Catherine Johnson performance

Catherine Johnson is so full of energy and interesting stories that an hour's event with her at the New Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich felt like 5 minutes! Catherine talked about three of her books that focus on a fascinating personality from history who has been forgotten or glossed over, often because of their race. We learned all about Olaudah Equiano, a slave who worked his way to freedom, Matthew Henson, who was one of the first men to adventure to the North Pole but no-one believed it, and Josephine Baker, who was a famous actor and dancer, and a wartime heroine.

The young audience of local school children asked lots of very interesting questions before they left to go back to school with their very own copy of Race to the Frozen North as well as stories to recount of frostbitten toes and how to survive if you fall down a crevasse!