Last week,
Alex Nye visited the P7 classes to talk about her novels ‘Chill’ and ‘Shiver’. Before her presentation, we were lucky enough
to interview her. The complete interview
is quite long, so here is a sample of the questions we put to her:-
‘Good afternoon
and welcome to Flora Stevenson Book Group.
My name is Christopher and this is Iman.
We very much appreciate you taking the time to give us this
interview. We’ll take it in turns to ask
you questions.
Q. In your
blog, you list some of your favourite children’s novels. These seem a little dated and perhaps would
be described as ‘classics’. Are there
any children’s novels you have enjoyed that have been published more recently –
say within the past 5 years?
A. Definitely, I love Marcus Sedgwick’s books.
Q. You won the Royal Mail Award (Scottish
Children’s Book Award) with your first novel ‘Chill’ in 2007. What impact did this award have on your writing?
A. Quite a big impact, it was very encouraging,
it meant that children picked my book.
Q. Are you aware of this school’s success in the SCBA
review writing competition?
·
2013
– 1st prize Bookbug and 3rd
prize young readers
·
2012
– 1st prize young readers
·
2011
– 3rd prize young readers
·
2009
– 2nd prize young readers
What advice would you give to our next cohort of readers for
the 2015 Awards?
A. Be creative and brave, don’t hold
back.
Q. As an adult reader, what is your preferred
genre?
A. I prefer reading literature - fiction novels.
Q. What is
it about coming to visit schools that you most enjoy?
A. The pupils and their questions.
Q. Is there going to be a third novel to follow
Chill and Shiver and can you give us a sneaky preview of your current work?
A. I have two more books planned but not
in the Chill and Shiver series
Thank you
for taking the time to talk to us today.
We hope you will read our blog and feel free to pass on any advice.’
Alex gave us
great advice on how to use language to create atmosphere and tension in a
story. We are all now making good use of
the Thesaurus!
Mrs Burdon
is in the process of cataloguing many new books for our school library and
these should be available to borrow in the very near future.
On Tuesday the
6th, P7A visited The Hub for their Soul Boxes workshop. Lorna and Natalie from EIF came to our class
the week before to explain what happens at the workshop and help us prepare so that
we got the best from it. Look out for
our next blog when we tell you what happened and hopefully show you some pics!
What about
some recommendations for a good read?
Well, Christopher is currently reading Roof toppers by Katherine Rundell,
Sophie’s reading a book about Battersea Cat and Dog Home called Lost and Found
and Iman’s reading Make Friends with Hannah and Poppy by Ann Bryant. Miss
Broadley has bought a set of novels just for Book Group to read and
review. Some great reading ahead and
reviews to come. Hope you are enjoying
reading our blog. Let us know if you
have any questions about the library or just want a good book to read.
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