Signing lemons!
January 25, 2023
Back in the classroom! The first school visit of 2023 and some handmade lemons to sign! … More Signing lemons!
Category: books
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)
Summer round-up!
September 6, 2018
It’s autumn! What happened?! I had a lovely summer, not writing a book! That feels really strange and alarming to write, but it has been SO nice having proper time off this summer. Last year I was struggling to start Jelly, and the year before I was doing a complete rewrite of Electrigirl and the … More Summer round-up!
Strawberry fan art!
July 20, 2018
Isn’t this gorgeous? It’s by Charlotte Taylor, who came second in the Shrewsbury Bookfest 2018 art competition. It’s a picture of Darby, my main character in A Storm of Strawberries (which was shortlisted for the award) as she goes out looking for her sister in the middle of the night… I love the bright red … More Strawberry fan art!
Welcome to the Jelly World…!
June 15, 2018
Wait. That should be “Welcome to the world, Jelly!” but actually, it works this way round too 🙂 I’m so, so thrilled that JELLY is finally out there, in the world, getting to readers. I honestly think it’s one of my best books so far, and I hope so much that readers agree with me. … More Welcome to the Jelly World…!
Jo Cotterill 