Katherine Rundell, Oxford academic and author of The Girl Savage, brought the week to an exciting conclusion. Her enthusiasm was catching, as she shared some of her childhood experiences in Zimbabwe with Year 7 and explained her personal rules for writing. She led a lively session exploring ideas for the beginning of a story and for improvements to the cover design and blurb for her next novel, Rooftoppers. We’ll have to wait until March to see if “rapscallions” makes it onto the back cover!
Some comments on the Reading Festival from pupils in Year7:
“I really liked all the authors. They gave me inspiration.”
“The best part was being told how to write a book well.”
“I think the authors are really great and have very interesting stories to tell.”
