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High octane author meets our students

An exciting author who has been published in more than 20 languages and nominated for over 25 book awards has spent time with our students.

An exciting author who has been published in more than 20 languages and nominated for over 25 book awards has spent time with our students.

Chris Bradford is the author of the Young Samurai and Bodyguard series and visited Brooke Weston School at the end of last month to speak to a group of students, including 15 Year 7 and 8 students from Corby Business Academy.

Mr Bradford employs a ‘method’ style of writing in which he immerses himself in the action he writes about and to make his books as authentic as possible he has qualified as a bodyguard and undergone Samurai training in Japan.

Librarian Amy McKay said: “His talk was really good and he did a big thing about training the students to be bodyguards.

“It was a really high-octane event and a lot of the students bought his books or have been coming into the library to borrow them since the talk.”

The talk ended with Mr Bradford giving a demonstration of his Samurai swordsmanship.

Afterwards he said: “Kids need to realise that books are exciting and to engage them in that way you need to demonstrate that. When they see a real samurai sword or a real bodyguard technique it engages them.

“One of my key goals in life is to get kids excited about reading.”

Mr Bradford has also written five non-fiction books on song-writing and the music business.

To find out more about Mr Bradford and his work click here

(Pictured is Chris Bradford with our students)