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2022年世界读书日
A huge thank you to the fantastic authors who helped Y7s celebrate World Book Day.
This year was a special celebration to mark Whitmore’s Year of Reading, 葡京线上赌博大全邀请了六个人, 不是四, authors to the library to spend the day with the Y7s. Michael Mann写了Ghostcloud, which was voted one of Waterstones best books in 2021, Sufiya Ahmed just published a new book about suffragette Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, 这是一个特色 
在BBC新闻网站上. 迈克尔和苏菲娅是 
joined by Annaliese艾弗里, Julia Tuffs, Sarah Naughton and Alex Cotter.
World Book Day at Whitmore is always a fun day and an amazing opportunity for students to speak to famous authors, ask them about their books and how they became writers. 学生 also have the chance to get signed copies of the authors’ books, and buy top titles at half-price in our pop-up bookshop. This year, we also gave away over 400 free World Book Day books.
We even impressed our teachers – “I know you, you’re really famous!” said Mr Anders when he bumped into Alex Cotter outside the library. “The House on the Edge is my son’s favourite book!”
Alex also made a big impression on Zayaan (Y7): “I ran to Alex Cotter to get my favourite book signed - The House on the Edge. 当她签字的时候，
她问我的名字，她很喜欢! She asked questions about my name – who named me, what does Zayaan mean (The Beautifier), 它来自什么文化? 我说阿拉伯语. She was amazed and told me she was going to write a book with my name in it!”
Annaliese艾弗里, author of The Nightsilver Promise showed us her amazing illustrated notebooks and explained how she maps out story plots and characters and the whole creative writing process. Her book is an “epic fantasy adventure, set in a parallel London with dragons… What is good about being a writer is being able to write about things you find really interesting, 我喜欢写关于幻想的东西.”
London is also the setting for Michael Mann’s Ghostcloud, which tells the story of 12-year old Luke, 他有一半印度血统, 比如迈克尔·曼. Luke is forced into slavery in Battersea Power Station, unable to escape until he meets a ghost-girl called 
阿尔玛. “This book started with me and my nephew seeing a shape in the clouds and it got me thinking, what if there was something up there, 而且不仅仅是一片云?”
Michael has offered to be the judge of our World Book Day Competition. We’re asking Y7s to redesign the cover of Ghostcloud, and the winners will not only win Amazon gift cards, 但 
will receive signed copies of Michael’s book and feedback on their artwork.
Julia Tuffs told us about how Donald Trump’s bad behaviour towards a woman during the US elections was the inspiration for her novel Hexed. “I thought there’s no way he’ll be elected, 但 he was and it got me thinking about how we value women in society. 《葡京赌场平台》探讨了一个严肃的话题. 是关于杰西的, who discovers she has witchy powers and uses them to take down the toxic masculinity in the 原理图ool. It sounds serious, 但 it’s actually a fun book.”
Sarah Naughton returned to tell us about a new project she’s working on with Anthony 
霍洛维茨. 目前这是最高机密, so Sarah wasn’t allowed to give too much away about this exciting new venture yet, 但 she also discussed The Blood List and The Hanged Man Rises, 她的怪异的, 恐怖的故事发生在过去.
The students enjoyed being able to chat to the authors. “It’s very fun and I think it encourages us to 
读书,艾莉亚说(七岁), and Karla (Y7) agreed: “World Book Day was fun because there were so many books, 我很喜欢! Alex Cotter had an interesting book that I bought. I asked her, ‘How did you come up with the idea?’ She told me something similar happened to her in her childhood and that is how she came up with the idea, 我觉得很有趣! However, Sufiya Ahmed had amazing books, too. I bought one called Ruby Ali’s Mission Break Up. 所有的作者都很善良!”
Kabilan (Y7) interviewed all the authors and compiled a list of their top tips for budding writers:
“Sufiya Ahmed writes historical fiction and drama which is an impeccable combination. Her top tip is that in order to write you must read. I found that fascinating and helpful. Alex Cotter writes mystery books with a dash of horror. Her top tip is to use inspiration from films or other books. Michael Mann’s tip is to use the five senses. Annaliese艾弗里写冒险小说. 她的最大建议是计划结构. Sarah Naughton writes very scary books related to Victorian times. Her top tip was to put your imagination into a notebook, then release it into a story. Julia Tuffs writes superhero-like young adult books. Her top tip is to make the main characters’ journey a long one.” Our favourite tip is Sufiya’s: “In order to write you must read,” which is the perfect tip for Whitmore’s Year of Reading and we hope our World Book Day authors inspire some future writers in Y7!
