04 March 2014

More World Book Day celebrations

OLA is delighted to welcome back Marcus Sedgwick, award-winning author, this coming Friday, for writing workshops with Year 10 pupils in the morning, and to talk to Year 7 & 8 about books and writing in the afternoon.

Watch him on TV the day before as he'll be presenting the Blue Peter Book Awards. We're rooting for Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell to win the Best Story category. The book was launched here at OLA on World Book Day 2013, and we almost blew the roof away with our countdown! Katherine Rundell is an OLA favourite, who's visited us several times.

Marcus Sedgwick will be judging the Decorate a Door as a Book Competition and will be available in the Library between 1.15 and 1.45 pm to chat to any budding writers.

There is still time for pupils to email a ‘shelfie’ for our World Book Day competition. Do take a look at the shelfies of some of our past visiting authors, including Marcus Sedgwick’s, on our Twitter page, @OLAabingdon.

Marcus Sedgwick sent us his 'shelfie' of his rather special signed editions.