Peter Kelly

The Reading Cafe

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The Reading Cafe is the podcast from Holy Cross High School that aims to get people talking about reading. We have had some brilliant guests so far, namely Robin Stevens (Murder Most Unladylike series/Blackwell Children’s Book of the Year 2022, Ministry of Unladylike Activity), ”Master of Horror” Darren Shan (Cirque du Freak/Zom-B/Archibald Lox) and Aisha Bushby (A Pocketful of Stars/Moonchild/A Flash of Fireflies).The Reading Cafe has received support from the Scottish Book Trust and has been featured in Teaching Scotland magazine, the Times Educational Supplement and the Sunday Mail. The Sco...

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Peter Kelly

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S1 - World Book Day 01.03.2023 25:48

APPROX AGE RATING: 11+ Today’s episode arrives just in time for World Book Day 2023! This is a discussion special in which our S1 pupils talk about Reading Resolutions, classic quotes, captivating covers & thought-provoking themes. Also, listen to find out who we have lined up for The Reading Cafe as our next interview guest… If you aren’t already following The Reading Cafe on Apple Podcasts/A...

Aisha Bushby interview (A Pocketful of Stars/A Flash of Fireflies) 18.12.2022 25:00

APPROX AGE RATING: 9-11 We ended the year on a high with our first Reading Cafe transition event, which gave Primary Seven pupils from St Bride’s Primary (Bothwell) and St John the Baptist Primary (Uddingston) the opportunity to speak to Adrien Prize nominee Aisha Bushby (A Pocketful of Stars/A Flash of Fireflies) about her writing process. This event was also the first to involve three S2-4 pupil...

Darren Shan interview (Zom-B/Cirque du Freak) 31.10.2022 46:06

APPROX AGE RATING: 14+ 🎃 HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 🎃 Fittingly for our Spooky Season Special, our interview guest is Master of Horror, Darren Shan! Darren is the creator of Zom-B, Archibald Lox and Cirque du Freak. His books are on sale in 40 countries in 32 languages and have sold 30 million copies worldwide. Darren talks with our S6 Reading Leaders and S1-4 Shanfans about his inspirations for writing,...

Robin Stevens interview (Murder Most Unladylike) 28.08.2022 33:44

APPROX AGE RATING: 12+ Welcome back to The Reading Cafe! In this episode, we speak to Robin Stevens, author of the award-winning Murder Most Unladylike series. This is a fantastic interview and it was wonderful to be able to give some of her Holy Cross High School superfans the chance to talk with her. Soon after this interview, Robin was awarded Blackwell's Children's Book of the Year 2022 for he...

S2 Book Talk 16.03.2022 13:39

APPROX AGE RATING: 13+ Welcome back to The Reading Cafe! In this episode, we're talking with S2 about graphic novels, dream memoirs and the secret diaries they would love to read... If you're thirsty for literary chat, our Reading Leaders are on hand to brew up some good book talk. If you haven't already, subscribe to make sure you don't miss a single episode and share The Reading Cafe with everyo...

S1 Book Talk 12.12.2021 16:32

APPROX AGE RATING: 12+ Welcome to the Reading Café – a brand new podcast from Holy Cross High School aiming to get people talking about reading. In each episode, we’ll be chatting with pupils about their literary dopplegangers, the villains they love to hate and the books they’d love to see make the transition from script to the screen. Be sure to subscribe to make sure you never miss an episode a...