We had a wonderful day at the Cloudberry Castle Ballet Book Party in Edinburgh last weekend! Dance Base on the Grassmarket was alive with glitter, tinsel and tutus on Sunday as the Discover Kelpies team and Janey Louise Jones were joined by girls in their ballet finery celebrating the launch of Cloudberry Castle: Ballerina Dreams. [...]

Have you ever wondered what it is like at a Kelpies launch? Well now you can get a sneak peek by checking out this YouTube clip of The Wishcatcher‘s launch a couple of months ago. In the clip author Carol Christie is reading a selection of the book with the help of her daughter. Posted [...]

Check out a clip of Lari Don, author of the First Aid for Fairies series and Rocking Horse War, clowning around at Edinburgh’s Central Library. Have you signed up to the Circus Stars Summer Reading Challenge yet? Ask in your local library today! Posted by: Chani at Discover Kelpies

The Discover Kelpies team were delighted to be invited to walk down the red carpet at the World Premiere of the film of Winterbringers at Parson’s Green Primary School in Edinburgh last night. The children of P5/6 had worked extremely hard with their class teacher, Miss Raffaella Arcidiaco, to write, direct and edit the 40-minute [...]

To celebrate the release of Magnus Fin and the Moonlight Mission, the latest book about half-selkie (part-human, part-seal) hero Magnus Fin, we had a seal-themed launch at Deep Sea World, North Queensferry, and got to meet the real thing! Author Janis Mackay met North Queensferry Primary’s P5/6 at Deep Sea World last Tuesday to launch [...]