North Lanarkshire author, Kirkland Ciccone, recently visited Clyde Valley High School. Kirkland addressed a receptive audience of S3 pupils from Mrs Cimmino’s class and spoke  about his debut novel, ‘Conjuring the Infinite’.

An enthusiastic exponent of books and reading, Kirkland delivered a highly amusing talk while emphasising the educational and recreational benefits to be gained from reading. All those present thoroughly enjoyed Kirkland Ciccones’s visit to the school.

‘Conjuring the Infinite’  has been placed on the North Lanarkshire Catalyst Book Award longlist.

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.

Top and Above: Pupils Beth Morely and Katy Ramage enjoy a sneaky preview at Kirkland’s novel, while all of 3.1 were delighted by his visit and will be supporting him in the Catalyst awards.

Ewan with his winner’s prize