A special day of talks and presentations celebrating the life and works of Percy F. Westerman, his contemporaries and the 'golden age' of adventure writing for children
Saturday 14 February
10am - 4pm
at
The Portsmouth
Grammar School
Programme
Whatever next: an update on new research into Percy F. Westerman
by Nigel Gossop
Biggles and the Hun: Learning to fly, quickly!
by Alan Blatchly
Living Together Again: a look at three books all set , Back Home, Cuckoo in the Nest and A Spoonful of Jam. These books are set in 1945 and 1947.
by Michelle Magorian
The Black and Grey: Children's Fiction of the Two World Wars.
by Dennis Butts
Diving for Treasure: the real pioneering science of deep-sea diving.
by Dr John Bevan
Westerman and the Great War: Fact and Fiction.
by Nigel Gossop
Whatever next: an update on new research into Percy F. Westerman
by Nigel Gossop
Biggles and the Hun: Learning to fly, quickly!
by Alan Blatchly
Living Together Again: a look at three books all set , Back Home, Cuckoo in the Nest and A Spoonful of Jam. These books are set in 1945 and 1947.
by Michelle Magorian
The Black and Grey: Children's Fiction of the Two World Wars.
by Dennis Butts
Diving for Treasure: the real pioneering science of deep-sea diving.
by Dr John Bevan
Westerman and the Great War: Fact and Fiction.
by Nigel Gossop
Places
at the seminar are £15.00 and include a buffet lunch. To book, please contact The Westerman Yarns:
email.
westermanyarns@gmail.com. or Tel:
023 92 37 55 94.
