TWO authors will be visiting Bootham School in York to give pupils tips on writing.

Novelist, poet and Carnegie prize winner Kevin Crossley-Holland will visit the school on Friday. He will read from his famous Arthur trilogy prior to judging the Yorkshire Poetry competition the following day at the University of York.

Adele Geras, who has written more than 80 books, will visit the school on November 14, to give tips on how to become a writer as well as reading from some of her stories about Jewish legends and folklore.

Updated: 09:19 Wednesday, November 05, 2003