True Friends at Fernside Sheena Wilkinson

Join award-winning author Sheena Wilkinson to hear all about her new boarding school adventure, True Friends at Fernside (The O’Brien Press), set exactly one hundred years ago. Cousins Robin and Linnet find friendship and mystery as they work out what sort of people they want to be. Sheena will let you into the secrets of how she gets her ideas, how she turns these into stories, and some of the strange things that can happen along the way.

This is a schools’ event. Age: 4th – 6th class (online).

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From the moment Sheena Wilkinson discovered Malory Towers as a young reader, she was hooked on school stories. Malory Towers, St Clare’s, the Chalet School. Adventure, friendship, the fabled midnight feasts, and much more. Sheena wrote her PhD thesis on girls’ school stories and remains a life-long fan. She is the author of nine novels for children and young adults. A bookworm and history geek, Sheena lives in Co. Derry with her husband, stepson and two dogs. She is happiest when reading, writing or walking the dogs – when she’s often making up stories anyway. Her latest book is True Friends at Fernside, the second book in the Fernside series.