We were delighted to welcome Joe Layburn to the shop on 4th October as part of the Woodford Festival. Joe is a local teacher who has written a lovely story set in the East End of London. The story is for 7 to 11 year olds and features a Somalian Girl called Aisha, who travels back in time to the Blitz where she meets a boy called Richard who is seeking shelter in the school. Joe was a journalist for 15 years before he became a teacher and his family is from the East End. His experience and background have allowed him to create a great read.

Our first customer of the day was Josh who greatly enjoyed meeting Joe and can be seen with him in photo number one below.

On 11th October Jack Trelawny joined us for his fourth visit to the shop. Back by popular demand, Jack was promoting book 4 in his Kernowland series "Pigleg's Revenge". Many fans of the first 3 books turned up and enjoyed asking Jack questions about his writing and how he comes up with his ideas. Josh, Dominic and Louie were first in to meet Jack and can be seen in photo number two in the album below.

Children from Year 4 in Avon House had written a book for Jack after being inspired by a recent talk he did at the school. Ted and Frank presented the book to Jack and picked up a signed copy of his book at the same time. Jack was over the moon that the kids at Avon House had taken the time and trouble to write the book and left the shop planning to read it that evening! Ted and Frank can be seen in photo number three below. Just click on the corner of the photo album to turn the pages.