The document recounts a lively and entertaining quiz event featuring a selection of authors and librarians, where schools compete in a reading challenge. The event includes humorous interactions, unexpected challenges, and a triumphant victory for Chichester High School. The authors engage with fans through signings, photos, and playful banter, culminating in a lighthearted duel between the dark lord and the debut author.

2. Everything and
everyone are ready …

3. The scoring librarians are
lined up and raring to go …

4. Diana’s
wearing
her lucky
doggy pin.

5. Peter’s
mike is
working …

6. And for once,
the author
team is
actually
behaving …
Candy Gourlay
SHINE
Jeff Norton
METAWARS
Ali Sparkes
CAR-JACKED
Jamie Thomson
DARK LORD:
THE TEENAGE
YEARS
Photo
courtesy
of
Kathy
Evans

7. WAITAMINUTE!

8. That’s not
Jeff Norton,
author of
METAWARS

9. Twitter
goes
mad!

10. But the show
must go on.

11. Debut author Kathryn Evans (MORE OF ME)
is allowed to join the author team.

12. Authors start by signing a gazillion
certificates, petitions, injunctions, and
restraining orders.

13. Jamie discovers
that Ali is
avoiding wheat
and sugar and
promptly offers
her biscuits.

14. Ali threatens
Jamie with
decapitation.
Photo
by
David
Percival

15. Quizmaster: No
notebooks or phones
on the table!
Authors: What about
a raven?
QM: Oh. Okay.
Authors: What about
a small coffin filled
with elf ears and the
leg bone of a
shrunken man?
QM: Right.

16. At last, the quiz begins. It’s a show
down between the best readers …

17. Of the best schools in Chichester…

22. The children just
keep winning.

23. But it’s a close run thing!

24. Meanwhile,
the authors
struggle to
answer
questions
about their
own books.
Again.

25. Finally. A
break to
sign
autographs

26. … try on
elf ears

27. … take selfies …

28. … and recruit minions.

29. The Dark Lord is pleased by
the enthusiastic response.

30. Winners are announced.

32. Here
comes
the trophy!

33. And the overall winner is
Chichester High School!

34. Librarians and authors enjoy
some levity …

35. Until the Dark Lord gets
a little too excited.

36. The librarians banish him to the
car park where he challenges the
debut author to a duel.

38. But she turns out to be
a skilled swordswoman
and they decide to fight
another day.

39. It was such
FUN!
Fond thanks to
the children and
the Lit Quiz team …

40. ESPECIALLY

41. Peter ‘Hard Act to Follow’ Bone
Probably
the Best
Quizmaster
in the World.

42. Photographs & Text by Candy Gourlay www.candygourlay.com