Blackpool bound... but no sign of a tower!

Another fantastic week meeting lots of primary school children and their teachers. Monday got off to a grand start with a trip to Homelands in Torquay. The students loved the Bradley Baker showcase and queued to buy signed copies in the hall... here is class teacher Hannah with her pupils proudly holding their new books;

I then headed up to the TeignValley to present at a lovely village primary school in Christow, where headteacher David Lamoon hosted a fabulous event. An audience of 80 children were totally enthused by the showcase presentation with a very high percentage of all three BB books purchased following the visit.

Mid week fast approached and it was time for a return visit to Cockington Community Primary School for our second literacy workshop. It was great to see all 60 children again with their stories ready to be loaded onto the T-Drive. The pupils were split into teams and they worked very hard to start the publication process for their very own school book! Westlands School in Torquay followed and I hosted their third literacy workshop... we are now ready to complete the project during the final session next week! Exciting stuff and I'm looking forward to seeing the completed book of short stories finally come together :)

The working week finished at Blackpool (no not the one with the famous tower) ... the primary school in Liverton near Newton Abbot. The 300+ audience were astonished at the site of a smoking bath but absolutely loved the presentation. I spoke with Diane Boyden who organised the event and she was delighted at the site of children busy writing their own stories in wet-play straight after the event. Very inspiring and good to see the youngsters so enthused!!! I'm really looking forward to my return visit on Monday.

If you haven't had the chance to see the new Bradley Baker book trailer... you can view it on YouTube; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxwzGQx-HRM

That's all for this week folks, except to say that my events schedule is looking very busy leading into the Summer term and indeed beyond with bookings appearing in the diary for Sept & Oct!!! Fabulous!

Catch up soon and best wishes from DLJ