Hilary will be joined by international representatives of The Children's University at the Annual Conference at Shrigley Hall Hotel, Macclesfield on the 8th and 9th December. The Children's University aims to promote social mobility by providing high quality, exciting and innovative learning activities and experiences for children outside normal school hours.
Pictured is Holly, the daughter of Hilary’s friend Natalie Twigg, in Washington, USA, with a copy of The Copper Tree.
Hilary visited the Anagh Coar School on the Isle of Man while she was there for the Manx Literature Festival.
All pictures courtesy of Anagh Coar School, Isle of Man.
Christmas Surprise is the second book in the Copper Tree Class series and celebrates the relationships between the young and the old. When the children help the elderly people at their local care home get ready for Christmas they have fun thinking of ways to make the residents' Christmas special.
The children delight in finding out about their lives and also those of the three pets, Bobby and Bess, two retired huskies and Bonnie, a retired guide dog and, as always at Christmas, there are a lot of surprises.
Hilary will be taking part in the Manx Literary Festival, Isle of Man. The festival takes place between 27th and 30th of September 2012 and brings together the fine literary talent from around the British Isles.
Weeks after the sale of foreign rights to Nanmee books in Thailand, rights for The Copper Tree have also now been sold to Wisdom Garden, South Korea by Morag O’Brien at Ed Victor.
Hilary will be taking part in The Sunday Times Festival of Education Conference at Wellington College on the 24th of June. She will be representing The Children's University.
More info at www.festivalofeducation.org.uk
Hilary was interviewed about The Copper Tree on Look North, the BBC regional news programme for Yorkshire.