I ended up enjoying my visits to the Cheltenham Literature Festival. I seemed to have picked historical themes and didn’t really see anyone talking about a novel they had written apart from Rachel Billington on a panel talking about Gallipoli. She was alongside two historians and her input was based on her own family experience her grandfather was killed in August 1915, that in turn has been the basis of her novel on the landings. Churchill was not a popular figure for her family! It is a pity that the festival hasn’t had a Story Telling slot for last two years.

I am currently looking at putting together some Christmas Stories for the seasonal period. I am going to do offer both a K.S. 1 and K.S. 2 story for schools. Also doing an adult performance in December.