David Almond: Authors Live
Creative Writing with David Almond
Authors Live - Michael Morpurgo - Full session
Michael Morpurgo talks about writing and tells some stories to school children. Recorded live at Pacific Quay in Glasgow. Michael Rosen talks about writing being his best friend and performs his poem The Space. Michael Rosen tells the story about his dad's sayings and how his brother would mimic and exaggerate them, including 'the Noise!'
About David Almond
David Almond was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1951 and grew up in the small mining town of Felling. He was educated at the University of East Anglia and Newcastle Polytechnic. After graduating he worked as a teacher for five years before moving to a remote artists' commune in Norfolk to concentrate on his writing. In 1998 his first children's novel, Skellig, was published to immediate acclaim. Since then this award winning writer has had his work translated into more than 20 languages. His latest novel is My Name is Mina.
Questions
We'll get David to answer some of the questions we didn't get time to ask during the live event, and post them here.
Partners
Authors Live is produced in association with the Scottish Book Trust, Creative Scotland and Glow. The Scottish Book Trust is the leading agency for the promotion of literature, reading and writing in Scotland and their Authors Live programme is funded by the National Lottery through the Creative Scotland's Inspiring Communities Fund. The Authors Live webcasts are also available through Glow - the world's first national intranet for education allowing joined-up working the length and breadth of Scotland.
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