Submitting.
There’s always a buzz of excitement in the air when a new Frank Cottrell-Boyce book hits the shelves and the award-winning author certainly strikes gold with this rip-roaring adventure.
Featuring a group of children marooned on an uninhabited island without a single adult, any money, or (horror of horrors!) internet connection, Cottrell-Boyce’s mobile-free comedy – brilliantly illustrated by Steven Lenton – is a breath of fresh air in a world full of screen technology.
Written through the medium of letters from a schoolboy stowaway to his family back home in Limavady in Northern Ireland, Noah’s Gold is a sparkling, laugh-out-loud celebration of life without screens… and the joys to be found in the great outdoors.
The University of Central Lancashire’s (UCLan) annual literature festival for young adults and children will take place online with a bumper-packed line up of free online workshops and panel events.
Friends spread some Christmas cheer cravenherald.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cravenherald.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
MORE than 100 Christmas meals brought festive smiles to residents of Greatwood after a group of friends got together to bring some cheer to the end of a harrowing year. Resident Jodie Priestley came up with the idea and set about organising the marathon challenge to distribute specially prepared and pre-ordered Christmas lunches on Saturday. She explained the reason behind the neighbourly event: “I had a thought a couple on months ago about what a rubbish year it has been and how some people have been stuck in their houses for months without seeing or speaking to anyone or that some people are really struggling financially/emotionally with losing jobs or hours being cut.