I'm absolutely thrilled to announce that my debut middle-grade comic fantasy adventure The House at the Edge of Magic will be published by Walker Books in spring 2021. Huge thanks to everyone at Walker for their enthusiasm for the story, and also to my agent,...
I am so delighted to announce the launch of a brand new book prize today: the Writing Magazine Picture Book Prize! Being rather passionate about aspiring authors, WM editor Jonathan Telfer, my agent Julia Churchill and I put our heads together to come up with...
Thanks to everyone who came along to the Pirate Blunderbeard event at Tiverton Library yesterday! And big thanks to all the library staff for helping to organise it. Such a fun way to kick off the Tiverton Literary Festival! [caption id="attachment_1762" align="alignnone" width="169"] The one moment when...
Huge, sparkly thanks to staff and children at Blundell's School for inviting me in for an author visit. It was lovely to hear the children were so excited about stories and had already produced a stunning wall of monstery creations inspired by Do Not Enter the Monster Zoo. We...
A special, sparkly **thank you** to everyone who came to the magical mermaid event at Eastbourne Library yesterday and to all the wonderful staff for helping to make the morning a success. I adore the magical, mysterious world of the mermaids, so it was brilliant fun to...