A PAIR of Worcester schools welcomed a renowned author who discussed his new book.

Philip Reeve visited Bishop Perowne CE College and Nunnery Wood High School to promote his new book Larklight, a tale of a huge Victorian house travelling through space on a remote orbit far beyond the moon.

His first book to be published was Mortal Engines, a gripping fantasy which won the Nestl Smarties Book Prize in 2002 and the Blue Peter Book of the Year in 2003.

The whole event was organised through the Worcester Children's Book Group and included Mr Reeve reading an extract from his new book.