It's Summer Reading Challenge time! And I was delighted to be asked to run a couple of writing workshops at the fabulous Hayridge Centre in Cullompton. The children all loved Sarah McIntyre's weird and wonderful creatures from the 'Mythical Maze' theme of this year's SRC, so...
It's hard to believe that Do Not Enter the Monster Zoo has now been out for a whole year! A big thank you to everyone who's bought the book and helped raise funds for Tommy's. It's always good to celebrate the journey of a book and...
I am ever so muchly over the moon to announce a two-book deal with Egmont! The first picture book, The Mouse Who Sailed the Seas, will be published in May 2015 and a second title will be published in spring 2016. The brilliant Nick East is illustrating...
There was much fun, madness and creativity when I paid a recent author visit to East Anstey Primary School. The day kicked off with the Key Stage 2 class where we had great fun as a class making our own character spidergram about a dreaded one-eyed monster who...
A fabulous morning! Big thanks to the team at Booktrust who arranged a lovely event at Exeter Library as part of Children's Book Week and the run up to the Booktrust Best Book Awards ceremony on Wednesday. Thanks also to the staff and children of St Leonard's Pre-School...