Peter J. Murray's Blog, page 9
October 6, 2018
‘R’ FOR CHALLNEY
Wow! What an amazing couple of days in Luton! OK…so Luton may not be the most attractive location in the UK, but the schools are nothing short of brilliant to work in. Challney High School for Girls proved no exception. We were immediately impressed by the school and its campus – very attractive – and drawn to […]
September 28, 2018
BRILLIANT AT BAILY!
Kath and I have visited this school a good few times during my author career, but nothing could have prepared us for the fantastic response we got during our recent visit. Our lovely librarian friend, Ms Mumford, accepted our offer to introduce the final instalment in the Mokee Joe series – Mokee Joe: Scourge of […]
September 23, 2018
BACK WITH A BANG!
I can’t remember starting a new academic year with such an amazing week as last week. Three ‘cracking’ schools in my native South Yorkshire – Dronfield Stonelow Juniors, Thurcroft Junior Academy and Kiveton Park Meadows Juniors provided the perfect start-back after the long hot summer holidays. I have visited each of these schools a good few […]
July 3, 2018
JERSEY PEARLS!
Kath and I have just finished off the academic year with one of our best weeks of author visits, ever! We last visited Jersey two years ago at the invitation of Le Rocquier School in conjunction with the Jersey Library Service. Such was the success of the visit, we were invited again and had no hesitation […]
June 8, 2018
‘BUZZING’ ABOUT BOOKS IN LEIGHTON BUZZARD!
Kath and I were fortunate enough to be invited to Linsdale Middle School in Leighton Buzzard. The school is big and has over 600 pupils in Years 5 to 8. Hence, we decided to work over two days, the first day with Years 7 and 8 and the second day with Years 5 and 6. […]
March 26, 2018
SUPERB IN STOCKTON
The 21st Anniversary of the Stockton Children’s Book Award finally arrived. Along with 14 other authors, Kath and I headed for the Stockton Library special weekend celebrations. The library were very generous and put us up in a nearby hotel and sent a taxi to collect us to take us to the library on Sunday […]
March 18, 2018
BACK ON HOME GROUND!
After our great week during World Book Week on the Isle of Man, it was good to be back on home ground, and especially to be in and around our roots in Doncaster and Sheffield. First stop was a new school to us, Mallard Primary, and not a million miles from our South Yorkshire base…about 15 […]
February 26, 2018
WORLD BOOK (SNOW) WEEK 2018
Phew! Kath and I made it to the Isle of Man to visit some of our favourite schools during World Book Week. The weather forecast was scary to say the least – almost as scary as my books! However, the ferry crossing from Birkenhead across to Douglas was the calmest crossing we’ve ever experienced. Maybe ‘the calm […]
WORLD BOOK (SNOW) WEEK
Phew! Kath and I made it to the Isle of Man to visit some of our favourite schools on the island during World Book Week. The weather forecast is scary to say the least – almost as scary as my books! The ferry crossing from Birkenhead across to Douglas was the calmest crossing we’ve ever experienced. […]
January 30, 2018
LIVING BY THE WALL!
After visiting two great local Berkshire schools, Spurcroft Primary in Thatcham and Springfield Primary in Reading, Kath and I headed back up the A1 to Hexham. We moved into a 300 year-old cottage in the appropriately named village of Wall, just a short distance from the famous Hadrian’s Wall. As soon as we arrived the […]
