Come and hear Patrice tell you about Jacques Francis, the African deep-sea diver who rescued riches from sunken sailing ships in Tudor times
Who are the other people from the past who need stories? Let’s try and write a story about them together. For Ages 9+
Patrice Lawrence is an award-winning writer of stories for children and young people. She has been shortlisted for the Costa Children’s Book Award, won the Bookseller YA Prize and Waterstones Prize for Older Children’s Fiction, the Crimefest YA Prize twice and the inaugural Jhalak Prize for Children and Young Adults. Diver’s Daughter is part of Scholastic’s Voices series inspired by UK Black and Asian history.
Unrivalled in the art of war, undefeated on the field of battle, Coriolanus is Rome’s greatest soldier. …
March 18th 2022: MP Diane Abbott speaks to demonstrators outside Stoke Newington Police station in protest at the strip search of black school girl Child Q