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On Tuesday 8 September, author Lindsay Galvin visited Year 7 pupils at Dunottar.
The former teacher spoke to pupils about her novel Darwin’s Dragons, which has sold hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide and been enjoyed by readers from America to Japan.
The English Department had gifted students a complimentary copy of the book as part of their Year 6 welcome pack at the end of the summer term.
During her engaging and interactive assembly, Lindsay shared her passion for animals, which provide much of the inspiration for her writing. She talked about the books that influenced her as a young reader and gave pupils an insight into the planning, writing and editing process behind publishing a novel.
Following a lively question-and-answer session, Lindsay challenged pupils to think creatively by developing character profiles for their own dragons before writing the opening of a story.
Year 7 student Inaya said: “The most interesting thing I learnt was that making a book is very complicated and requires more people than I thought!”
Fellow Year 7 pupil and Warrior Learner Sienna added: “I really enjoyed finding out that Darwin’s Dragons was written by mistake. It’s nice knowing that you can make things by mistake and turn them into something even better!”
📸 Lindsay Galvin with Year 7
