I was wracked with nerves before this one but the students [huge groups of between sixty and ninety-five] were charming and engaged and many stayed behind at the end of the talk to ask advice about writing. It was a wonderful trip.

These are some more articles about the visit (they’re all in French!):

• https://www.lycee-valin.fr/RJVALIN/rencontre-joute-de-traduction-en-presence-de-lautrice-britannique-jeni-whittaker-avec-des-eleves-de-terminales-generales/
• https://lyceedautet.fr/2023/05/05/rencontres-en-anglais-avec-jeni-whittaker/
• https://www.lycee-saintexupery-larochelle.fr/post/rencontre-avec-l-auteur-jeni-whittaker