Jo Cotterill at the OLA Reading Festival

Well-known children’s author and former pupil, Jo Cotterill, got the OLA Reading Festival week off to a great start, with an informative and entertaining talk to Years 7 and 8. She outlined her development as a writer, from the age of six, with her story of the “Chismus tree”, to her current “Sweet Hearts” series. Her amusing account of the creative process, from initial idea to published novel, was followed by a lively question-and answer session.