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A packed school hall at OLA, with children from seven schools, listened with glee as they heard Michelle Paver regretting that she hadn't tried the seal's eyeballs offered to her on one of her research trips. This author travels far and wide to find out how her characters would have lived and reacted, from swimming with dolphins and hearing the clicks and whistles as soon as she put her head in the water to spending time with wolves, a particular passion of hers. The lively question and answer session ranged from the author's use of mythological gods to uses for hare's skull. The end result - a happy bunch of children, an author delighted with her audience, a sell-out for the local bookshop, and a satisfied librarian.
OLA press release
Michelle Paver's website
