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Fiction Workshop

Robin Price, author of historical fiction with a bias for humour, visited Highgate Junior School on Tuesday, 19th January 2010. He talked to the pupils about his work and the inspiration behind his series called Spartapuss, the adventures of an eponymous cat living in ancient Rome.

Mr Price is also the co-author of Count Milkula series as well as a new graphic novella called London Deep. He is also the co-writer of songs for Tall Stories, in their wonderful musical adaptations of Julia Donaldson’s classic the Gruffalo, Something Else and Room on the Broom.

After an introductory session to the whole year group, Mr Price lead classroom-based topical workshops to guide the children through stages of incorporating characters from the above mentioned series into their own version.  VN

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