Rotary Club of Thanet sponsors Schools Day at Turner Centre
Thanet Rotary sponsors Schools Day as part of Margate Bookie 2024
Thanet Rotary sponsors Schools Day as part of Margate Bookie 2024
Turner Contemporary will welcome pupils from local secondary schools for a special day sponsored by the Rotary Club of Thanet. Students will enjoy workshops with Nick Hornby's Ministry of Stories and the chance to speak with YA (young adult) phenomenon Moira Buffini on Friday October 4th.
Rotary President Maria Blackburn encourages partnership with schools and academies to promote reading and boost creativity. ‘Thanet Rotary Club provides books to local secondary schools and organised an essay competition as part of its Literacy Matters! project. Now we are delighted to be working with Margate Bookie and Turner Contemporary to help pupils develop their skills in a writing workshop and a meet-the-author session.’
The day starts with a unique workshop on Creating Gothic Fiction with Jessica Randall of Nick Hornby’s Ministry of Stories. Then Moira Buffini - one of the UK’s leading scriptwriters who wrote The Dig (Bafta-nominated), Harlots, Jane Eyre and Tamara Drewe – will tell the pupils about Songlight, her highly-anticipated debut novel set in a post-apocalyptic future.
Toby Parkin, head of learning and participation at Turner, says, ‘We're thrilled to connect young people with authors through this exciting new schools' day at Turner Contemporary. With our children's art library and the partnership with Margate Bookie, this event offers a fantastic opportunity to inspire a love for books and reading among students.’
The Margate Bookie is a registered charity founded by Andreas Loizou. From a single afternoon in a disused warehouse, the friendly litfest by the sea has grown to a week of events and 5,000 visitors a year. At the heart of the Bookie is a love of how books bring people together to learn about new worlds, fire imaginations and turn strangers into friends
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