tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77540753985315335322024-02-07T19:07:53.901-08:00Reading Bus PatronJoan Lennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754075398531533532.post-45817942995211884982015-10-14T08:43:00.002-07:002015-10-14T08:43:22.277-07:00Goodbye - and ...<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>... KEEP READING!</b></span><br />
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<br />Joan Lennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754075398531533532.post-79172730618214525632015-03-29T07:42:00.001-07:002015-03-29T07:43:26.930-07:00Have a Great Easter Break!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well, it's been a bit quiet on the Reading Bus Patron of Reading front, but don't worry, I'll be back after the break! I'm heading south this week to spend time being a cat-sitter for a friend who lives in London, and getting a lot of writing - and reading! - done. I can't wait!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">May your break be full of books!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Joan Lennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754075398531533532.post-62666741719829077292014-12-19T04:12:00.001-08:002014-12-19T04:12:43.795-08:00Happy Christmas and Merry New Year!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wishing you all <i>loads </i>of great books to read over the holiday!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And in the new year? Watch out for some fabulous ferrets!</span>Joan Lennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754075398531533532.post-70102053453739372242014-11-12T09:13:00.000-08:002014-11-12T09:19:02.011-08:00Happy National Non-Fiction Month!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">November is National Non-Fiction Month, and my book of the month is Gill Arbuthnott's <b>What Makes You You? </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What's it all about? Here's the blurb -</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i><b>What Makes You You?</b> is a mind-blowing introduction to the building blocks of life, DNA, what it is, how it works, and what we can do with it ... Packed with amazing 3D style illustrations and explanatory diagrams that jump off the page as well as amazing tales of scientific discoveries and what's in store for the future, Gill truly brings science to life.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Do you have a favourite non-fiction book you think I should read? Let me know - I'm happy to read non-fiction any month of the year!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">... to create some amazing cover images for <b><a href="http://www.joanlennon.co.uk/wickit_mini/wickit_mini.htm">The Wickit Chronicles</a></b>! And here are the winners (and a couple of Honourable Mentions) from Heatheryburn Primary School -</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For <b>Ely Plot</b>, we have <b>Hollie Thompson</b>'s bold design - </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then, <b>Keia Robb</b>'s cover for <b>Fen Gold</b> -</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And for <b>Witch Bell</b>, the last book of the series, here is <b>Dylan Carroll</b>'s cover -</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Was it hard to choose the winners? You bet it was. I want to thank all of you for letting me see your cover ideas - it absolutely made my day! Huge congratulations! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And now, let's see what amazing challenges Barry can come up with next - </span>Joan Lennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754075398531533532.post-56086763366162003082014-08-28T04:11:00.000-07:002014-08-28T04:11:50.925-07:00Hold that Sign!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is another of the occasional series - Writers and Other Strange Folk Who Think Books are Great! - where I take photos of the Aberdeen Reading Bus sign out on its travels. And this time, the sign made its appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, in the hands of magnificently-costumed <a href="http://www.kateohearn.com/">Kate O'Hearn</a> and her equally awesome sidekicks, brother Dave O'Hearn and Derek Marshall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And the lovely lady in the hat? That's Janet Smyth, festival organiser extraordinaire, who made all of the school events - including Meet Leif! - possible. And yes, she's in her pajamas. Don't ask.</span>Joan Lennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754075398531533532.post-17604293839938970252014-08-12T08:04:00.003-07:002014-08-12T10:37:38.426-07:00Writers and Other Strange Folk!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello and welcome to the first of a now-and-then series of photos, featuring writers and other strange folk posing with the Aberdeen Reading Bus sign!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">First up we have Linda Strachan, author of the Hamish McHaggis books, among many others. You can visit Linda's website </span><a href="http://www.lindastrachan.com/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">here</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<br />Joan Lennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754075398531533532.post-71094687358836813072014-07-20T02:26:00.000-07:002014-07-20T02:27:08.847-07:00Things in Envelopes<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Welcome back! Last time I mentioned Barry Donaldson's (Reading Bus Man) small golden envelope with a challenge inside ... which has resulted in a large white envelope full of fabulous book covers arriving at my door! Who sent them, you ask? What are they book covers of? And which are my three favourites???</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All will be revealed next month, when the schools go back!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But that wasn't it for excellent envelopes. My postman also brought me these - advance copies of my new Viking books - in a large <i>brown</i> envelope. <b>Leif Frond and the Viking Games </b>and<b> Leif Frond and Quickfingers </b>will both be available from 14th August. Exciting!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Diana Wynne Jones</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Which of her books have I read lately?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Which of her books should I read next? You choose! Let me know and I'll dive right in.</span></div>
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Joan Lennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754075398531533532.post-8462749689289526292014-06-08T10:59:00.000-07:002014-07-20T02:27:39.935-07:00Patron of Reading for a Bus!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> … and this is what the inside looks like …</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">… and this is what a Patron of Reading and a bevy of readers look like!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That’s right – fuzzy! I think it’s because, behind the camera, 5 classes of P5s from Heatheryburn Primary and Brimmond Primary in Aberdeen were thundering about the place! We had a great time together, finding out about Pip and the gargoyle Perfect and their adventures in my books <b>The Wickit Chronicles</b>, trying on medieval costumes, and discovering some squishy and revolting facts about the Middle Ages. And if that wasn’t enough, Barry Donaldson, king of the Reading Bus, has set those schools a fabulous challenge … in a golden envelope … </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I’m <b>Joan Lennon</b>, Patron of Reading for a Bus – and if you want to find out more about me, or what on earth a Patron of Reading is, or what Barry hid in the golden envelope, then come back soon!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(Meantime, you can find out more about Aberdeen's <b>Reading Bus</b> <a href="http://www.readingbus.co.uk/drupal/">here</a>!)</span>Joan Lennonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.com4