Sheffield Book Awards 2017

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Today, Sheena and I headed up north to Sheffield for the Sheffield Children’s Book Awards 2017. We were chuffed to bits that Dave Pigeon had made the shortlist and caught the dawn train northwards where we bumped into Carnegie-nominated author Patrice Lawrence who was heading up to the very same event. Sheffield did not let down. Seven hundred book-loving children …

The Lancashire School Library Service Fantastic Book Awards 2018

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Flumping feathers! Dave Pigeon has been nominated for the Lancashire School Library Service Fantastic Book Awards 2018. We are pleased as punch, here at Dave Pigeon HQ! The awards are judged by thousands of children from primary schools across Lancashire, ahead of the award ceremony in May. Thank you so much Lancashire School Library Service. Wings crossed for Dave Pigeon!

The Dave Pigeon (Racer!) cover is here!

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Good Feathens! It’s the magnificent Dave Pigeon (Racer!) cover. Illustrated by Sheena Dempsey, I’m beyond excited to share the cover of the brand new Dave Pigeon book with you all. Dave Pigeon (Racer!) is out next year in January. Hurrah!  

The Legend of Pemba in Wish Upon A Snowflake

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I’m so chuffed to have my hands on an advanced copy of ‘Wish Upon A Snowflake‘, a wintery anthology of animal tales, published by Stripes Publishing later this year. Gorgeously illustrated by the very talented Alison Edgson, there are ten stories in this collection, including The Legend of Pemba by… *he hem*… ME! It’s such an honour to see my …

Dave Pigeon translated for the RNIB Library

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Wonderful news Dave Pigeon fans! ‘Dave Pigeon: How to Deal with Bad Cats and Keep (most of) Your Feathers’ has been translated into braille and audio for the RNIB Library as part of the Summer Reading Challenge.

Dave Pigeon visits North Finchley Library

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As part of the Summer Reading Challenge celebrations, Barnet Libraries invited Sheena and I to run our Dave Pigeon workshop at North Finchley library. This meant an awful lot to me as libraries were my favourite places as child (and still are now, quite honestly) and this was my first event at a library in my home borough. We created …

Team Dave Pigeon at The Roald Dahl Museum

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Today, Team Dave Pigeon were at the literary home of the great Roald Dahl. If you have ever met me, you will know how much I loved his books as a child and what an inspiration he continues to be to me now that I’m a grown-up writing children’s books. It was a dream come true to be in Great Missenden …