World Book Day took on a special significance in this, our Year of Reading. The acclaimed author Eleanor Updale visited the Library and led a crime writing workshop with Year 8. Her Montmorency novels follow the thrilling escapades and double life of ex convict-spy Montmorency aka gutter thief Scarper, through Victorian London. She told us of her love of research for the books, even having a tour of the London sewers to get the plot as authentic as possible. She also mentioned the modern day coincidences that have left her nervous that she has foretold the death of the Queen later this year.
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