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Skye Thistle is a normal, awkward fourteen-year-old girl dragged through a long-forgotten spyglass to the mysterious world of Ithilmir. There she’s forced to readdress old prejudices whilst joining forces with her newfound Goblin friends as they take on the evil rising in the south. Swords, sorcery and lots of adventure await as she learns to […]
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When was the last time you bumped into a Werewolf at school? High on a hill above the town of Wexbridge sits a tall, stone castle. Surrounded by turrets and a giant stone wall, this is Monroe’s Academy for the Different. The children that make their way to and from classes within these walls are […]
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Matt Beighton is a children’s author from England. He was born and raised in the heady days of the 1980s and hasn’t really left them behind. He grew up in a small village on the outskirts of Leicester, and is an avid supporter of Leicester City, which isn’t something that he feels the need to […]
Read moreI’ve been working on a new workshop for engaging reluctant writers and extending greater depth writers and wanted to share some images. Those who recognise the pictures will have some idea about how the workshop might work, but for those who don’t, I’ll give you a clue: Children in the workshop will step onto a […]
Today, I had the pleasure of working with the amazing Year 6 children at George Street Primary School. Like most authors, it’s been a while since we’ve been able to safely go into schools, and I was obviously cautious about heading in. I had a conversation with the school in the days leading up and […]
The Machu Picchu Mystery is perhaps the spookiest Monstacademy mystery yet. With Trixie and her friends on the case, whatever evil is at large has a fight on its hands!
We are living in strange times for education, right now. None of us knows what capacity schools will be able to open in September, or whether they will be allowing external visits. To try to move with the times, and to continue offering what I believe to be a valuable and exciting education opportunity, I […]
In these uncertain times, it was great to still be able to work with some amazing writers today. More able writers from four different schools gathered together at Stimpson Avenue Academy and we had a great day writing our own “choose-your-own-adventure” stories. I love many things about running workshops on this theme, not least the […]