Sit down chat with author Nicola J Rowley
Nicola J Rowley was born in Basildon in Essex and from a young age was encouraged to enjoy and cultivate the written word. As life moved on other career paths occurred but the joy of writing never left her.
Fast forward to 2020, the first in her new series of books for older children Mug the Wumph the dancing Wizard was brought to life!
The write stuff – tools for getting down those thoughts
What better way to interest children in writing than to share the history of the pencils and paper that they are using?
The contents of their pencil case may not seem very special. But these simple tools are the product of thousands of years of development. They perform a function which would have once seemed magical – setting down our thoughts outside our minds.