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Thirty years ago

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By Candy Gourlay My Facebook feed from the Philippines has been awash with throwback photos of the People Power  revolution. It made me a ...

Is the Calm Real? A Teaching Resource for Shine

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World Book Day is fast approaching and I'm excited to say my days are going to be packed with school visits --  I can't wait! It...

Children and Teens Who Want to Write

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By Candy Gourlay I visited Ormiston Bushfield School in Peterborough yesterday as part of the Pop Up Schools Programme . I wore these ...

My Long and Winding Road Trip

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Hello, readers! I'm just back from a research trip to the Philippines with an SD card packed full of amazing photographs. As you may k...

Happy New Year!

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Dear Readers, Today, I woke up at four in the morning and marched up to a summit where I saw this. Watching the sun rise over Maligcon...

A Farewell to Letty Jimenez Magsanoc who wanted to Change the Future, One Dictator at a Time

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Letty waving my book around during the 2014 launch of SHINE in Manila. On Christmas Eve, I was shocked and upset to hear that my lifelon...

Beloved Stories from Christmas Past

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Here's a post I wrote for the now defunct DFB Story Blog in Christmas, 2011.  Whip-cracker Tilda (pictured right) - now Senior Edito...

A Comic on How to Skype an Author

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By Candy Gourlay I've met many teachers who would love to do author visits on Skype or Google Hangouts but are daunted by the logistic...

Dismaland takes the 'escape' out of 'escapist'

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By Candy Gourlay If you're planning to see Dismaland before it closes on 27 September, look away now. The night before my ticket e...