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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
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
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
Today, thanks to the awesome blogger, Lucy The Reader, we are celebrating UKYA Day. This is all about reading and recommending YA books by UK-based writers. There are so many good ones, whatever genre you like reading! For some great ideas, why not head here: ukya.co.uk, or here: projectukya.blogspot.co.uk?
There’s an ongoing blog tour about the writing process in which authors answer the following four questions: 1. What am I working on? 2. How does my work differ from others in the genre? 3. Why do I write what I do? 4. How does my writing process work? If
So, er … this. A new book prize has been announced: the Best Book Awards, run by a national reading charity called Booktrust. I love what they do. They’re all about getting people reading – adults and children – and they know that the way to get reading is to
It’s been a busy couple of weeks. When I see my agent next week and she asks me how far I’ve got with the new book and the answer is ‘My dog ate my homework’ … this is the real reason why. World Book Day. It turns out that World
Well, hooray! After lots and lots of writing this time last year, and lots and lots of editing in the autumn and winter, I’ve just finished my latest book for Chicken House. It’s an adventure story called The Castle, and it will be out in August, so look out for
The amazing German website, Lovelybooks, is launching a discussion on ‘Der Look’, with 15 free copies to be won. I’ll be checking in and answering questions, so if you’re reading the book in German and want to be a part of it, you can join by clicking this link. Viel
I’ve been editing madly over the last few days, and organising a seven year old’s dream Star Wars party, so I haven’t managed to keep up with X Factor. However, my lovely Twitter friends tell me that watching the programme this weekend was a bit like reading You Don’t Know
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