Our East Asian Comic Con was a fantastic success and a brilliant way to celebrate storytelling, creativity, and culture as part of our World Book Day 2026 celebrations—alongside our Dress Up as a Book Character Day. It was wonderful to see so many students and staff embracing the spirit of the day in their fantastic costumes!

Students immersed themselves in a wide range of activities throughout the event—from sushi making and the ever-popular chopstick challenge, to manga drawing workshops, and the delicate art of origami. It was incredible to see so many pupils getting involved, trying something new, and learning more about East Asian culture through books, art and, creativity.

A huge thank you to everyone who helped make the day so special, including Tofu Cute, The Book Shop Lee-on-the-Solent, and talented manga artist Chie Kutsuwada, who inspired our students with her amazing work.

Embers Long Forgotten - Lily

I will tell you this,

it will not be bliss.

Punctured with loss,

all thought to be the boss.

But even without them,

we were no gem.

Prejudiced was it all,

when trouble did call.

For now I am lost,

for the lives it did cost.

‘Till we knew,

what they’d been through.

When we were too blind,

to see through the lies.

When we were sorry,

Too late to do but worry.

Of what we caused,

with all those laws.

A famous girl,

to see her world.

Taken away,

to much dismay.

Still, did she,

not give up hope, I see.

Her diary now,

all over town.

On the tales of Anne,

Though her life turned to a ban.

Her life seemed like a story,

But really, we should be sorry.

The pain they suffered,

when then it was bluffered.

Now I do dream,

that we were not so mean.

A girls’ house, now empty,

boarded up, no entry.

How did she feel, without the key,

to what once her life could be.

They were seen truly foreign,

now embers long forgotten.