Felix Featherstone Author Visits Wellacre

Posted at 10:33 am on 13th February, 2024

 Storytelling Workshop with Robert Goodale

On 31st January, students in Year 7 and 8 were visited by children’s author Robert Goodale.

As part of our wider curriculum, Wellacre students have the opportunity to experience author visits to inspire reading for pleasure and to develop storytelling and writing skills.

Robert brought his characters and story to life by reading extracts from his children’s novel ‘Felix Featherstone and the Way of the Wolverstaffes’, a fictional adventure book.

In the book, Felix learns he is a Sagacitor!  In other words, he has lived on this planet many times before. And he is invited to travel to Hollow Island with lots of adventures along the way!

Robert invited students to discuss the characters, imagery and themes within his book.  He also talked about how a story is developed and how he began writing under the pseudonym Daniel Turnpike when he moved from adult fiction to children’s.

Mr Magdzinski, Teacher of English, said:

“The students invited to take part in the session with Robert Goodale enjoyed hearing and discussing the adventures of Felix Featherstone and were intrigued to learn more. They really loved the map that Robert brought to take them on a tour of Hollow Island where the story unfolds.”

Year 8 Brady asked Robert:

“How does it end? I really want to know!”

Several students purchased signed copies of the Felix Featherstone book and Robert also gifted some copies for the library.