JP Smythe Author Visit
On Monday 18th June Year Seven had an afternoon with the award winning author JP Smythe. Year Seven have been introduced to his Australia series […]
Event reviews
Paul Stickland Visit 9th June
On Friday 9th June the author and illustrator Paul Stickland came to visit BGS Infants to talk about his book Dinosaur Roar. Paul has worked […]
Matt Dickinson Visit
On the 30th October Year 7 students were treated to an enthralling talk by Matt Dickinson, an adventurer, documentary film-maker and author. He has worked extensively for […]
David Almond Review
The Sixth Form Creative Writing students, on the 10th of March, were privileged to have multi-award winning Young Adult novelist David Almond visit BGS on […]
Marcus Sedgwick Review
On the 1st of March 2016, Marcus Sedgwick came to give the A-Level Creative Writing students a special workshop, focusing on the important features to […]
Tim Hayward review
Ever wondered how to roast a suckling pig? Bone and stuff a pig’s trotter? Create the most superlative chip butty? Well Tim Hayward – writer, […]
Misha Glenny review
Having written several informative and interesting non-fiction books on current, often hard hitting, stories, Misha Glenny visited the Upper Sixth on 18 January for their […]
Simon Barnes Review – by Jennifer Benn
“I never intended to write this book,” declared Simon Barnes. It began with a suggestion by his publisher to write a book about insects. But […]
Flavia Albia, inter alia
Life of the common people in 1st century Rome is Lindsey Davis’s forte. Bringing these characters to the fore within the backdrop of a detective […]
Junior School Review of Shane Hegarty
On 1 October 2015 BGS Junior School was lucky enough to have a visit from author Shane Hegarty, the man behind the amazing Darkmouth, Worlds […]