I had an amazing day at North Ormesby Primary School today where I was invited along to hand out the end of term prizes - including the ‘Tommy Donbavand Writing Hero Award’ (I still smile every time I type that!)
I can honestly say that I’ve never been to a school with a more upbeat, positive [...]

Thanks to everyone at North Liverpool Academy for taking part in two great days of Scream Street events and workshops!  I love coming back to my home city, but the enthusiasm of pupils and teachers alike made this trip especially memorable.

Here’s to my next visit!
Tommy
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Thanks to everyone at Marden Bridge Middle School for a great day today.  I ran four creative writing workshops, and was amazed at the brilliant ideas which emerged.  Now the task is to turn those ideas into exciting stories!  I can’t wait to read them!
Tommy
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I had a great day at Boldon Primary School today - running creative writing workshops, causing chaos with my Scream Street activities and spending the entire afternoon doing drama with pupils from years 4, 5 and 6.
From what I understand, the school will shortly find out whether it is to remain open or have to [...]

That’s ‘Liver’ rhyming with ‘Fiver’ in the title, and not the rubbery internal organ…
I’ve spent a fantastic couple of days in Liverpool at the Shipping Lines Literary Festival, part of the city’s celebration as European Capital of Culture, 2008.  I got to run some fang-tastic creative writing workshops at the refurbished Bluecoat centre, cause chaos [...]

Happy Halloween!  Today was just the right day to officially launch the Scream Street series with a range of spooky activities at Seven Stories, the centre for children’s books in Newcastle.
I ran a creepy creative writing workshop, read from the SS books, played some werewolf vs vampire activities and, of course, signed copies of the [...]

Thanks to everyone at St John Ambulance for a great day at the Petrifying Party today!  The event took place at St John’s church in London, where we played some gruesome games in the garden…

I read spooky stories in the creepy crypt…

And signed Scream Street books for my revolting readers!  (This is Awful Alex having [...]

A great day today, speaking at the Gateshead Raising Achievement event at Seven Stories.  The theme of my talk was how I inspire children - and especially boys - to read.  So, I took along my Scream Street relics, read a section from SS2: Blood of the Witch, ran a mini-workshop and even performed a [...]

Following the success of my visits to Borders stores in the north east - where I became one of their top 40 bestselling authors - I spent the early part of this week running school events at Borders in Speke and Cheshire Oaks.  Fun was had by all (especially me) and here’s the photographic evidence [...]

For those folks wanting a Scream Street event in the south - here’s just the thing!
On 28th October, I’ll be running a Petrifying Party for St. John Ambulance - in a 12th century London church crypt!  I’ll be reading from the Scream Street novels, playing some gruesome games and, of course, signing books.
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