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Writer’s Blog Archive
As part of The Big Wild Read, we've asked some top authors and illustrators to write a blog especially for us. We've also got librarians and reading groups writing blogs for us, too.
If you have any comments or questions you'd like to put to our bloggers, just click on the Blog title below.
Sorry, due to limited space, our bloggers won't be able to answer all your queries. We may need to edit your comments, too.
Charminster Library
Hi, my name is Gina and I am the Manager of Charminster Library in Bournemouth. We might not have had great weather this summer but the best thing about living in a seaside town is when it is nice you ...
Thurrock
Hello! My name is Sallie and I am the Children's and Young Peoples Reader Development Worker for Thurrock Libraries, a very long title that does not fit on my badge. During the School holidays I ...
Kingston Libraries
Hi,
I'm Emma, the children's and youth librarian at Hook and Chessington Library in Kingston upon Thames.
It's fab living here as the river Thames flows through the town and I love ...
Cardiff Libraries
Hello my name's Rob and I am a senior library assistant in Cardiff, in South Wales. I was born in England but, unless there is a rugby match on, this doesn't seem to cause too many problems. I ...
Cressida Cowell
Cressida's very first book for children - How to Train your Dragon - was such a runaway success that the film rights were snapped up by Dreamworks, the creators of Shrek. The movie is due ...
Westminster
Hi there, my name's Sally and I'm the librarian at Pimlico library in London.
Ever since I was a little girl I have always wanted to work in a library because I love books so much.
As ...
Richmond
Hi, my name is Pauline and I work in Whitton Library in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
I thought you might like to hear about our tree of promises that we made in the library.
Garth Nix
I grew up in Canberra, the national capital of Australia. Canberra is sometimes called the bush capital, because it is a small city (not much more than a big town) and has lots of nature reserves. Looked ...
Cathy Cassidy
Hiya!
Summer's here, and that means long, lazy days with no school, no rules and nothing to do but have fun! Sounds pretty cool... but what happens if your summer isn't as exciting as you'd ...
Rhyl
Hello! I'm Alison and I work as a Library Assistant at Rhyl library in North Wales. Rhyl is right by the seaside and lots of people come here on their holidays. I'm really lucky because every ...
South Tyneside
Hello there!
Are you enjoying your Summer? I'm having a great time doing something unusual this year. I'm not going on holiday in a really hot country or sunbathing all day in my garden like ...
Joe Craig
Joe Craig
As well as writing the best-selling Jimmy Coates series, Joe Craig also writes music, eats a lot of sushi, and visits schools all over the country. Go to www.joecraig.co.uk and you ...
Vivian French
Vivian French
When she was at school, Vivian French was always talking. Things haven't changed much since then - the only things that stops her talking now is when she sits down to write ...
Norfolk Libraries
Hello everyone!
Sunshine is here! I'm so glad that it isn't raining anymore (for now).
A little bit about myself:
My name is Katherine and I live in Norwich with my husband. ...
Narinder Dhami
It's no surprise that Narinder Dhami is a huge fan of Wolves - she grew up in Wolverhampton! She also has four cats including Jeffrey, Louis, Lily and Jasmine. Louis is deaf which means he can't ...
Derbyshire
Greetings fellow Blogsters,
Here is a picture of me on my hols last year.
My name is Carl and I'm a Librarian in Long Eaton in Derbyshire. I'm married to a teacher who loves the summer ...
Michael Morpurgo
One of the UK's most distinguished storytellers, Michael Morpurgo was appointed Children's Laureate in 2003. He started out as a teacher but it was when he first read one of his own stories to ...
North Watford
Hi! My name's Mobeena (I know! No-one can spell it either?) and I'm a library assistant at North Watford Library. I've been working here for ten years now and have been coming to this ...
Chatterbooks Bristol
Hi everyone,
Here in Bristol some of our Chatterbooks groups have written a blog.
Marksbury Road. We went to the Chatterbooks One World Funday. We took part in art, poetry and Bollywood ...
Julia Golding
As a child, Julia Golding says she was 'dreamy' and always writing stories.' Well all that dreaming paid off - her very first novel, The Diamond of Drury Lane won the Waterstone's ...
William Nicholson
An award-winning script writer, William Nicholson turned his hands to fantasy books with The Wind Singer , the first volume in The Wind on Fire trilogy. It won the Blue Peter Book of the Year award ...
Amy, Northamptonshire
Hi,
I'm Amy, a children's librarian from Northamptonshire. I read a lot of children's books and can usually find something to recommend! I love reading about Artemis Fowl and Percy Jackson. ...
West Sussex
My name is Russell Allen and I'm the Children's Librarian in Chichester, the only city in West Sussex, although it's quite small really! We have a big Cathedral here, plus a really good theatre ...
Malorie Blackman
Malorie Blackman's book Noughts and Crosses regularly appears on lists of the nation's all-time favourite books. Like many of her novels (such as Thief! and Hacker) it's a thriller that ...
Dundee Libraries
Hi Guys,
Greetings from Dundee, home of the Beano, the Dandy and Captain Scott's ship, The Discovery.
My name is Sandra and I work in Broughty Ferry library, which is at the seaside. I really ...
Justin Somper
Justin's tales of blood-thirty adventure on the high seas have won acclaim (and awards) all over the world. Check out the website www.vampirates.co.uk for the latest news and highlights.
Highland Libraries
Hi, I'm Shirley Maclean (not the rich and famous one unfortunately), I live on a croft in Brora, in the north of Scotland, 60 miles south of John O Groats. People always think it must be really cold ...
Lauren Child
The award-winning creator of Charlie and Lola admits that she gets many of her ideas from just 'listening to people talking'. As well as the hilarious Charlie and Lola books, Lauren has also ...
Edinburgh Libraries
Hey Big Wild Readers everywhere!
Hi! I'm Hannah and when I ask my friends: “What's big and wild this summer?” they always answer “An elephant on safari!” But ...
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Hilary McKay
Her hilarious stories of family life have made Hilary McKay one of the Britain's best loved children's authors. Here, she blogs for us about a subject close to her heart - books at mealtimes.
Eoin Colfer
I like going out for lunch with my family. We do it as often as possible. The trouble is that my two sons are a bit wild and so we have to try and keep them entertained or they will tear the restaurant ...
E Dunbartonshire Libraries
Hi, my name is Naomi!
I'm married and have a son.
I've also got two cats, called Cagney and Carly.
I work for East Dunbartonshire Council as a library supervisor.
I enjoy ...
Bournemouth Libraries
Hello Bloggers everywhere! Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Kevin. That's my cat 'Able Seaman Simon', enjoying a well-earned rest! He's not a real cat but he still manages ...
