Over on the Girls Heart Books blog, I’m talking spaces inspired by pages from literature and in one case, quite literally. Have a read here.
Dave Pigeon Flies off the Shelves at The Alligator’s Mouth
Yippee! Dave Pigeon gets a wonderful review from children’s bookshop The Alligator’s Mouth. Come along to The Alligator’s Mouth on Saturday 2nd July from 3pm and join me for Dave Pigeon story time and craft fun and build your very own bird feeder.
Books For Keeps reviews Dave Pigeon
Have a read of this lovely review of Dave Pigeon here from Lynne Taylor for Books For Keeps.
Book Monster Ally reviews Dave Pigeon
Have a read of this spectacular review of Dave Pigeon from children’s librarian Alexis Filby.
Greenwich Book Festival 2016
Today, Sheena and I took Dave Pigeon to meet pupils from primary schools in the London Borough of Greenwich at the Greenwich Book Festival. One hundred and eighty pupils from seven different primary schools came together to create their own pigeon characters and two incredible action-packed stories. We were so impressed with the talent and creativity of these budding young authors and …
Competition Time!
Here’s my article about the inspiration for Dave Pigeon in the Spring issue of the Suburb News. If you are aged between 6 years old and 11 years old and fancy entering the Dave Pigeon Writing Competition you have until 22nd June to get your entries in to the Suburb News at rapublications@hgs.org.uk. Stories should to up to 400 words long and …
How to make your own jammy biscuits
Dave Pigeon has just received a wonderful review from Playing By The Book which you can have a read of here. There is also the most scrumptious looking recipe for jammy biscuits which I can’t wait to make myself. Now, if only I could find the ground almonds…
Time to share some pigeontastic news
It’s Monday and it’s a wonderful review from Minerva Reads for Dave Pigeon as he gets top billing this week on a pigeontastic bird book post. I’m also beyond excited to share with you that the brilliant folk over at This Book is Funny, a campaign to get funny books into the hands of children, have chosen Dave Pigeon to be one of their …
Reviews! Reviews! Getcha reviews!
Dave and Skipper have been on the hunt for jammy biscuits for the last month and managed to find their way to Reviewer Land. Have a read of these wonderful reviews of Dave Pigeon from An Awfully Big Adventure, A Bookish Life, Read It Daddy, The Bookbag, Serendipity Reviews and Reading Zone. And here is Zoe James-Williams‘ lovely 5* review of Dave Pigeon in the South Wales Evening …
The Dave Pigeon Launch Party
Yesterday, the brilliant Pickled Pepper Books hosted our Dave Pigeon launch party. There was bunting. There was cake. There were crafts. And there were enough jammy biscuits to feed a small nation. The party celebrated the launch of my debut book Dave Pigeon: How to Deal with Bad Cats and Keep (most of) Your Feathers. Illustrated by the amazingly talented …