The Museum of Everything

What makes the perfect classroom? Ask twenty different teachers and they will give you twenty different answers. Some will prioritise seating; others, resources; my favourite kind of teacher will favour a well-stocked class library (of course!). But when it comes right down to it, all their answers will point in the same direction: the perfect classroom is an environment that encourages and nurtures learning.…

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by Matt Wainwright

Author Visit – Broadway Academy

At 3.30 on Tuesday morning my alarm rang out. After considering turning it off and burying my head in my pillow, I dragged myself out of bed, washed and dressed, and proceeded to carry eight enormous boxes of books from our first floor flat to the boot of my car outside. By 4.30 I was on the road, coffee in hand, facing three hours…

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by Matt Wainwright

Expectation vs Reality

I was recently invited to write a short article for the book blogging website, ‘Mr. Ripley’s Enchanted Books’, about my experiences debuting in a global pandemic. It’s been a long and very interesting year, and it was nice to have a chance to reflect on the process. Here’s the first couple of paragraphs. You can link to the rest of the article below. Every…

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by Matt Wainwright

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Thank you @christianbookshopossett for looking after me today at the CViE Conference 😊 It's lovely to turn online acquaintance into real-life friendship. Authors wouldn't be where they are without the passion, dedication and hard work of booksellers. Glad we could shift so many copies! Lovely to find myself on #shaftesburyavenue today for work 😊 I like to think I'm treading where Billy might have trod. I even went past Gerrard Street! (Yes, there's an extra 'r' in there but I'm owning it!) Some images from the Museum of Everything, part of Wyborne Primary School in south-east London. Step into the Museum of Everything at Wyborne Primary School ... Full write-up and more photos to come! This week I have been taking part in the Race to School challenge, hosted on Facebook by Isobel Kent (@isobelkenteditor). Isobel is a professional proofreader and editor who also coaches authors on how best to connect with schools to spread a love of reading and writing. Lovely day at Dover Castle Lovely afternoon at Dyffryn Gardens in Wales 😁 "The black night sky above him was slowly turning to muddy blue-grey as a new day dawned. A sea of rooftops spread out all around him, rising and falling, the scattered chimney-pots like bobbing buoys; already thin streams of grey smoke had begun to rise skywards from them, as the morning fires were lit in kitchens and bedrooms across the city. His eyes followed the crowded mass of buildings down towards the river, where the great dome of St. Paul’s cathedral rose serenely over the sleeping metropolis, and for a few seconds he felt oddly at peace." King Henry's Mound in Richmond Park, southwest London. Said to be the place where Henry VIII stood and watched a firework go up to mark the death of Anne Boleyn, leaving him free to marry Jane Seymour.

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