Leavers' Post: Miss Bishop

Our final post of the year is usually our leavers' questionnaire, but this year it's come slightly earlier than usual, because - sadly - Miss Bishop is leaving us at the end of term: nevertheless, she very kindly paused in the middle of all her packing to answer the book blog's questions. 

What were you reading when you were a teenager? 

All of the Harry Potter books with a particular favourite being Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. 

I was always a really keen reader of autobiographies, with some personal favourites being written by Michael Phelps and Serena Williams.

World Book Day Quiz - the answers, and the winner ...

Our first round was Mr Harris's first edition covers: most of you easily identified The BFG, The Great Gatsby, To Kill a Mockingbird, and The Goldfinch, but the fifth cover proved more of a puzzle.

Suggestions included Brave New World, Norwegian Wood, 1984, and Catch 22, plus The Seven Dials and The Time Tunnel (neither of those bad guesses, based on the design).  But the answer was actually: 

World Book Day

It's World Book Day!!! 

Yes, even in the middle of a pandemic, the annual festival of books and reading continues.  And here on the blog it's no different.  With a little help from the English, Drama and Classics Depts, plus the Sci-Fi and Fantasy Book Society, we've put together a quiz to celebrate the occasion, and help you while away the time during the last couple of days of lockdown.  How much do you know about animals in literature? Literary pseudonyms? First editions? Great plays of the 20th century? Can you identify famous writers from their chins, or spot the literary references in our final round of music clips??? We would love to find out. 

So if you have a few minutes to spare, and fancy exercising your wits, or you've finished your exams and would like to do something fun for a change, or you are just twiddling your thumbs in school waiting for your COVID test, please feel free to join in via the following link - the quiz is open until the end of the school day on Friday.  Have fun!!! (and also have patience, because with all those images/music clips, the quiz form takes a little while to load ...).

Try the World Book Day Quiz here

Answers (and winners) will be revealed next Tuesday ...