Happy Empathy Day!
June 8, 2023
My recent visit to St Benedicts, talking All Things Empathy! What’s your Empathy Resolution? … More Happy Empathy Day!
Category: books
The Starlight Stables Gang is published!
May 10, 2023
In which I am over a month late celebrating the launch of The Starlight Stables Gang but there are some LOVELY reviews! … More The Starlight Stables Gang is published!
The Starlight Stables Gang goes to print!
February 15, 2023
My adventure into the wilds of Suffolk to watch the hardback edition of The Starlight Stables Gang rolling off the presses! … More The Starlight Stables Gang goes to print!
Signing lemons!
January 25, 2023
Back in the classroom! The first school visit of 2023 and some handmade lemons to sign! … More Signing lemons!
Starlight Stables Gang Cover Reveal!
December 18, 2022
My fiftieth book will be published in March 2023 and here’s the stunning cover – for all young readers who love horses! … More Starlight Stables Gang Cover Reveal!
Oxfordshire Book Awards ceremony 2022
November 11, 2022
All the news from the Oxfordshire Book Awards ceremony held at Magdalen College School on 11th Nov and hosted by yours truly! … More Oxfordshire Book Awards ceremony 2022
Hello, I’m back!
March 6, 2020
I haven’t written my blog for ages, and there’s a big reason for that: I’ve been considering giving up writing. From the outside, I’m an extremely successful children’s author: I’ve published over 40 books; I’ve won awards; children across the country (and in other countries!) read and study my books in lessons and produce amazing … More Hello, I’m back!
Romanian Lemons
November 2, 2019
One of the unexpected delights of being a published author is seeing your book translated into other languages. I confess, when I started out as a writer, I was really only concerned with getting the book published in English; it never occurred to me to think of it leaving the UK! A Library of Lemons … More Romanian Lemons
OooEEEEOOOOOhh…
October 15, 2019
That’s the Doctor Who theme music, by the way, just in case you didn’t recognise it. And it’s going round and round my head today because an advance copy of DOCTOR WHO: STAR TALES arrived at my house today – and I’m in it! Yes – I’ve written an actual Doctor Who short story (well, … More OooEEEEOOOOOhh…
Geeks Can’t Dance (oh yes they can)
June 14, 2019
Keisha is a total science geek. She loves space, physics, engineering, chemistry – you name it, she’s fascinated by it. She’s also obsessed with boyband On The Up, whose dreamy good looks are the hot topic of her friends’ conversations. Two amazing things coincide to make one terrible dilemma. On The Up has agreed to … More Geeks Can’t Dance (oh yes they can)
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