Kenneth C. Steven,
writer, poet

 

 

FEBRUARY THE 29TH

February the 29th by Kenneth Steven

Toby is about to celebrate his 12th birthday and is travelling to stay with his Uncle Nichol, a mad inventor, in his big house in the countryside. Why then is Toby so miserable? He was born on February the 29th and is bullied for that in school (everyone says he’s only two years old). But what is much, much worse is that his mother is seriously ill and he’s going to stay with Uncle Nichol because the family is having to move house to be closer to hospital. But when he arrives at Uncle’s Nichol’s strange old house, Toby comes to realise that February the 29th has far more significance than he could ever have guessed.

Another novel for 8-12s from Argyll Publishing.

The Raven's tale and Other Stories

The raven's tale and other stories

Twelve tales, one for each month of the year. These parable like stories offer young readers and adults alike insights into the things that really matter in life: kindness, love, giving, understanding and celebration.

Many of the stories are about this woderful world of ours, about the wonder of creation and its creator.

The Santa Maria

The Santa Maria by Kenneth Steven

This is Kenneth's first novel for 8 to 12's. It is a Scottish story, set in the Hebrides, and it's thoroughly appropriate that it should be published by a Scottish publisher.

A tale about a lost Spanish Armanda galleon and about the great storm in which it is found, this is also a very real account of growing up on an island and about the lives of two children in particular - Michael and Maria.

Kenneth C Steven Photo by Richard Campbell, writer and poet in his Highland Landscape
Photo by Richard Campbell

Notebook

A SCHOOL DAY
Would you like to have an author in your school for the whole day? Kenneth is now arranging visits where he does just that. Each day is planned with the school so no two days will be quite the same. >

The Ice and other stories
This is a collection that has been six long years in the making. It comprises 14 stories, the vast majority of which have been broadcast on BBC Radio or published in literary magazines at home or abroad. Several are set in Highland Scotland, but the majority are not. Setting is not of fundamental importance; the protagonists and their stories are. >