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Do you have a manuscript, or the start of one, or many, or even just a collection of words that could one day be a story for children? Are you working on your writing, or thinking about it, or wondering how to get to the next stage? Do you live
Over the years, Threads has appeared in a variety of covers around the world. One of the things that most surprised me when the book came out, six years ago, was that it would be translated into Norwegian, and Brazilian Portuguese, and French and German and Croation and Japanese and
So, news … I’ve just handed in the first round of rewrites of the new book. It started life as THIS IS NOT A LOVE SONG, then became HEART OF GLASS, and now it’s LOVE SONG, (or possibly (This is not a) LOVE SONG). There will be more rewrites to
Last month I was lucky enough to go to Germany and visit TWO literature festivals. I met up with my lovey publisher, Barry Cunningham, and together we raced some German bloggers in an egg and spoon race while wearing chicken hats (long story). I also spoke to a couple of
The Castle has been longlisted for the Oxfordshire Book Award! It’s on a fabulous list, so do check out the other books there if you need a good read or two over the Christmas Holidays. And if you happen to live in Oxfordshire – get voting! You can do it
Wow. Just a great big huge THANK YOU to every lovely librarian, English teacher and bookseller who has helped me on my amazing book tour for The Castle. (If you were there, you’ll know what this code says. If you weren’t … see if you can work it out.) Thank
As well as doing my blog tour, which started yesterday (hooray!), I’ve also been writing posts for a few other places. For example, you can find me on the Booktrust’s blog, talking about what’s wrong with Elsa’s transformation scene in Frozen (which I generally loved, by the way). And on
The month of August isn’t generally a super-busy one for books. Everyone’s on holiday, or gearing up for September, when the deluge of Christmas-ready publications will begin. Watch out! You’re about to be submerged … However, it’s been a busy enough month for me. The Castle came out, of course
I’m very pleased to announce that I shall be touring some of my favourite YA and MG blogs in September, talking about The Castle, which is officially out tomorrow! Yay! Reviews and a giveaway will be included, as well as some of the background on how and why I wrote
Last Wednesday was always going to be a big date in the calendar: it was the awards ceremony for the Best Book Awards, run by the Booktrust. And You Don’t Know Me was shortlisted in the 12-14 Best Story Book category, so I GOT TO GO! I travelled up to
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