Bella's Blog
A Creative Morning at Morice Town Primary School!
Posted on November 21st, 2017
What an amazing, creative & inspirational day! This certainly is a fantastic way to start the week….talking about stories, writing and letting our imagination go! Author Alison May and the team visited Morice Town Primary School, Plymouth, to run two small creative workshops with the children. The school […]
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Bella’s Blog – The Big Interview
Posted on October 23rd, 2017
Hello and welcome to our very latest blog from ‘The Chatterbox’ in Silver Birch Dell! This month we interviewed Melanie who’s part of our team… 1 What do you do in the Team? My name is Melanie and working closely with Alison May, I look after the social media and Public Relations. I also help […]
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Happy World Teachers’ Day 2017
Posted on October 5th, 2017
Today is World Teachers’ Day – a day to recognise, celebrate and thank all those in education globally. The UNESCO initiative has been celebrating teachers around the world since 1994 and brings together governments, organisations, private sectors, teachers and experts in the field of teaching. Isn’t it curious that one of the most pivotal professions […]
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Bella’s Blog – The Big Interview
Posted on September 29th, 2017
Hello and a very warm welcome to everyone from ‘The Chatterbox’ within Silver Birch Dell! It’s been another very busy month with two wonderful book events over the last couple of weeks. It was so lovely to meet lots of readers of all ages and talk about our Behind The Fairy Door books. This month, […]
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A Sporting Success!
Posted on September 26th, 2017
WOW! What another wonderful day had by all last Saturday. We spent the day at the Nuffield Devonshire in Plymouth with fun, games and lots of colouring. The Nuffield ‘N Stars’ team ran a traditional sports day for members and non-members and our author Alison May was a great sport taking part in […]
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Books, Books, Books – Waterstones!
Posted on September 16th, 2017
WOW! What an amazing day we had today at Waterstones Drakes Circus! Lots of fantastic colouring was done and it was truly wonderful to meet lots of new readers of the ‘Behind The Fairy Door’ books…both young and the young at heart! Plus, we were lucky to have the famous DT The Railway Cat with […]
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Back to School! Why children should read
Posted on September 7th, 2017
The Readability Factor – Why we should all read, especially children! I have written a series of stories called Behind the Fairy Door® – the first three books are now out. It really is a dream come true for me and this particular series has been developed since my son was six years old. He […]
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Waterstones Drakes Circus, Plymouth! September 16th 2017
Posted on August 23rd, 2017
Come along to Waterstones in Drake Circus, Plymouth, on Saturday 16th September 2017! From 11 am to 3pm Meet Plymouth’s new children author Alison May and find out about life Behind the Fairy Door and her new, enchanting adventures. Plus…we’ll be doing book signings and a colouring competition! Book signing: 12 noon to 1 […]
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Bella’s Blog – The Big Interview
Posted on August 18th, 2017
Hello and welcome to our very latest blog from ‘The Chatterbox’ in Silver Birch Dell! What a very busy month it’s been! We’ve just launched two new books from Behind the Fairy Door which are already proving very popular and there is a real buzz of excitement. Of course, Shoppy Poppy has still found time […]
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