Cathy Forde visit

The author Cathy Forde came to Doon yesterday as part of the Spring Read Festival. Some of our S1 and S2 were joined by pupils from Auchinleck, Cumnock and St Joseph's Academies.

Cathy Forde talked for about 40 minutes and then answered questions from the audience.

She spoke about several of her books, how she got ideas for stories, how she managed to turn them into books, how she redrafts her works up to 100 times until she is happy with it.

She was very entertaining and enjoyable.

Staff Book Group

This month's staff book is
When will there be good news? by Kate Atkinson

Spring Read Logo Competition

The winning design for the Logo Competition was by Hazel Limond.

The runners up were Selina White and Lauren Young.

Spring Read

For this year's Spring Read Festival we are having two author visits.
Catherine Forde is coming here to talk to some S1 and S2 pupils on 24th February in the afternoon about Fat Boy Swim.

We are taking a group of S3 pupils to hear Catherine MacPhail talk about her work at Kilmarnock Academy on 18th March.