Today, I joined Team Rotherham Loves Reading for not one but TWO events! First up I met with EYFS and Key Stage 1 for a reading of My Dad is a Grizzly Bear and we all created our very own grizzly bears. Then I met with Key Stage 2 for some Dave Pigeon (Kittens!) fun where we created brand new …
Dave Pigeon (Kittens!) x The Reading Agency
Thank you so much to the whopping 105 classes and homeschoolers who joined me for my Dave Pigeon (Kittens!) story-planning workshop with The Reading Agency. We created heaps of new story plans including stories about warring pens and pencils, stories about dogs who want to go to magical schools and stories about books that can fly. I can’t wait to …
Letter to Brandywine Community Schools
I’m heartbroken to hear that the Ballet Bunnies series and other incredible books from a Books Saves Lives grant have been blocked from student access in Niles, Michigan. The Ballet Bunnies series is about a girl who is kind and courageous and is everything those who ban books are not. We Need Diverse Books have urged the school board to …
Dave Pigeon (Kittens!) is out today!
It’s Dave Pigeon (Kittens!) Day! Dave and best friend Skipper are back with their fifth book in the series, (or fifth and a half if you managed to nab a copy of Dave Pigeon (Bookshop Mayhem!) this World Book Day for your Dave Pigeon collection), and I’m so happy to be back in the world of sheds and biscuits and Mean Cat …
Library Day at Otago Girls High School
I was invited to be part of Otago Girls High School’s Library Day this year. The event has been running for an incredible 86 years so I was really chuffed to be part of the celebrations. This year the theme was ‘Childhood Nostalgia’ and everyone got dressed up for the occasion. There was a Miss Piggy, a couple of Grus, …
Ask me anything at Columba College
Today, I joined Years 5 to 8 at Columba College as part of their Book Week. I told them all about the books I read as a child and what reading meant to me and ultimately how my experiences with books impacted my writing journey. The pupils asked me heaps of questions about writing, publishing and how to stay motivated …
Writing Young Fiction with SCBWI NZ
Thank you so much to Team SCBWI NZ for inviting me to talk about creating young fiction. I loved hearing everyone’s under-pressure pitches and hope you are all off to work on your young fiction series right away. I thought I would just highlight my key points about young fiction here: •Remember to invest in your characters and create characters …
Bad Panda is a winner!
Bad Panda has just won the Telling Tales category of the Coventry Inspiration Book Awards 2023! I’m over the moon about this and so thankful to all the schools and pupils who voted for Lin and her pals. Here are the awesome pupils of Cannon Park Primary presenting Bad Panda at the ceremony: Thank you Coventry SLS for shortlisting the …
Happy World Book Day Week!
It’s World Book Day this week! I’m so proud to see Dave Pigeon (Bookshop Mayhem!) out in the world alongside the other amazing World Book Day books, helping kids discover reading for pleasure. And this year is even more special because children were involved in the book selection for the very first time. Reading for pleasure can be life changing, …