Award-winning and bestselling author Tola Okogwu visits Year 7 students at Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls
Award-winning and bestselling author Tola Okogwu visits Year 7 students at Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls
This week, Year 7 had the exciting opportunity to be visited by author Tola Okogwu! Tola is the writer of our Tutor Reads book for Year 7, Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun. It was a fantastic experience for our students to meet the author of the book they have been reading during form time since September. Tola shared insights about her various books, her sources of inspiration, and her journey as a creator of diverse fiction for children.
Tọlá Okogwu is an award-winning and bestselling author. She studied Journalism and spent some years exploring the world of blogging, haircare and freelance writing before returning to her first love…fiction. Tọlá’s debut novel, Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun was shortlisted for the British Book Awards, Barnes & Noble Children’s and YA Book Awards and The Week Junior Book Awards as well as longlisted for The Jhalak Prize, whilst her 2024 World Book Day title, Onyeka and the Secret Superhero, was a UK top ten Bestseller. Tọlá’s originally self-published picture book series, Daddy Do My Hair is a firm family favourite and she also writes under the pen name, Lola Morayo, with five books in the Aziza’s Secret Fairy Door series, published by Macmillan Children’s Books.
Tola conducted a Q&A session with students and signed their books following her talk. She was both inspiring and immensely entertaining, and we eagerly look forward to collaborating with her again in the future!
A heartfelt thank you to Tola for visiting Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls.
