Edinburgh International Book Festival Outreach 2009

For the Edinburgh International Book Festival Outreach programme 2009 we took the following authors out to schools around Scotland. here you can see pictures from the events and read some pupil feedback.

Lili Wilkinson

Date: Tuesday 25th August 2009
Age group: P7-S2 

Local Authority: Angus

Tony Lee

Date: Wednesday 26th August 2009
Age group: P5-S4 

Local Authority: Glasgow

Bernard Beckett

Date: Thursday 27th August 2009
Age group: S3-S4

Local Authority: Perth and Kinross

Liz Pichon

Date: Monday 31st August 2009
Age group: P1-P3

Local Authority: Falkirk

Frank Cottrell Boyce

Date: Tuesday 1st September 2009
Age group: P6-S2

Local Authority: East Dunbartonshire

Thomas Docherty:

Date: Wednesday 2nd September 2009
Age group: P1-P4
Local Authority: Stirling

Pupil Feedback:

"Lili Wilkinsons talk was very interesting. I especially liked when she explained that Pink used to be a boys colour from her book Pink." Jamie, age 12, Brechin High School.

"I enjoyed the talk as it was interesting and I enjoyed it more as you travelled to speak to us and you made me want to read your books." Kyle, age 12, Brechin High School.

"I really enjoyed the experience meeting Frank, he was quite a funny person and he is an amazing writer. I liked the book Cosmic because as far as he read it was a very funny story.Later on in the week I am going to go and get his book Cosmic from our local library because it sounds like a very good book and I would like to finish from where Frank stopped. I can't wait to get started." Rachel, age 10, Wester Cleddens Primary School.

"I thought meeting Frank was amazing because I have never met an author before. Frank is very funny." Andrew, age 10, Wester Cleddens Primary School.