{"id":2271,"date":"2014-10-08T15:02:38","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T15:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/?p=2271"},"modified":"2014-10-08T15:02:38","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T15:02:38","slug":"10-things-you-might-not-know-about-david-almond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/2014\/10\/08\/10-things-you-might-not-know-about-david-almond\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Things You Might Not Know About David Almond"},"content":{"rendered":"

Six enthusiastic members of Festival sponsors’ BGS Juniors Year 6 Book Committee were lucky enough to get their hands on tickets for the fabulous Robert Muchamore and Sophie McKenzie event at this year\u2019s Telegraph Bath\u00a0Children\u2019s Literature Festival.<\/p>\n

Even better, thanks to Bristol Grammar School\u2019s <\/a>long-standing connection with the Festival, they were given the opportunity to interview this year\u2019s Guest Artistic Director<\/strong>, author David Almond<\/strong>, before the event. Their conversation covered a huge range of topics, from his childhood to his inspiration and they found out ten things about David Almond that not everybody knows\u2026<\/p>\n

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  1. Most of all he wanted to play football for Newcastle United (he may still get his chance if their season doesn\u2019t improve!)<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. He believes children are more important than politicians because they are the future.<\/li>\n
  3. He prefers writing for children to adults.<\/li>\n
  4. He was the first boy at his school to do cookery (because he didn\u2019t want to do metalwork).<\/li>\n
  5. His favourite artist is Picasso.<\/li>\n
  6. He is working on an opera about football.<\/li>\n
  7. He used to write in his shed but it got too cold, so he now writes in Newcastle Library.<\/li>\n
  8. The house featured in Skellig<\/em> was the house he was brought up in.<\/li>\n
  9. Of all his books, he would most like The Fire Eaters <\/em>to be turned into a movie.<\/li>\n
  10. He doesn\u2019t plan his books, he just starts writing.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    You can read a transcript of the complete conversation with David Almond on the Bristol Grammar School website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Six enthusiastic members of Festival sponsors’ BGS Juniors Year 6 Book Committee were lucky enough to get their hands on tickets for the fabulous Robert Muchamore and Sophie McKenzie event at this year\u2019s Telegraph Bath\u00a0Children\u2019s Literature Festival. 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