Advanced Higher English pupils

This year's Advanced Higher English pupils [7 in all], accompanied by Drs. Dickson and Neilson, went up to Glasgow on Tuesday to visit Borders in order to choose books for their extended essay on a particular theme such as "The development of Gothic novels" and "the subjection of women". Then, they visited the Gallery of Modern Art to choose an item relevant to their theme. Dr. Dickson took a photograph of each item and each pupil has to write a short essay linking up the art object and their literary theme.

Edinburgh International Book Festival

Nearly 50 pupils together with Dr. Neilson, Ms. Fullerton, Mr. McGougan and Mrs. Rodger braved the rain to attend the Edinburgh Book Festival on Tuesday the 21st of August. Here is our first author, P.R. [Pearl] Morrison, signing copies of her book, The Wind Tamer, in the fabulous Children's Book Shop.

What did you think of the Book Festival? Please post your comments, S2 pupils.

Edinburgh International Book Festival

On Tuesday the 21st of August, a coach-load of S2 pupils will be spending the day at the Edinburgh Book Festival with Dr. Neilson and other members of staff. During the day, we will be attending two author sessions. In the morning, we will be hearing the Orkney authoress, P.R. Morrison, talk about her novel, The Wind Tamer, in which the hero imagines that the wind talks to him. After lunch, we will be listening to another new author, Graham Joyce, who has written about a creepy thing involving two boys and a dare and what happens when they try this dare upon an old lady. We will also have the chance to visit the Childrens' Bookshop Tent which houses an enormous collection of childrens' and teenage books for sale and various author signing sessions. Hopefully, the weather will be kind to us.

For those lucky S2 pupils, tell us about this day.

Harry Potter Mania

Welcome back to school! I hope that you all had a brilliant and cool (!!!) summer. The big book event of the summer was, of course, the publication of the last Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling. Have you read it yet? Copies are available in the Library Resource Centre together with all the other Harry Potter books and other fantastic fantasy books in a special display. Check them out!