Interview - Miriam Calleja Shaw

You have recently published a book called COVID-19and the Virus that Shook the World . It provides a sobering look at virus infections and pandemics, with particular emphasis on the COVID-19 strain. Presently, the cases have diminished in Europe but the spread has moved elsewhere. However, how safe is ‘safe’ at the moment? With the way things are evolving with the ’new’ coronavirus, it’s very difficult to answer this question. The WHO just last weekend warned that the worst may be yet to come. We are certainly witnessing an atrocious amount of deaths and illness in the US. We don’t yet know with certainty which factors are affecting the progression of the pandemic. Indeed we don’t even know about all the symptoms that appear with COVID-19 infection. The relative ‘safety’ is different for everyone, depending on the state of their immunity and certain other factors. For a person with average health who isn’t too old, the danger of getting severely ill may be low – but we need to

The Ickabog by J K Rowling

Great news! J K ROWLING is releasing her new book in free online instalments over the next seven weeks. It's called THE ICKABOG and its got its own WEBSITE.

Ms Rowling came up with the story while she was writing the Harry Potter series however 'The Ickabog... isn’t Harry Potter and it doesn’t include magic. This is an entirely different story.'

It's more of a fairy tale kind of thing.

There's also an art competition run by Scholastic and children taking part might be among the lucky ones who will see their artwork in print once the book comes out later on in the year. (Unfortunately, till now, it's only open to UK and US readers.)

CLICK HERE to visit the ICKABOG site and read the first two chapters.


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