Reading Festival - 3 more writers visit OLA

Christopher Lloyd, author of What on Earth Evolved?: 100 Species that Changed the World, was a guest speaker on Day 2 of OLA's Reading Festival and bought along his 8 metre long wall book.

He spent a busy day speaking to nearly all the year groups. Ms Edwards, Head of Biology said, "A fantastic day of inspiring and engaging talks with a first-class speaker. The main focus was “100 species that changed the world” through natural and artificial selection, illustrated by so many weird and wonderful examples, finishing with the significance of biodiversity. "

Day 3 saw two further visitors.

Rebecca Emin, a former pupil of Our Lady’s Abingdon, came to talk to Year 8 and Year 9 about her school days and her books, New Beginnings and When Dreams Come True. She said afterwards, “ I really enjoyed coming back to the school and seeing how things had changed. It’s great to see the school putting so much emphasis on literature. I was delighted to take part in the OLA Reading Festival. Enjoy the rest of the week!"


An audience of 200+ enjoyed a fun and memorable evening with Clarissa Dixon Wright.

It was a pleasure to listen to her serious and humorous anecdotes about her life, TV series and passionate support for country life. Thanks to Mostly Books for organising her visit.