Bernard Ashley, author of our school summer read, ‘The
Shadow of the Zeppelin’, spoke to pupils in assembly about his life as a writer. He
included details of the research he has to undertake, how he fictionalises historical
events and spoke of how a writer is always on the lookout for ideas. He needs
to carry around his ‘laptop’, i.e. notebook and pencil, at all times. Pupils
were keen to meet Bernard at lunchtime and ask him questions about his work and
about ‘Shadow’ in particular.
