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Peter Kelly

WINNER of Scotland’s Emerging Talent at the 2026 Scottish Podcast Awards.

WINNER of Best Children and Young Adults’ podcast in the 2024 Independent Podcast Awards.

CURRENTLY SHORTLISTED in both the Interview and Specialist categories at the 2026 British Podcast Awards.

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  • S3 · E2
    Dec 14, 2023 · 37 min

    Elle McNicoll interview (A Kind of Spark)

    APPROX AGE RATING: 11+ Welcome back to The Reading Cafe! Elle McNicoll is an award-winning author and screenwriter whose debut novel, A Kind of Spark, won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, the Blackwells Book of 2020 and the Blue Peter Book Award. The novel was recently adapted into a fantastic CBBC show. She also established The Adrien Prize - an award for novels which feature disabled characters. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT: • Working as a professional author • Learning to come up with creative ideas • Elle’s experience of writing for television This special transition episode also features P7 pupils from Holy Cross associated primaries, St Paul’s and St Mary’s, as well as guests from Support for Learning, James McManus and Aimee Gibson. To learn more about Elle McNicoll, visit: https://www.ellemcnicoll.com/ You wouldn’t want to miss any episodes of The Reading Cafe, so be sure to subscribe! Please leave a rating and review wherever you listen to podcasts and… keep reading!

  • S3 · E1
    Oct 8, 2023 · 41 min

    Matt Oldfield interview (Ultimate Football Heroes)

    APPROX AGE RATING 11+ Welcome back to The Reading Cafe for a new season of awesome author interviews and riveting reading recommendations! Matt Oldfield is a hugely popular author of non-fiction (Ultimate Football Heroes, Unbelievable Football) and fiction (Johnny Ball: Football Genius) books about... you guessed it, football! His books fly off the library shelves and bring the lives of soccer stars into focus for young fans with interesting details of their journeys from "playground to pitch". Listen to this superb interview to hear about Matt's "training routine" for writing, his approach to research and lots more, including his thoughts on the rise of women's football and the unsung heroes he'd love to see make their way into the Ultimate Football Heroes series. You'll also hear a reading from Matt and some half-time wisdom from two of our teachers from the Holy Cross High School PE team. We have lots of amazing content coming up on this season of The Reading Cafe, so be sure to subscribe and please leave a 5 star review on the podcast platform of your choice! Follow on X/Twitter: @ReadingCafePod

  • S2 · E5
    May 8, 2023 · 27 min

    Mark Millar interview (Millarworld comics) (part 2)

    APPROX AGE RATING: 14+ Welcome back to The Reading Cafe for the second part of our interview with Comic King, Mark Millar! In this episode, S6 Reading Leaders Ellie and Emma ask Mark about his opinions on the state of comic movie adaptations, his feelings about graphic novels finding their way into the classroom and lots more. It's a brilliant listen and we are very grateful to Mark for making time in his relentlessly busy schedule time to appear on the show. Be sure to subscribe to The Reading Cafe on your podcast platform of choice as we have lots of exciting guests and shows planned. Also, please do leave a review if you enjoy what you hear, and follow us on Twitter at @ReadingCafePod to keep up-to-date with all our news. As always... keep reading!

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