Yesterday I met up with Lucy Coats, Susie Day and MG Harris – author friends who all live locally. Considering how much we authors like to chat and eat cake, you’d be surprised how rarely we manage to meet up. I think each of us has a certain amount of guilt about taking time away … More The importance of pudding and friends
Who Framed Klaris Cliff? is a debut novel from Nikki Sheehan. It deals with the curious phenomenon of imaginary friends from the point of view of Joseph, a self-confessed not-imaginative-at-all boy, who is being bothered by someone else’s imaginary friend! So far, so original! And another exciting aspect is that this world of the book … More Who Framed Klaris Cliff? – review
What a beautiful weekend! We spent Sunday at Hampton Court Palace (where I was RECOGNISED! A real celebrity moment 🙂 hello to the girl from Didcot who was walking alongside and spotted me!) and I couldn’t believe it was possible to walk around without a jumper on. I hope you had a good weekend and … More Sunshine and crocuses
I have had SUCH a good day 🙂 It’s days like this that make me a Very Happy Writer! Very early this morning, I set off to Didcot Girls’ School. I knew it would be a BRILLIANT visit from the moment I saw this: The wonderful librarian had done a really beautiful display of my … More Wonderful World Book Day!
I’m just back from a really really BRILLIANT visit to Burford School. Days like these are one reason why I love my job so much 🙂 I did a talk to 350 Y7 and Y8 students in the hall and felt like a proper rock star with my radio mike and screaming fans! And then … More Brilliant Burford!
It’s World Book Day on Thursday, hurray! And I, like many other authors, am visiting schools this week to enthuse kids about stories and books. I started my week this morning at Edward Feild School in Kidlington, where my Y1 class came up with some fantastic story ideas based on pictures of forests and woods. … More World Book Week starts here!
My husband’s sister and her husband had a baby in January, hurray! To celebrate, I made some…you guessed it, bunting! Below is the finished result. I had a lovely text from my sister-in-law over the weekend who is delighted with it 🙂 Welcome, baby Gregory!
I had a lovely time away this weekend with the Scattered Authors. Hugely supportive as ever, and very frank discussions (what’s said in Peterborough stays in Peterborough!), along with bags of clever ideas to improve writing. I took my camera and clicked away during many of the sessions. No one told me to stop so … More Portraits
I can’t remember when I first read ‘Looking for JJ’, Anne Cassidy’s extraordinary novel about a child murderer. I only remember that it blew me away. It was bold, emotive and brilliantly-written, and so I jumped at the chance of reviewing her long-awaited sequel, ‘Finding Jennifer Jones’. I read the first book again, so that … More Finding Jennifer Jones – review
I like the sound of Rest and Recuperation. It feels as though it’s been a difficult couple of weeks – lots going on and illnesses galore too – not just me but the rest of the family. So I am VERY much looking forward to a couple of days with some other crazy writer people: … More Some R and R…
Jo Cotterill 