Sarah Brennan Funny & Fabulous Blog

Hello Quarry Bay School!

A big hello to all you Grade 3 writers I visited today at Quarry Bay School – it was great fun to see you all again and to give you some of my tips on How to Write a Really Riveting Story! I hope to see some FABULOUS entries from you all in my Clever Competition! And I look forward to visiting the Grade 4s on Wednesday! Above are some keen Quarry Bay School writers!

Wow! What a fabulous Hong Kong launch for Pin Yin Panda!

A big THANK YOU to Shonee and Arti Mirchandani, Odessa So and the team at Bookazine in Princes Building for a wonderful Hong Kong launch this afternoon! Over 170 kids, mums and dads turned up to celebrate Pin Yin Panda’s arrival in Hong Kong for the Year of the (Dragon) PANDA!!! We had two readings, a fun quiz with Harry Harrison with tiny panda prizes, and some yummy snacks and drinks! Here are just a few of Harry’s and my fans above and below (as well as a big pile of books!).

Reminder: This Saturday! Hong Kong launch of The Tale of Pin Yin Panda!

It’s going to be huge! Come along and join the fun at Pin Yin Panda’s launch party this Saturday at Bookazine in Princes Building at 2pm! Here is your official invitation! I’ll be reading Pin Yin’s story, Harry Harrison will be running a quiz with prizes, and there’ll be lots of nibbles and drinks, with wine for the grown-ups! But make sure you register at enquiries@bookazine.com.hk or phone 2522 1785 to let Bookazine know you’re coming!

A fabulous CNY event at Blackwells Bookstore in Oxford!

Huge thanks to Hannah Chinnery and Zools Verjee, events organisers at Blackwells Bookstore in Broad Street, Oxford, for a fabulous Chinese New Year event last Saturday! Hannah’s Chinese New Year decorations and delicious nibbles pulled in a lovely crowd, and Chester Choi and I had so much fun! Here are a couple of photos – more to come in the next website update at www.sarah-brennan.com!

Panda on Abbey Road!

My panda Pandora (Pin Yin’s English cousin) is a mad keen Beatles fan! So as we left the American School in London and St John’s Wood, she couldn’t resist a visit to the Beatles stamping grounds just around the corner! Here she is at the famous Abbey Road Recording Studios where the Beatles recorded so many of their hit records:

And crossing the road with her mum, just like the Fab Four on THAT album cover!

A big thank you to the American School in London!

A big hello and thank you to the fabulous kids and staff of the American International School in London – we had a big day! Chester Choi visited the Grade 3s, Pin Yin Panda visited the Grade 6s, and we all had a lot of fun! Many thanks to the lovely librarians at ASL, Head Librarian Karen Field (on the right above) and Lower School Librarian Joanne Morris (on the left), for asking me! And here are some very handsome ASL kids!:

Kung Hei Fat Choi and thanks to ISL Surrey!

A big hello to all you International School of London Surrey students who are visiting my blog tonight! It was great to meet you all today and I do hope you enjoyed our reading and workshop sessions as much as I did! And thanks especially to the lovely librarian Vickie Doran for looking after me so well today and organising our very busy schedule – I don’t know how you do it!

A wonderful day at Windlesham House School!

A big hello to all the terrific students of Windlesham House School – it was great to meet you all today! What with writing workshops for the big kids and story readings for the younger kids, it was a busy day! Many thanks to Aly Thornton, Librarian extraordinaire, for looking after me so handsomely, and to Simon Attwood, Deputy Headmaster, for inviting me! Here’s my panda Pandora having a chat to some of the students today!

Farewell Edinburgh!

What a fun three days that was! Pin Yin Panda and I had such a wonderful time meeting the braw Scots of Edinburgh, their lassies and laddies and of course, their new pandas!

Here’s me with my new toy panda Pandora (Pin Yin’s Scottish cousin) and a huge blow up panda outside Edinburgh Zoo!

And here’s Pandora with the famous Edinburgh Castle and Arthur’s Seat far away in the background!

Thank you George Watson’s College!

Many thanks to the lovely teachers and fabulous Grade 3s of George Watson’s College in Edinburgh for a terrific reading session this morning! Pin Yin Panda and I were delighted to meet you all! Make sure you enter my Clever Competition about Pandas!