Jeremy Strong
Children's author
Jeremy Strong visited seven venues including
Ravenswood Primary school where he opened their new library. School
children and their teachers enjoyed listening to Jeremy talk
about how he writes and where - in his shed, helped by his cat
who is apparently no good at writing stories!
10 June
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Rosehill Library: 9.30am - 10.15am (children from Rosehill
Primary School)
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Gainsborough Library: 11.00am - 11.45am (children from Pipers
Vale Primary School)
- Ravenswood Primary School: 1.00pm - 1.40pm
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Ipswich County Library: 2.00pm - 3.00pm with children from
St Helen's (photo left) and St Matthews (photo right) Primary
Schools
11 June
Michael Foreman
On Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18
children's author
Michael Foreman visited various venues within Suffolk.
On Tuesday Michael visited Halesworth library (photos
left and below) where he met 38 children from Edgar Sewter school
and 9 home educated children.
Michael also visited Kessingland Library, Reydon &
Southwold Children's Centre and Southwold Methodist Church Hall
where he gave a talk for adults about his early life in
Pakefield.
This was followed on Wednesday 18 June at
Lowestoft Library and
Record Office (photos below). An audience of 35 people
including 3 youngsters, enjoyed hearing Michael talk about his
childhood years in Pakefield during the war, accompanied by a
screen showing of pictures from his books - in particular War Boy,
War Game and After the War was over.
Just before his talk in Lowestoft Library's Meeting Room, Michael
Foreman had a private viewing of some of Suffolk Record Office's
archives relating to Lowestoft, including old maps and photos of
his mother's sweet shop in Pakefield. He was fascinated by these
and was thrilled by the surprise presentation of two folders of
Family History Research covering his family. He said "It's like
being given a treasure!".
Afterwards, Michael talked to members of the audience - some of
whom remembered him from the old days - and signed copies of his
books. After he'd signed a book for her, Barbara Lynch presented
him with a copy of the recently published collection of poems
Full of Life which the county's
At Home Library Service Reading Groups had produced and he
asked her to sign that for him!
Michael also visited that day
Bungay Library and
Beccles Library.
Pat Hutchins
Children's author
Pat Hutchins visited Suffolk on Wednesday 25 June at the
following venues:
Rosy Thornton
"Chick lit" author
Rosy Thornton, by day a legal academic, visited
Ipswich County Library on Wednesday 25 June, 7.30pm -
9.00pm.
Rosy talked about the triumphs and pitfalls of writing, how she did
her research, and what she will be writing next. Her first novel
"More than love letters" is a love story which mixes politics and
passion and is set in Ipswich.
Saturday 28 June - Switch on to Books
St Joseph's College Junior school, Ipswich. 10.00am-5.00pm
As part of this year's IpArt
Festival, Ipswich Children's Book Group has organised "Switch
on to Books", a day of children's literature. Visit the
Schools Library Service Mobile Library and meet the big blue
Bookstart Bear and help celebrate Kipper's 18th Birthday!
There will be two performances of The Reduced Library Company at
about 11.00am and 3.00pm. For more information, contact the Schools
Library Service on 01473 583507.
The Ipswich Children's Book Group have arranged a wide variety of
activities and authors including Malorie Blackman, Nick
Butterworth, Robert Crowther, Hugh Lupton and Kelly McKain : for
more information go to
www.ip-art.com and for
bookings phone 01473 433100. (tickets between £2- £5).
Sunday 29 June - Paddington's 50th
birthday
Sudbury Library, 10.30am - 12 noon.
Come along and celebrate Paddington's birthday with balloons,
stories and craft activities.
Related links
Suffolk celebrates National Year of Reading
Activities and events across Suffolk
Suffolk's Children's Centres