Lanarkshire author, Kirkland Ciccone, recently visited Clyde Valley. Kirkland addressed a receptive audience of S3 pupils. He spoke about his debut novel, ‘Conjuring the Infinite’ and explained how he developed characters and plot. Kirkland delivered a highly amusing talk, while emphasising the very real educational and recreational benefits to be gained from reading. All those present thoroughly enjoyed Kirkland Ciccone’s visit to the school, particularly the lively question and answer session he led and in which he explained how he became an author and the process he follows to put words on the page. Kirkland Ciccone’s ‘Conjuring the Infinite’ has been placed on the North Lanarkshire Catalyst Book Award long list.

Following his visit, Mrs Cimmino’s S3 class were set a challenge by Kirkland in the form of a competition  to define ‘infinity’. The pupils’ responses were incredibly profound with four being sleected as the best. Ewan McBride was eventually selected as the overall winner and received a signed copy of Kirkland’s novel as a prize. Read Ewan’s entry below:

Infinity

Infinity is never ending. You can do everything with it or nothing. It is everything and everywhere. Everything is infinite and so is nothing. You can’t go above infinity; it is what we live on, it has no true meaning, it is impossible to define.

Kirkland Ciccone with the third year pupils who enjoyed his exploration of ‘Conjuring the Infinite’ and with competition winner, Ewan.