Billed as “amazing, action packed stories,” you can find out more about from the author of Desert Thieves and Sky Thieves himself when Dan Walker visits a Lincoln bookshop on Saturday (October 14th, 2017).
Aimed at ages 9-12, the swashbuckling adventure series includes flying galleons, floating islands and long lost treasure.
And Walker is looking forward to his appearance at the High Street branch of Waterstones from 11am to 2pm just as much as any of his young fans are.
“As a children’s writer, events are super-exciting,” the Nottingham writer explains.
“Writing stories is something children do at school, so the understand the process well. It is not an abstract thing for them. So when they meet someone who does it for a living – someone who can give them tips and tricks, talk about structure and characters – it’s really interesting.
“In terms of reading as a hobby, kids are always fascinated by the inspiration for characters, events, settings, everything! I also get a lot of feedback from children who had given up on their writing, but were inspired by meeting an author to get back on it again.”
And it’s not just the children who might find the event inspirational as Walker finds meeting his young readers very beneficial too.
“For a writer, events are great because it means you get to speak to your readers, ” he says. Writing is a solitary job, and sometimes you get so buried in the details of a story that you lose touch with why you’re putting words on the paper.
“When you go out to an event, and meet readers, it reminds you of the end-point of your story. You remember who you’re writing for, and the joy it hopefully brings.
“Practically, it gives you a little boost, so that next time you sit down at the computer you’re ready and raring to go. From a craft perspective, it’s also good to know which bits of your books kids particularly enjoyed, and which bits they didn’t.
“Feedback is good in every station of life; writing is no different.”
Find out more at: www.waterstones.com
And, as we discovered on their arrival, their soft, bright design, high-quality jersey fabric tops of choice didn’t disappoint.
Fortunately Willow also loves her new wardrobe addition. The 
She does, however, very much have her own sense of style and what she will and won’t wear, so the fact she chose it to wear on a playdate with one of her godmums to show off her bag collection, as well as to a park, for play time at home in the garden and even to her ballet class, was reassuring it was a good choice. And, again, I already know it washes well.
