- Welcome to my world! Home-Start authors being interviewed by the local press
I was delighted to attend a book launch with a difference in Newark today. The book, Island Adventures, was written by mums from Home-Start, a charity that supports parents with children under five. The Newark branch of Home-Start celebrates its 25th anniversary this year and to commemorate the event some of the parents asked if they could write something. Organizers Elaine and Nickie applied for funding and asked if I would lead the workshops. Over a period of 4-5 Monday afternoons we worked on developing a bedtime story for the mums to read to their children. We also ate a lot of biscuits and had a laugh!
To be honest I think I got as much out of it as the mums – it was brilliant to be involved in something so worthwhile. I hope they all keep writing – Hazel (in green) Lesley (signing) Amy (in pink) and Linda (not shown) all had great ideas, took on board my comments and showed real potential. I hope their kids appreciate their unique bedtime stories but I also hope the women all continue with their writing.
Island Adventures, a collection of short stories by Amy Johnson, Hazel Clulow and Lesley McIntosh with illustrations by Laura Garrow was funded by Awards for All.