Spring Read Author Visits

The plans for the Spring Read Book Festival are coming along - we now have dates etc for the author visits that JHA are involved in. Here they are:

Tuesday 4th March, 11.00 - 12.30 pm, Loudoun Academy
Janet Paisley (poet)
JHA attending along with Stewarton Academy.

Friday 14th March, 1.30 - 3.00 pm, Kilmarnock Academy
Nicola Morgan (author of Fleshmarket, Mondays Are Red, Highwayman's Curse)
JHA attending along with Grange, St. Joseph's, Loudoun and Stewarton.

*****Wednesday 19th March, 1.30 - 3.00 pm, JHA*****
Catherine MacPhail (author of Nemesis, Roxy's Baby, Run Zan Run & loads more)
Loudoun and Stewarton are our guests.

I think we've been very lucky in getting Catherine MacPhail - a major author with lots of books and a wide appeal for boys and girls.

More info on Catherine's visit to follow ...

Join the Library Group!

The Friday Library Group is starting again this year. If you are in S1 - S2 and like books, this is the group for you! We will meet on Friday lunchtimes in the Library (open for Group members only). Here are some of the things we'll do:

• Read and review some great new books
• Post reviews on the JHA Library blog
• Take part in activities such as Spring Read Book Festival, Ayrshire Readers' Cup and Shadowing the Carnegie
• Help organise author visit as part of Spring Read
• Go on visits to others schools

The Group starts on Friday 25th January at lunchtime. Please come along!

New Graphic Novels

There are some new arrivals in the Graphic Novels Collection. As well as additional volumes in popular series such as Ultimate Spider-Man and Runaways, we now have a few essential volumes in the Civil War series.

There are also some new titles in the Senior section, including 'Persepolis', due to be released as a film this year.

Ayrshire Readers' Cup

The quest to find the JHA team to compete in the Ayrshire Readers' Cup Final in May is about to begin!

Very soon all S1 and S2 English classes will be taking part in the 1st Round of the quiz. The top two scorers from each class will then enter the 2nd Round, which will take the form of seperate S1 and S2 quizzes held in the Library. The top two scorers will then make up the final team, proudly representing their school at this prestigious event!

Results will be posted here ...

Spring Read 2008

Plans are shaping up for this year's Spring Read - East Ayrshire Schools' Reading Festival. Authors will be visiting schools during March, and as before pupils' will get the chance to visit other schools to hear them speak.

Authors booked for this year are Janet Paisley, Nicola Morgan and Catherine MacPhail - 3 major writers coming to a school near you!

Dates and venues will be announced soon ...