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Ink Pellet’s book review section covers an eclectic selection of new fiction, teachers’ guides, audio books and classics.

Many of our reviews are written by teachers, so we have an expert eye on how texts will work in the classroom. We hope to create a useful archive of reviews so that you can use this as a reference. If you would like to join our panel of reviewers, please join in or email the editor john@inkpellet.co.uk. We hope the section inspires you to share new fiction with your pupils or to revisit old favourites yourself

  1. Noticeboard: February 2012

     

    Looking ahead to summer, the Cape Town Opera will be touring its acclaimed version of the Gershwin classic Porgy and Bess. Relocated to Soweto, the company’s gifted singers will bring such classics as Summertime, It Ain’t Necessarily So and I Loves You Porgy to a new generation. Written in 1935, the love story of Porgy […]

  2. Moving Movies

     

    Film versions have become good talking points in classrooms and now NT Live and other live streams from theatres allows students to experience the performance locally. LESLEY FINLAY enjoyed her first experience of live theatre in the cinema as she explains in her round-up of releases…

  3. Keith Gaines Govey to the Rescue

     

    Keith Gaines gives a half term report on our Education Secretary...

  4. Book review: Street of Tall People

    Book review: Street of Tall People  

    Reviewer Julia Pirie enjoyed this tome from the wonderful Alan Gibbons...

  5. Pass it on: February 2012

     

    We hear from former Ink Pelletian Laura Woodland who is in the West Country working on Somerfest, a folk festival for young people by young people. The event runs from April 2 and ends with an all-day shindig on April 7th. There are workshops and events to excite and inspire all week. At the helm […]

  6. Book review: Wolf Blood

    Book review: Wolf Blood  

    Reviewer Paul Caden gets stuck into a wild, new tome...

  7. William Ash: The Big Interview

    William Ash: The Big Interview  

    William Ash William Ash is making a name for himself as a screen and stage actor. LESLEY FINLAY caught up with him to talk about Waterloo Road and his new role as patron for Shakespeare’s Globe’s Playing Shakespeare season…

  8. Book review: The Weight of Water

    Book review: The Weight of Water  

    LESLEY FINLAY dipped into Sarah Crossan's innovative new work...

  9. NT Live: Review of Frankenstein

     

    Julia Pirie popped into her local cinema to check out Danny Boyle's Frankenstein, part of NT Live...

  10. Book: Stage Lighting

    Book: Stage Lighting  

    Anna Davies had memories of her own education when she picked up Skip Mort's handy book...