Author News - Anniversaries and Deaths

Ursula Le Guin, acclaimed American Science Fiction writer, died this week at the age of 88. She has influenced writers such as Margaret Attwood and Neil Gaiman, and wrote about a boy wizard who goes to a school for wizards long before J K Rowling’s Harry Potter series.  A new copy of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea saga, including A Wizard of Earthsea, is available to borrow from the Discovery Library. 

Other author anniversaries include Scottish Poet Robert Burns born 25^th January 1759 and one of the most important modernist authors Virginia Woolf born 25^th January 1882.  You will find poetry by Robert Burns and novels by Virginia Woolf including Mrs Dalloway, To The Lighthouse and Orlando in the War Memorial Library.

Virginia Woolf

Robert Burns

Take A Risk - Free Prize Draw winners

Did you Take a Risk at Christmas? Lots of TRS and EPHS students did by entering our ever popular Take a Risk competition at the end of last term.

187 questionnaires were successfully completed and 59 spot prizes were given out.  All entries were then put forward to our free prize draw and the following winners were presented with their prizes at Assembly:

Leah Year 7 TRS
Shanai Year 7 EPHS
Kursat Year 8 TRS.

Congratulations to the winners and thank you to everyone who took part!

Writing Competitions - 500 Words and Write It 2018!

500 Words

The BBC Radio 2 500 words story writing competition is back!  It is open to anyone aged 13 or under.  To enter you simply need to write an original short story of no more than 500 words about anything you like and submit your story online!

Get your entries in by 7 pm on Thursday, 22nd February.  Prizes include Chris Evan’s height (6ft 2”) in books plus this year the winners will get to ride in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and take tea on the River Thames on the Queen’s royal barge Gloriana.

To enter and for inspiration, hints and tips visit the 500 words website.

Write It 2018

Do you love food and enjoy writing?  If yes, why not enter the Write It 2018 competition, run by the Guild of Food Writers and Pink Lady Apples?

To celebrate 10 years of the competition, you are invited to write a story of between 500 and 750 words on the theme of food and celebration.  The competition is open to young people aged between 11 and 18 years and the closing date for entries is 30th April.  If your story is chosen, you will be named Guild of Food Writers Young Food Writer of the Year and win prizes that money cannot buy!

To find out more and to enter visit the Write It 2018 website.

☃ Winter Reads

Why not embrace the winter season by curling up with a good book?!  We have selected some excellent books with a winter theme for you to browse and borrow. 

Waterstones Bromley - Children's and Teen Book Clubs

If you enjoy chatting about books, why not try out the book clubs at Waterstones in Bromley?  For more information click here.  

The teen book club current book of the month is Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo, part of the Six of Crows series.  It is a fantasy epic, described a Game of Thrones meets Ocean's Eleven, and is available to borrow from the War Memorial Library.

If you are looking for book recommendations don't forget to check out our new books pages or ask your librarians!

New Year 2018