I were made more than welcome and soon found ourselves in front of a VERY enthusiastic KS2 audience. As this was our first visit, I talked about how […]
March 19, 2017
LAND OF THE CROOKED SPIRE
After a few days in glorious Gosforth up in the NE, we returned South to Chesterfield to visit a favourite school of ours, Brimington Juniors. The Year 6′s from nearby Mary Swanwick School (another favourite school of ours) came over and joined in the presentation – KRUSCHMEISTER and BONEBREAKER. It was the first time I’ve presented these [...]
