The Newcastle boys talk to Geraldine McCaughran about the books she used to read as a child and her advice on writing your own book.
Podcasts
December 14, 2007
NCB FM Gala Day 2007 Podcasts – Geraldine McCaughran
November 17, 2007
NCB FM Gala Day 2007 Podcasts - Cathy Cassidy
Lydia, Jessica and Niamh talk to best-selling author Cathy Cassidy. Find out what books of her her own are her favourite and who gets to see them first!
Download the podcast here (Length: 2min 46sec, File size: 2.5MB)
NCB FM Gala Day 2007 Podcasts - The Mayor of Sunderland
Listen to the boys Chris, Jordan and David chat with the Mayor of Sunderland, Leslie Scott, about what it is like to be a mayor and his thoughts on the Gala Day.
Listen to the Mayor of Sunderland here (Length: 3min 7sec, File size: 2.9MB)
NCB FM Gala Day 2007 Podcasts - Main Hall activities - Libraries
Join David, Chris and Jordan in the main hall where all the libraries from across the region have stalls with crafts for all the children attending the Gala Day.
The boys spoke to Lesley from Newcastle City Libraries who was helping children to make crowns and Pauline from South Tyneside Libraries who was making monk peg dolls and bookmarks with anglo-saxon writing.
Listen to the boys in the main hall (Length: 1min 15sec, File size: 1.1MB)
NCB FM Gala Day 2007 Podcasts - Robert Crowther
Listen to Robert Crowther, author of the book The Most Amazing Hide-and-Seek Alphabet Book being interviewed by Jordan from the Newcastle Library radio club.
Download podcast (Length: 1min 23sec, File size: 1.3MB)
NCB FM Gala Day 2007 Podcasts - Andy Stanton
Hear our roving NCBFM reporters Lydia, Jessica and Niamh interview author of Andy Stanton just before his session at the Gala Day at the Crowtree Centre.
Listen to the podcast here (Length: 2min 44sec, File size: 2.5MB)
November 16, 2007
NCB FM Gala Day 2007 pre-podcast!
You can now download and listen to the first pre-Gala Day 2007 podcast. Find out what your librarian's favourite children's book is and learn how you can join Sunderland Libraries.
December 12, 2006
NCBF 2006 Podcast update
More podcasts are available to listen to from the Hartlepool Library web site. You can hear from some of the co-organisers of the event, South Tyneside and Newcastle Libraries talk about their activity stalls and how one helper took to her new day job as a 'skunk'.
November 27, 2006
More podcasts from the Gala day!
More interview podcasts with the authors present at the Gala Day are now available.
You can now listen to Cathy Cassidy, Debi Gliori, Kjartan Poskitt and Steve Weatherill.
November 18, 2006
Podcasts from the day
You can now listen to the first of the podcasts from the Gala Day from the Hartlepool Library web site.