Kirn Primary School were so lucky to welcome Janis Mackay, one of the authors whose book “The Accidental Time Traveller” is currently shortlisted for the Scottish Children’s Book Awards.

Janis came in to speak to our P6 and P7 pupils, who are reading the book as part of their ‘Milestones in Scottish History’ topic.


She focused on how noticing small details can lead to the seed of a story, and showed us that we can use our imagination to visualise things which don’t even exist. “What if. . . ” is another way towards a great story, and we all created three beginnings there and then, and shared them with the group.

Many thanks to Kirn’s PTA and Scottish Book Trust for making this visit possible.