Oh, you know how it is. You mean to blog, and Stuff Happens, and then suddenly you’ve got to Do Other Stuff, and then before you know it another week has gone by and you still haven’t blogged… I know. You know. We all know. So, here’s a brief round-up of My Life in the … More Catching up…running on the spot again!
Here it is!! I am SO excited and thrilled to be able to reveal the cover for ELECTRIGIRL, out next Feb with OUP. Cathy Brett has done a fantastic drawing of Holly, our super-powered heroine, and JUST YOU WAIT till you see the insides!! I can’t believe it’s not going to be on sale for … More ELECTRIGIRL cover reveal!
OK, so this is the winning piece from my workshop yesterday at Didcot Girls’ School. And picking it was REALLY hard. I had three I could hardly choose between. But I chose this one because I do like a good dystopian novel, and this one is SO promising. I would definitely pick it up! Congrats … More Winning piece LIBERATION by Megan Y7
Earlier this week I discovered to my utter delight that LOOKING AT THE STARS has come second in the secondary school category of the Oxfordshire Book Award 2015! They don’t call it ‘second’ or ‘runner-up’, but ‘Highly Commended’ is my new title 🙂 I am SO very chuffed. Marcus Sedgwick won with SHE IS NOT … More Some nice things…
It’s the Oxford Literary Festival, hurrah! And I popped in on Saturday and Sunday last weekend. On the Saturday, I did a mini event in the Blackwells festival bookshop, talking about Looking at the Stars and teaching anyone who wanted to have a go how to make 3D paper stars. It was lovely to see … More Talking ghosts and meeting friends at the Oxford Literary Festival
***COMPETITION NOW CLOSED – PLEASE SEE BELOW*** Welcome to the UKYA Easter Egg Hunt! One very lucky winner will win a huge grand prize of signed books by over thirty YA authors who write and live in the UK (including me! See below…) All you have to do is: read this blog, count up how … More Jo Cotterill’s stop on the UKYA Easter Egg Hunt!
Oh, it’s all been mad busy. And I seem to have lost my brain down the back of the sofa somewhere… but anyhoo. On Thursday 5th March I had a LOVELY day at my Patron of Reading school, Burford. Hello, Burford! *waves madly* And hello Lynne the awesome librarian! I did a talk to the … More Belated World Book Day write-up!
Yesterday, I watched something that BLEW MY MIND. Totally. One of those ‘WHOA’ moments. Thanks to the awesome author/illustrator Sarah McIntyre for posting this on Facebook: It’s quite long. You might not have time (or interest) to watch it. So I’ll explain what it was that made me see things in a new way. Different … More Creativity: an Idea of Reality?
Someone posted on Facebook the other day that she had been feeling ‘old’, and then a friend had asked, ‘Do you really think your best years are behind you?’ I think this is a great question. We spend a lot of time not living in the present: looking back and regretting stuff, or looking forward and worrying … More Dancing on air at Christmas
A few weeks ago I hinted at some good news that I couldn’t share yet. And THEN I had some MORE good news, and frankly it’s all just been SO NICE. I’m so thrilled that I can finally spill the beans! I am absolutely over the moon to announce that OUP will be publishing my … More Finally I can spill the beans: two book deals!
Jo Cotterill 