Joseph Fink, Welcome to Nightvale of the Borrowed Dark is filled with brilliant turns of this kind, limning absolute ‘Knights poetry with the equally evocative, deceptively spare ruminations of the young hero, all using vocabulary accessible to YA readers.’ The LA Review of Books of in the ‘The stuff nightmares… best possible way.’ Heat Magazine has the eye and ear of ‘Rudden an artist.’ The Irish Independent of ‘Wonderful style. Reminded me Douglas Adams.’ R. L. Stine a real writer who ‘Finally isn’t dead.’ Eleanor, Year 8 SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHING RESOURCES Dear rock-star teacher, I hope that you and your students enjoy exploring the world of Knights of the Borrowed Dark. I used to be a teacher, and so much of from the writing style to the horror to poor KotBD, is based on my own experiences on both side of the desk. Denizen’s stressed head, If your class have questions about the book, if you want to organise a visit either through Skype or in-person, if any of these exercises work particularly well, or or could work don’t work, to hear from you and your students! You can find me on Twitter at better, I’d love
Joseph Fink, Welcome to Nightvale ‘Knights of the Borrowed Dark is filled with brilliant turns of this kind, limning absolute poetry with the equally evocative, deceptively spare ruminations of the young hero, all using vocabulary accessible to YA readers.’ The LA Review of Books ‘The stuff of nightmares… in the best possible way.’ Heat Magazine ‘Rudden has the eye and ear of an artist.’ The Irish Independent ‘Wonderful style. Reminded me of Douglas Adams.’ R. L. Stine ‘Finally a real writer who isn’t dead.’ Eleanor, Year 8 SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHING RESOURCES Dear rock-star teacher, I hope that you and your students enjoy exploring the world of Knights of the Borrowed Dark. I used to be a teacher, and so much of KotBD, from the writing style to the horror to poor Denizen’s stressed head, is based on my own experiences on both side of the desk. If your class have questions about the book, if you want to organise a visit either through Skype or in-person, if any of these exercises work particularly well, or don’t work, or could work better, I’d love to hear from you and your students! You can find me on Twitter at