A Ninjaview with Gareth P Jones Also inside: the storyteller who has climbed volcanoes
From the Editor
Welcome to our second issue of Rising Sun Magazine. What makes these magazines unique is that our writers are all aged between twelve and fourteen. Once again, a group of London children joined our Young Reporters scheme, which is part of the educational outreach activities that occur during the Asia House Bagri Foundation Festival of Asian Literature. The group took part in media training and then used these skills to cover the Family events.
For me, it was again inspiring to see their development. As they put their training into practice, I saw the group handle interviewing our performers with great enthusiasm and confidence— which even for experienced adults can be a daunting task.
They encountered writers, storytellers, a rapper and a Ninja Meerkat. The group were exposed to professionals who are extremely passionate about communicating with others, through writing, music, stories and even origami. I hope this passion is infectious and that this year’s journalists will apply It was a delight to see this year’s class of Young Reporters double in size from last year and running a the range of skills they learned to their everyday lives and future careers. larger newsroom at times proved to be quite a challenge for us!
Su-Lin Allen, Asia House Editor
Meet the team
Abiola
Oussama
Elin
Malcolm
Isabella
Nikesh
Kerry
Randall
Lucy
Tommy
A ninjaview with Gareth P. Jones By Elin and Lucy
Gareth P. Jones entertained the audience with his ‘Ninja Meerkats’ performance
Today at the Asia House Bagri Foundation Literature Festival, Gareth P. Jones a children’s author came in to talk about his successful series, ‘Ninja Meerkats’. As the event began, the children shifted excitedly in their seats, waiting eagerly for Gareth to start. The event started in a lively manner. The author himself started to sing about his first book ‘the dragon detective agency’ with a ‘banjolele’ accompaniment. The song lasted for a few minutes and when it ended there was a huge round of applause. The children were hooked already.
with an interactive story, yet another song and a signing of his books. The event was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone involved, including the author himself! He said: “I love doing events like this, I think it’s because I’m a bit of a show off, I love showing off my songs and my books”. One child who was watching, Yoshiki, said “I liked the event very much”. Clearly the event was a success.
Now the author is moving onto a new book, a picture book about dinosaurs, inspired, as many of his books are, by his 3 year old son Herbie Jack He went on to talk about the Ninja Meerkats. The Indiana Jones. Like the rest of his books, he wrote a four main characters in the series are called: song to go along with it. This one is called the ‘dino Donnie, Jet, Chuck and Bruce and their sworn boogie’ and was also loved by the children at the enemy is, ‘the ringleader’. The series is made up of event. 10 books. The event was filled with many interactive songs and raps that encouraged the children (and parents!) to sing along. Next, Jones brought out a puppet of one of his Ninja Meerkats, Jet. Jet was very popular amongst children and parents alike. One parent, Mattao, who participated in the event, happily said: “My favourite part was the puppet”. The session ended
10 minutes with Gareth P. Jones By Oussama Famous author of ‘Ninja Meerkats’ Gareth P. Jones was at Asia House on the 17 May 2014. The Young Reporters interviewed him after his wonderful performance with a song about Ninja Meerkats. Why did you want to write stories? I wanted to start writing stories because I love books and stories. I have always loved books and therefore I would really enjoy it if other people start to like my hobby too. Why do you use a banjolele for your show? Using a banjolele helps the audience to enjoy the show more, and allows me to enjoy myself playing some banjolele. How old are you? I have just turned 40 years of age, however, I don’t feel that age, I feel like 16, or 12. What does the song have to do with the book you have written? The song doesn’t really have anything to do anything with the book. Really, every time I write a book, I go to a workshop, show the book, and talk about it, but I really enjoy using a banjolele and writing a song, inspired by the book. It is also a way to attract the reader’s attention. Is there a movie/cartoon about ninja meerkats? Sadly, there hasn’t been a movie about Ninja Meerkats. But it is something to think about.
Gareth P. Jones—profile by Randall Gareth Phillip Jones was born in Birmingham and is 40 years old. “I love stories, I love films, I love theatre plays”. He now lives in South London and has published many books. Gareth Jones was talking about his successful series ‘Ninja Meerkats’ to children and had creative songs that he wrote with his Banjolele (Banjo + Ukulele). The children were very excited and later we interviewed him. There are a series of ‘Ninja Meerkats’ books for kids 7+. Ten books of ‘Ninja Meerkats’ have been published about four Ninja Meerkats named Jet, Donny, Bruce and Chuck. He was chosen out of 25 people to write a series of Ninja Meerkat books. ‘The Thornthwaite Inheritence’ is currently his most popular book and it’s about twins who try to kill each other. He makes “lots of different types of book” and says “some are more popular than others”. He has just finished his new book which is about time travel.
A Day in the Life of a Web Editor By Lucy
Above Naomi Canton talks to Young Reporters about a career in journalism and her work as Asia House Web Editor
Lucy interviewed Asia House Web Editor Naomi Canton 7:00 – Alarm clock goes off. Time to start the day! 8:00 – Naomi leaves her house and takes the tube to work. 9:00 – She arrives at work and updates the website slider. 9:30 – Time for a staff meeting to report to the rest of Asia House on her schedule for the rest of the week. 10:00 –Time for another meeting, Naomi has a department team meeting. Here she discusses the work for that day with her team and prioritises what needs to be done. 10:30 – Naomi checks her emails and replies to the most urgent ones. She then schedules the tweets for the Asia House twitter account. 11:00 – Naomi writes and edits stories for the Asia House website, many from events she has been to. 1:30 – Lunchtime.
2:00 – After lunch Naomi then commissions more stories for the website.
Lucy— Profiled by Oussama
3:00 – Next she edits stories written by other writers for the website. 4:00 – She produces and publishes stories on the website. 4:30 – What some would call fun, for a web editor is work, as she promotes the latest stories on social media (various twitter accounts, 2 Facebook pages, LinkedIn, 2 Google+ pages etc.) 5:30 – Updates the slider on the website, yet again. 7:00 – Naomi attends an Asia House cultural event to report on it. 8:00-Naomi takes the tube back home.
13-years old Lucy would like to become a doctor when she becomes older. She came to Asia House because she thought it would be a great opportunity to learn about journalism. Her favourite food is Lasagne. She is from Islington in London.
9:00- Finally time to rest and prepare dinner. However her days aren’t always as long as this, if there’s not an event on at Asia house, she’ll leave work at 7pm and go to the gym before going back home. This is a day in the life of Naomi Canton, the hardworking Web Editor of Asia House.
Her favourite school subjects are English, Maths and Music. Whilst in Asia House, she enjoyed interviewing the 2014 Literature Festival Director Adrienne Loftus Parkins.
Naga the Rapper by Randall By Randall Naga was born in the UK and has a Bangladeshi background. He is a rapper who also does some poetry and he’s acted in a film but mainly focuses on his rapping and beat boxing. Naga (19) was born in the UK. Young Reporters interviewed him after he performed at Asia House. He performs rapping and poetry and has acted in a horror movie called ‘Comedown’. “I’ve always He has a YouTube account named been into ‘Naga MC’ where he makes his music; It’s music videos. Fortunately, his my passion” highest amount of views was around 160,000 views on his music video called ’Grime Daily’. During our interview he said “I’ve always been into music; It’s my passion”. He started rapping in 2000 and his inspirations are Tupac Shakur, Benjamin Zephaniah and his older brother. At first Naga was making poems, but soon Naga got into rapping and beat boxing and therefore started performing some raps. Tupac Shakur was a rapper and actor who sold over 75 million records worldwide. Benjamin Zephaniah, another source of inspiration for Naga, was an author who also did some poetry. Click below for a link to his YouTube channel.
Randall— Profiled by Elin
Favourite subject at school is maths. Favourite food is Malaysian food. Favourite colour is dark blue. Nationality is a mix of Malaysian, Chinese, American, Irish. He became a young reporter for the experience. Plays basketball and badminton. Chose Mandarin and triple science for GCSE. His hobbies are music, basketball and badminton.
5 minutes with Naga By Oussama
Young Reporters meet Naga at the Asia House Bagri Foundation Literature Festival
Why did you start rapping?
Where were you born, and what are your origins?
I started rapping because I wanted to copy my older brother. Every day when I got home from school, my older brother was in his room making up lyrics for songs and listening to music. One day, I wanted to be like him, just like all younger boys like to copy their big brothers. This is when I started doing my own poems, which I later edited, and turned into songs.
I was born in England, in 1995; however, my parents were born in Bangladesh. Do you enjoy/practice sports? I personally enjoy boxing. In the past, have you ever taken part in a rapping or a beat boxing competition?
Yes, in 2005, I took part in a beat boxing competition. Hundreds of contenders took part. I In the past, I have made four raps which have had won the competition. Personally, I didn’t think I a quite successful number of views, between 1,000 was good at beat boxing, however the judge chose and 160,000 views. My most successful song is me as the ultimate winner of the competition. It called ‘I rep my nation’ which has a total of was really a once in a lifetime opportunity which I 161,403 views. am very proud of still today. Have you produced any raps in the past?
Have you got a YouTube channel and what is it called? Indeed, I have a YouTube channel which goes under the name of Naga MC. I have a lot of subscribers who comment on my videos, and masses of followers on social media, like Twitter. Do you make any money from YouTube? I have made some money from YouTube. However, the amount isn’t outstanding.
Have you ever made a song where the instrumental features your beat boxing and the lyrics emphasize your rap? No, I haven’t done that, however, I am still thinking about that. Maybe one day, if I am able to do it, it will be a hit!
Follow your passion… By Nikesh
We started off by watching the workshop and listening to Kumiko Mendl tell a story. We really enjoyed doing the origami and hearing her story. From what we saw we know that she really loves origami and she has a great passion for it. Once she had completed the workshop we had the chance to interview her. This was a great opportunity for us to ask a few questions.
When Kumiko performs in workshops, she always starts off by showing the children how to do easy origami so that the children can get used to folding. She also told us that some of the props in her show are made out of paper. This gives the performance that ‘wow’ factor. In one of her stories she placed origami bunnies around the entrance so it was like a hunt. The kids had to find the bunnies and find their way in. She herself said that she really enjoyed that show in particular. Overall I really enjoyed her show.
She started off by doing origami when she was very young and she had learnt it from her mum, who was also her inspiration to do more. When she was older Here are some origami tutorials on YouTube: she opened a company that runs workshops. She told us that they tell stories to children with varied ages, from 3 and above. During these workshops they use origami to help tell the story. Also, the kids get to try out making the origami.
One of the first origami she made as a child was the water bombs. She said she doesn’t really remember the first ever piece, but this she remembers was one of the first. She says some of the easiest origami pieces to make is the flower.
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Origami Magic Rose Cube
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How to "quickly" make an Origami Magic Ball
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How to make the origami moving cubes
A Thousand Cranes By Kerry Who inspired you to do origami?
Kerry — Profiled by Nikesh
I was inspired by my mum when I was a little girl. She taught me how to do origami.
Was your mum the reason why you continued it as an adult? As I grew up, I actually stopped doing it, but because I grew up to become a story teller, I thought it would then be a good idea to continue it because it will get the kids involved and then it would get their imaginations going.
What was the easiest origami you’ve made and what was the hardest? The easiest origami to make is definitely the water bombs. On the other hand, the hardest origami is the dragon.
Have ever made a YouTube channel? Yes in fact I made a video on how to make an origami dragon. When I made the video, it took so long to make the piece it then took up whole four videos to finish. I also have a website it’s called “A Thousand Cranes” where I put of the different events and workshops that are going to come up.
Here’s the link to Kumiko’s website: A Thousand Cranes
She is in Year 10 She is the youngest out of two sisters. She has a half-sister, a step dad her mum has a step dad and he has a step dad. She has three families She is an Explorer. Kerry is scared of clowns! She likes the film Avengers Assemble and TV shows Hollyoaks and Britain’s Got Talent. She wants to become an author. She is inspired by Diversity.
Story of the Storyteller... By Nikesh
Nikesh— Profiled by Kerry
He is 14 years old. Debbie being interviewed by the Young Reporters
Debbie Guneratne is a storyteller. She has told many stories around the world, but today she has come to Asia House to tell the kids here her wonderful stories. Once Debbie finished performing the Young Reporters then asked her a few questions. We asked her why she tells stories and what made her decide to it. She said “I used to be a teacher and I loved being around kids, but I thought I could do something even better so I started to help kids at a hospital. When I went to the hospital one of the kids came up to me and asked me if I could tell him a story. At the time I tried to think of a storyhowever I couldn’t. As I couldn’t think of any, I made one up. “As I was reading the story to the little boy I couldn’t finish, as I had to go to a meeting. When I came back, I saw the little boy and he asked if I could finish the story. When I finished the story I saw how much it meant to him - at this moment in time I felt so happy. When I finished the story that’s when I knew that’s what I wanted to do for the rest of my life”. Listen to the audio of Young Reporters interviewing Debbie
His birthday is 27 June. He is in Year 10. He has a younger brother. He is a Hindu and is Indian. He likes origami, adventure games, mine craft and he also likes computing (he does it for GCSE). Nikesh’s favourite show is Arrow and his favourite films are Avengers Assemble and Hunger Games. An interesting fact about Nikesh is that in WW2 his school and house was bombed. Nikesh goes to Explorers.
By Malcolm
Meet Debbie, the storyteller who has climbed volcanoes and travelled the world.
Malcolm— Profiled by Tommy
Her journey started in a small village in East Asia. While every other girl was told to grow up and work in the household, Debbie was encouraged by her father to grow up to pursue her dreams. She set off to England and worked in an office,. However, she decided that this was not she wanted to do with her life. She sold off her possessions and went on a journey full of discoveries. During this adventure she climbed volcanoes but the turning point of her life was on an adventure when she went to a hospital. She met a young boy who had been diagnosed with leukaemia. She told him a story and from that day she decided she would become a storyteller. Debbie says that “Storytelling “storytelling brings out brings out the the child in a person, child in a person” no matter what the age, anyone can sit down and listen to a story”. She believes that a story is amazing because stories are always formed into new stories. She believes that stories have to be passed down from generation to generation but she doesn't mind the new technologies as it allows more people to access the story. Aside from stories, Debbie is a surprisingly good cook and she bakes a lot of cakes. She likes the atmosphere in Asia House as the high, beautiful roof encourages looking up. She says "We don't look up enough; looking up means dreaming". The large, open windows remind her of her childhood.
Malcom is 13 years old. He has got invited to Asia House by his school. He wants to go to China for the culture and the rich history. He loves Chinese food. Malcom is interested in computing and international cultures. He would like to work with technology and engineering. He finds Asia House influential and inspiring, because he experienced a day as a journalist.
Believe and you’ll achieve By Kerry
Ramita the Editor of AGI Magazine meets the Young Reporters
On the 10th May 2014, 14 young teenagers got the opportunity to go to Asia House. When we got there we had the chance to meet Ramita Tejpal editor of AGI magazine. We had the chance to ask her questions. The session was great as all the teenagers learned something. As Ramita said, “You learn something every day”. How do you know what to write about? We always have a meeting and have a huge discussion about what is and what is not going in the magazine. Then when we are ready to publish the magazine we are not confused what the issue is about. Do You have your own personal photographer? Yes we do because we can’t take certain pictures from Google because of copyright. But sometimes
if we do take a picture form Google we then have to pay as it doesn't belong to us.
Why is it so important to stick to the same topic and not suddenly change it It is so very important to stick to the topic. For example, now I'm answering your question, but if I suddenly talk about Justin Bieber, you will then be confused. So therefore we must not do that to our audience.
Also when writing you must always be original, making it original will make it stand out from the crowd and will get more attention as you haven't heard what that person will say.
Left: AGI Magazine covers often use faces as it attracts more people. Right: Young Reporters look other magazine covers we find appealing.
By Elin
On the 10th May, 2014, several selected students from various schools were sent to Asia House to learn about journalism. A woman called Ramita Tejpal, who works for Asian Global Impact, a popular magazine company, came to talk to the Young Reporters about newspapers, magazines, and front covers. Apparently, finding the right front cover is a very difficult decision, because firstly, you can’t use any images from the Internet because that is copyright, so you have to use your own images, and secondly, it is a very psychological business. You have to find the right font, size, colour, image, title, etc. etc. Tejpal made a discovery that using faces on the front cover actually attracts more people. When we asked if they had psychologists to help them, she replied: “Yes, they do help us often”. When asked what her advice would be for the young reporters, she said: “You need to have confidence in your work,” and “You need to be passionate about what you write.”
“You need to be passionate about what you write.”
Elin— Profiled by Randall
She is 13 years old. What is your favourite food? Sushi. What is your nationality? Icelandic and Swiss. Why did you go to Asia House? To gain experience for future life. What do you want to be in the future? A private equity lawyer What are your favourite sports? Basketball. What are your GCSEs? Mandarin and Drama. What are your Hobbies? Reading manga and fan fiction, watching anime and latest movies, fashion, collecting coins from different countries.
From Ancient Japan to London Today By Tommy and Malcolm Mountains, ogres and cranes - these are just some of the old Japanese tales told by Kumiko Mendl to eager children at Asia House on 17th May 2014.
Today children were entertained about stories outlining love and greed from ancient Japan. The stories were mostly about nature and the history of the mountains in Japan. These stories engaged the listeners and they got across a moral message.
One of the stories included an interesting tale of a crane that transformed into a lady and used her flamboyant feathers to create a beautiful cloth for a woodcutter who saved her from being crushed by a rock. As a result of this fascinating story, the young audience was able to understand the importance of love, kindness and that a deed is repaid by a deed.
Some of these stories could also scare children. An instance of this was when she told a story about child-eating ogres in the high mountains of Japan. However the intended effect was to warn children of the dangers of climbing mountains.
The stories were told with simple but vivid props that are from Japanese culture, for example bold hand-crafted fans. Therefore, this brought the children closer to other cultures and brought their creative imaginations to life.
Sutish Sharma – Aspiring Future By Tommy
Tommy — Profiled by Malcolm
On Saturday 10th May, a former radio presenter Sutish Sharma was giving a lecture to youth about working towards their aspirations. Here are some more details. To begin with, Sutish explained that he is now a producer, but has a history in the media. He spoke about how to get a great job. “You would need to gain every single experience possible and work hard to gain a job, earning you the best possible wages - unless your family are wealthy enough.” Here, he seemed to be outlining the realistic needs to earn great wages, therefore giving the youth the knowledge needed for later life. Parents may agree that lectures like these should be compulsory for young people to hear, especially during a period of time when most students do not understand that education is the key to success. However, some may argue that this stereotype of “ignorant school pupils” is unwarranted. In conclusion, children that work hard to achieve and who are able to overcome this stereotype deserve success.
Tommy is 13 years old. He enjoys egg fried rice. He is interested in programming, computer science and mathematics. He was invited to Asia House by his school. He is Doing GCSE in Mandarin. His favourite book is ‘Demonata: Lord Loss’ by Darren Shan. His favourite sport is hockey.
How to Rise in Radio By Isabella I owned a station for a few years but I gave it up and started writing and producing films, which I am doing now.
And are you working on anything at the moment? Yes, I am producing a murder-mystery film which will be out on Sky Atlantic next year.
I’ll be sure to look out for it! You seem to have been very successful. Do you have any tips for any wannabe young reporters or wannabe movie producers? Sutish talks about his career with the Young Reporters
Giving us an exclusive insight into the world of broadcasting, Sutish Sharma tells his story of how he rose through the ranks in the media industry. So Sutish, why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself? Well, I started off doing Chemistry at university but I then changed my mind. I was on a film set with my dad and brother and I really enjoyed it, so I pursued radio and film from then on.
So what was your next step to further pursue your dream? I started off in a small radio job and slowly looked for bigger jobs and I soon got one in the BBC. What I learned was that you must always have a body of work! You must always build up good experience to move on to the next stage.
What was your job in the BBC? And are you still working there now? Umm, I was a producer (the decision maker). I did it for a while but I soon applied for a radio licence and got it!
Yes, as I had said earlier, you must always have a body of work. It is very important when going to interviews for jobs. For example in journalism, you need to demonstrate that you have done many different things and have different experiences, so therefore you have more knowledge than the person before and after you. It gives you a better chance. And write, always write. In this age, ideas are worth money.
And any reporting/writing tips? Well…when starting off a piece the first line is always the most important. The first message you put across is the one you want your readers to remember. A very famous method is the diamond method which I would strongly advise you to look into. Your readers must learn something new and skills for journalism are skills for life.
“Your readers must learn Thank you very much Sutish something new for this very interesting information which I am sure and skills for young readers were dying for! journalism are No problem, and thank you for sills for life” listening.
Isabella—Profiled by Abiola
13-years old. Interested in acting and LOVES to read a different variety of love stories. She is also interested in playing instruments but especially piano. Enjoys politics. Star sign: Aries Favourite food: Italian cuisine and chewing gum. Talents: Sports, writing stories and acting. Dream: To become famous in media career. Colours: Pink and black. Subject: Drama and Music and Humanities. Travel: America, Ibiza, Eritrea, Italy, France, Morocco, China.
Striking Storytelling By Abiola and Isabella
Kumiko during her performance at Asia House
Meet the storytelling actress with a lot of passion for her Japanese culture, who tells stories of love and excitement, which some would agree have morals and lessons. Today we had the chance to experience Kumiko Mendl’s gripping storytelling and spoke to her about the reasons behind this career choice.
Have you been telling the stories for long?
usually when I work with children we want to leave them with a sense of hope.
Why do you choose to write stories to children? I always think there isn’t enough theatre work with children. They should get quality performances. Also, children are straight to the point and therefore you know whether your performance is really good or not.
Yes. And No. The show we performed today was actually created in 2006. Did you grow up with Japanese stories? Is there a moral to your stories? I don’t necessarily think so. It might have a message. I do all types of different stories, but
A little bit, but because I am an actor, I needed to be aware of my heritage as agencies are always looking out for things which make you unique.
Are you inspired by the children that watch you? Yes, its great seeing the children enjoy it. It helps overcome my nerves.
Abiola—Profiled by Isabella
How do you feel before your performance? A lot of the time I feel quite nervous. I get this feeling because if you are not nervous you won’t put enough effort into your performance.
What are these particular stories based on? Legends, folk/fairy tales and Buddhist influence.
How would describe yourself in three words? Well that’s a good question! Ha-ha, well…friendly, energised and excitable!
Age: 13. Interests: Likes singing and dancing at home, talking, sports, dressing up, drawing, acting and Astrology. Star Sign: Scorpio.
Do you think that storytelling has influenced your personality?
Favourite Subjects: Loves All Subjects.
That’s just me!
Favourite Colours: Black, White, Red. Could you describe yourself negatively? Yeah…I have a lack of self-confidence.
Visited Countries: France, USA, Ireland, Turkey. Favourite Food: Pizza, Noodles.
Well thank you for the interview, Kumiko!
Listen to the audio of Abiola and Isabella interviewing Kumiko
An Interview with Jenny Rogers By Lucy Jenny Rogers is an author, coach and editor who writes coaching and career help books. She is most famous for her books ‘Coaching Skills: a Handbook’ and ‘Adults Learning’. Jenny has always loved writing, saying that she starting writing at four years-old. She said: “One of my earliest memories was of writing a story about a mouse - not that I could write very well, just enough to make marks on the paper - I remember handing the piece of paper to my mother and asking her to turn it into a book for me”.
Of course, like all authors she receives some criticism. When asked how she responds to this, she joked: “Well my first response is to be annoyed… but if it’s a good suggestion or constructive criticism then obviously I’ll take it into account when writing my next book.”
Jenny’s career as an editor also started at a young age, when she began editing and writing for the school magazine. At university she became the editor of one of the magazines there, adding: “That was where I met my husband, Alan. He was the editor of the university paper, so we were both Jenny is clearly passionate about writing. “I know editors.” She chuckles saying, “Of course his was it sounds like a bit of a strange thing to say,” she much more serious than mine.” Whilst doing a says with a laugh, “but writing is like an itch I’ve post-grad course at Oxford she became the editor got to scratch. When I’m not writing it feels as if of yet another small magazine. Jenny hasn’t something is missing.” She adds that between forgotten her roots, as she enjoys editing with the writing her books there’s a time when she starts to occasional piece of freelance journalism. miss writing and says to herself: “Oh no, I haven’t got a book.” She then goes on to say: “Even on So, what’s next for this amazing author? holiday I’m writing. My family thinks it’s strange, A new book of course! And this time, it’s about her they just see it as work, but for me it’s much more coaching experiences! than that.” She says that part of the reason why she enjoys writing so much is because: “I want to convey what I know to other people.” She wrote the first edition of ‘Coaching Skills: a Handbook’ because she saw the other coaching books on the market and thought: “It wasn’t the kind of thing I would have wanted when I started out coaching.” She said it made coaching seem too easy and as if it always had a happy ending. Jenny is praised for her down-to-earth style of writing, her books giving the reader something that will genuinely help them in their coaching careers.
Young Reporter Lucy in action.
Asia House. What is it? By Oussama
Oussama— Profiled by Lucy
Asia House is an organisation which focuses on Asia, housed in an 18th-century listed building in London. It was first established in 1996, and is still running now in 2014.The organisation has only one mission: to bring the UK and Asia closer together. Throughout the year, Asia House runs programmes which feature Asian culture, literature and festivals. The two main festivals are on literature and film, and art exhibitions run throughout the year. Also, it reaches out to those of all ages by organising family days and workshops.
13 years old. Interested in journalism. Enjoyed interviewing Naga because he was an interesting person to talk to.
Asia House is located at 63 New Cavendish Street, near Oxford Circus in central London. Asia House has had many workshops which involved famous personalities of a high status like Mark Canning who is the Indonesian ambassador. This other side of Asia House explores business, politics and commerce.
Top— Authors Tash Aw and Yiyun Li talk at the Literature Festival. Above— Mark Canning, Ambassador to Indonesia at a business talk.
Favourite food is pizza. Is from France. Favourite subject is PE. Wants to be a football player, supports Arsenal. Likes to play football, play ps4 and sleep!
Find out more www.asiahouse.org