tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post1932926211861248410..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: It frequently does happen to an author! - Meg HarperUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-42185321432313006942009-08-11T00:29:44.917+01:002009-08-11T00:29:44.917+01:00You are so right, Adele. Maybe that's why we&#...You are so right, Adele. Maybe that's why we're seen as suspicious - we're all so good at making up stories!!!Meg Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461125464455502821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-67198996132543232102009-08-05T18:06:47.276+01:002009-08-05T18:06:47.276+01:00I am not doing anything about this because I live ...I am not doing anything about this because I live in hope that it will ALL CHANGE after the next election. And I am not a celebrity like Philip P but also have never ever been left alone with a group. I don't do the kinds of workshops Meg describes, for which I admire her greatly and it ought not to be beyond the wit of man to devise a system that excludes those of us who don't have such hands-on contact with children. And lots of those who do, too! The irony is, (and a lot of people have pointed this out!) that the legislation will do little to protect children from anyone willing to lie and who doesn't have a criminal record.adele gerasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-37697397730899509462009-08-05T13:15:10.331+01:002009-08-05T13:15:10.331+01:00Oh joy! Guess I'd better go and bore my pants ...Oh joy! Guess I'd better go and bore my pants off reading the web-site! Yes, I've done visits like that too, Katherine - or at least where the teachers turn up with the classes looking somewhat bemused while the wonderful, friendly, excited-about-books librarian takes charge! Three cheers for school librarians!Meg Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461125464455502821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-52014956766755013262009-08-05T09:36:13.880+01:002009-08-05T09:36:13.880+01:00btw everyone - accoridng to the website (last ti...btw everyone - accoridng to the website (last time I looked, which i admit was a few weeks ago) this doesn't start coming into force till autumn 2010. Autumn 2009 is when they start working out how to implement it ...Nicola Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189894289540344094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-6330475482223951462009-08-05T08:54:39.674+01:002009-08-05T08:54:39.674+01:00But Meg, what an experience! I applaud your cool ...But Meg, what an experience! I applaud your cool professionlism. And I agree. I feel sure Philip Pullman is never left alone with children. He's a celebrity by now, much as he may dislike the idea, and teachers and staff will WANT to hear him. Whereas the last school visit I did, I never set eyes on any of the teaching staff from the beginning of the day to the end, not even to shake hands or say hello. It was me and the librarian throughout.Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-49301365774412175762009-08-05T08:47:38.570+01:002009-08-05T08:47:38.570+01:00And why £64, precisely?And why £64, precisely?Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-84308656212907821872009-08-05T02:11:53.097+01:002009-08-05T02:11:53.097+01:00Does this £64 fee last a lifetime or does it have ...Does this £64 fee last a lifetime or does it have to be renewed? <br />As a former teacher from a family of former teachers all I can do is sympathise from afar!catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.com