{"id":2684,"date":"2016-10-04T15:11:42","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T15:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/orchard\/?p=2684"},"modified":"2016-10-04T15:11:42","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T15:11:42","slug":"meet-the-author","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/orchard\/2016\/10\/04\/meet-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Author"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Primary 2 and Primary 3 had a real treat today. We travelled to Wishaw library to meet David MacPhail, who is the\u00a0author of the Thorfinn the Viking Stories.<\/p>\n<p>We knew we were going to enjoy ourselves when he started the session by asking us to shout &#8216;Huzzah&#8217; as loudly as we could in the middle of the library.<\/p>\n<p>He talked to us about being an author, what has inspired him to write about Thorfinn, and read us a chapter from the latest Thorfinn book.<\/p>\n<p>He even told some of us what our Viking name would be. (Look out for a very embarrassed photograph of Mrs. Bowden when she found out her name &#8211; you can ask your children&#8230;..it&#8217;s too rude to blog! )<\/p>\n<p>This was a fantastic experience, which ended with us getting the chance to have a Thorfinn booked signed by David!<\/p>\n<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-2684-1-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" 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