On Friday 18^th January we were joined by renowned YA author Holly Bourne.

Holly spoke to the Lower Fifth about her latest novel ‘Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes?’ One of thee key themes of the book is mental health and Holly explained to us some of the common causes of mental health problems, before going on to suggest some practices to improve our mental health (including reading). She also answered questions from the girls about the creative writing processing – including how to overcome writer’s block.