Young Author Oscar inspires young readers and writers
January and February have been busy months for
18-year-old Oscar Lawson and his book TIGER, with 3 author events at local
schools and halls, spreading the message that you can be an author at any age.
TIGER is an action and adventure book for children aged 8-13, featuring
mystery, secrecy, a quirky 13-year old genius coder called Archie, and plenty
of fun along the way.
The book toured first
to Brockhurst and Marlston House schools in January, where Oscar, who wrote
TIGER when he was just 15, spoke to the pupils aged 8-13. He talked about his
journey from writing short stories at junior school to penning full manuscripts
in Lockdown 2020 when he wrote “TIGER: The secret intelligence group looking
for a brilliant mind.” Oscar read extracts from the book, sharing tips on
creative writing for the pupils, such as starting in an action-packed part of
the story and flashing back to the start. The pupils asked lots
of great questions, got a free bookmark each, and it was an enjoyable
event.
Then in February,
pupils from 6 local primary schools gathered for a 2-hour puzzles and creative
writing workshop with Oscar, who had prepared TIGER-related activity booklets
with riddles, crosswords, and a short story exercise. Around 40 children and
their parents attended, buying signed books and enjoying refreshments. Some
children as young as 8 told Oscar they were already working on their own
stories and has aspirations to be an author like him. There were prizes for the
best short stories, which varied from the realistic to the fantastical, all
of great quality and with lots of potential future writers showing
their talents.
Ahead of World Book
Day, Oscar finished February at Bishopsgate School, giving an assembly to the
whole school (nursery to year 8). Sporting a branded TIGER hoodie, he shared
his story and more extracts from the book, inspiring the pupils into writing
creatively and sharing their stories. They were intrigued by the whole
publishing process from cover design (they liked the Tiger on the front) to
printing and getting the book into shops.
All events were
thoroughly enjoyable and hopefully students learnt a lot and were inspired to
write more themselves.
To get in touch with
Oscar about an event, use the contact form at https://oscarlawson.ampbk.com/#contact – We’d love to hear from you!
Buy TIGER by Oscar
Lawson and leave a review at https://linktr.ee/oscarlawsonauthor
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