Peter J. Murray's Blog, page 2
November 13, 2022
BACK UP NORTH!
Great to be back up north again, in and around our South Yorkshire home. Two lovely schools quite close to us – one, a primary school and the other a high school. Anston Brooke was the primary school in question and we had a fab time presenting our Mokee Joe series to an enthusiastic audience […]
November 2, 2022
TWO MORE IOW GEMS!
Our second week on the Isle of Wight involved visits to Newport C of E and Broadlea Primary schools. I met up with Newport C of E recently during a presentation at the Newport library. This led to our two school visits during this week to enthuse and entertain lower KS2 followed by upper KS2. […]
October 16, 2022
BACK ON THE ISLE OF ‘FRIGHT’!
Yeahhh! We’re back on our favourite isle. We absolutely love it on the spooky, atmospheric Isle of Wight and we were soon presenting our spooky books in island schools. Gurnard Primary, St George’s School and Cowes Primary were all ‘victims’ of our super-scary author visits! As per usual, each of the above three schools were […]
October 8, 2022
BRILLIANT AT ST BARTS
Kath and I were so excited at being back St Bartholomew’s School again; it was a visit to see the Year 8’s and would you believe our grandaughter is in Year 8! I am so proud to be Patron of Reading at this amazing school, and my first job was to present two of my […]
September 29, 2022
NORTH TO SOUTH!
OK, Northern first! We were so pleased to be back at one of our keenest schools – the wonderful Willow Primary, near Doncaster. Our usual great welcome first from two of our keenest fans, Nichola and Tracy (both teachers). This time we were presenting two of our scariest books – Scabbajack and Ten O’ Clock […]
September 16, 2022
GOOD TO BE BACK!
After a long, hot summer and having survived the heatwaves, it was great to be back in schools again and feeling a little cooler! First visit was to Greasbrough Primary School, good friends of ours and very close to our South Yorkshire home. Miss Taylor had been in touch to tell us that Scabbajack had […]
July 19, 2022
BLISTERINGLY HOT FINISH!
After the wonders of Whitley Bay, we returned to our second base on the Isle of Wight. The island really is ‘wight’ at the moment due to day after day of heat and lack of rain! On Monday 4th July we made our way to the Lord Louis library situated in the centre of Newport […]
June 19, 2022
SPACE BUNS INVADE WHITLEY BAY!
Kath and I have just had the most amazing week in the Whitley Bay area of the NE. It was our first trip to the region since the Covid outbreak had put paid to our school visits, and it was soon apparent how much we had missed three lovely schools that are always keen to […]
SPACE BUNS INVADERS IN THE NE!
Kath and I have just had the most amazing week in the Whitley Bay area of the NE. It was our first trip to the region since the Covid outbreak had put paid to our school visits, and it was soon apparent how much we had missed three lovely schools that are always keen to […]
May 12, 2022
MORE ISLE OF WIGHT ‘PEARLS’
Our work on the Isle of Wight continued in brilliant fashion. Back to Bembridge Primary for a Mokee Joe Part 2 presentation (Books 4 to 6), followed by another revisit to the lovely Lanesend Primary to visit the Year 4’s. A long-awaited reunion with Wootton Primary; on to a postponed visit to Newchurch C of […]
