Corrie’s Capers reaches £20,000 charity milestone

The Corrie’s Capers series of books written by Arran author Alison Page has raised more than £20,000 for Mary’s Meals.

 

The four books in the series - The Westie Fest published in 2018, The Tattoo Toorie published in 2019, Corrie’s Curling Capers in 2020 and Corrie’s Library Capers in 2022 - were written as a not-for-profit fundraiser to support Mary’s Meals.

 

Raising £20,000 is a proud achievement for Alison and will make a difference to the charity which is celebrating its 20th year of feeding 2.2 million starving children at schools in 20 countries across the world.

 

Mary's Meals’ school feeding programmes operate in some of the world's poorest communities, where hunger and poverty prevent children from gaining an education. The promise of a good meal attracts hungry children into the classroom and gives them the energy to learn and hope for a better future.

 

Alison, the Mary’s Meals Arran ambassador, told the Banner: ‘As an independent author/publisher, I could never have achieved this without the amazing support of many businesses on Arran and beyond.

 

'Heartfelt thanks to everyone who has bought books over the years. I am hugely grateful, as are the hungry children you are feeding through Mary’s Meals.’

 

The books are loosely based on a real life West Highland Terrier called Corrie who lived with Alison and reached the grand old age of 15. Corrie regularly enjoyed outings around the island with Alison, however, she was more fond of her home-comforts and preferred to watch the world go by from her balcony overlooking Lamlash Bay.

 

The books about the lovable and kind Corrie have been extremely well received on Arran, having grown a loyal fan following, mostly from children under seven but also from adults who have followed and supported the project since its inception.

 

In addition to Corrie’s Capers art competitions, talks and readings at events on Arran, Alison is also a Sunday School and Messy Church leader and regularly appears at schools, libraries and nurseries.

 

She was the driving force behind Arran’s successful Wee Mac Children’s Book Festival which took place earlier this year attracting some of Scotland’s best children’s authors who held classes and workshops with school pupils during their visits.

 

The Corrie’s Capers books can be bought online at westie.scot/ or at bookshops and retailers across Arran and on the mainland.

 

 

Author Alison Page at a signing event marking the release of her most recent book. No_B47Corries01