I had a great homecoming in Mohill today when I visited the Hunt National School. As well as being full of fantastic and clever questions, the pupils had even created some amazing works of art based on the prologue from my book. I took photos of each of them and post them here. (more after the jump!)
School Visits – Longford Libraries, Oct 2011
Last week I had the pleasure of visiting four libraries in Longford. As well as reading from my book, I discussed story writing and then got the groups to create their own brand new Viking God and make up a story based on this character.
First up were the class from 124, St Mels College in Longford. They created a god called Tauro who could time travel, make faces melt off and had a fingernail that would shoot out to kill his enemies. Next the class from Ballymahon wrote stories about a god who was being kidnapped by a freak show. The group from Lanesboro came up with a Viking god called BillyBob. One of his special powers was the ability to eat as much Chinese food as he wanted. Finally, the class from Granard created a goddess called ‘UGLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE’ who loved giving flies electric shocks. Read the rest of this entry »