Author Gemma Malley visited the First Form today after
1B wrote to her about her superb Dystopian story, ‘The Declaration’. Gemma
talked about her career as a journalist, an excellent preparation for life as
an author (meeting deadlines, self-discipline, writing imaginatively on boring
topics!).
Her books tackle some big questions and stem from Gemma’s interest in
Philosophy, for instance, “Would you take a drug that stopped you from growing
old?” Her talk sparked lots of interesting questions from the First Form and from
the Reading Group and Gemma responded with further ideas and wonderful analogies
to explain her answers in a very entertaining way.
More information about Gemma Malley and her books is
available at http://www.gemmamalley.com/
