Peter J. Murray's Blog, page 17
January 25, 2015
MOKEE SNOW!
Following a great visit to West Melton Primary in my home-town of Rotherham – thanks to Ian and Zoe for making Kath and I so welcome – I decided to go to the New York Stadium and watch Rotherham United v Bournemouth…the first match I’ve been to for a LONG time! Although I thoroughly enjoyed [...]
January 18, 2015
ALL PUPILS GREAT AND SMALL!
We have got off to a ‘cracking’ start in ‘James Herriot Country’ up in the Yorkshire Dales. Leyburn Community Primary School was our first port of call and a HUGE thank you to the head teacher, Ms Sarah Beverage, for hosting our visit and involving three other great schools – Middleham Primary, Spennythorne Primary and [...]
December 14, 2014
CHRISTMAS IS COMING!
Firstly, can I apologise to those fans who regularly follow my blog! I’ve been so busy visiting schools and in between trying to keep up with my writing…hence Ive just not had time to keep up my blog. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it! Well, now the term has finished for us, and what a term! [...]
November 19, 2014
GHOSTING AROUND THE WIRRAL
The Wirral is another area where we seem to be growing in stature re our spooky books. First port of call, a new school, Redcourt St Anselm’s. This is a small independent school, but full of avid readers and now, we are pleased to say, full of Mokee Joe fans. We acquired a visit to [...]
ROUND AND ABOUT
We celebrated my 10th Anniversary as a children’s author spending a week with some of our biggest fans up in Yarm and at Stockton-On-Tees. Conyers High School is a great place to be for Kath and I – our good friend and librarian, Kim Dawson, always ensures we are well fed and looked after. Instead of [...]
October 26, 2014
JEWELS OF THE SOUTH!
It was just great after the hectic start to the term to head back to our fab Berkshire retreat to have a little well-earned R&R. But not for long! After losing myself in the Enbourne Valley, fishing, running and cycling…it was back into schools to talk about our books and to inspire pupils to use [...]
October 9, 2014
‘BONEBREAKER’ COUNTRY
Kath and I followed our fab time in South Wales with an equally fab time in deepest Norfolk/Suffolk – the setting for one of my most successful books, ‘Bonebreaker’. We started our week with a visit to a small school which boasts of being the most easterly primary school in the country – Corton Primary. Sure enough, [...]
October 5, 2014
FABULOUS SOUTH WALES
Firstly, I must apologise for the delay in updating my blog! After visiting seven wonderful schools in South Wales we immediately headed off to deepest Suffolk and couldn’t get internet or mobile phone signals for much of the week. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it! But as they say – ‘Better late than never!’ So [...]
August 19, 2014
LORDING IT UP IN OXFORD AND WINDSOR!
Still relaxing enjoying the summer holidays, writing the new book, out and about with friends in some beautiful locations, recently in Oxford with our good friends, Richard and Lynne and even more recently in Windsor with up-and-coming brilliant children’s author, Luke Temple. It was inspirational to walk amongst the Oxford spires and see all the [...]
July 30, 2014
PLENTY OF SUMMER WINE!
It was with great pleasure Kath and I headed off to ‘Last of the Summer Wine’ country to meet a friend in Syd’s café in the quaint church square. Our friend, Yvette, lives and works in Dubai and has a house in Holmefirth, so it was a good excuse to go and meet her there. The reason for [...]
