It’s day three of the My Dad is a Grizzly Bear blog tour and today we are visiting Books for Topics. Have a read of Alison’s bear-illiant review of the book and be in with a chance to win a copy of the book here. Alison also invited me to pick my top five fictional bears and you can check out my list …
My Dad is a Grizzly Bear blog tour: Picture Book Perfect
Today on the My Dad is a Grizzly Bear blog tour we visit Picture Book Perfect. Have a read of Rachael’s pawsome review of the book here. Thank you, Rachael!
My Dad is a Grizzly Bear blog tour: Library Girl and Book Boy
First up on the My Dad is a Grizzly Bear blog tour is Library Girl and Book Boy. Have a read of Jo’s beartastic review of the book here. Thank you, Jo!
The Grizzly Bear Blog Tour
Not long now until My Dad is a Grizzly Bear lands on bookshelves! Follow the blog tour on the blogs listed below and on Twitter and watch this blog for links to exclusive interviews, reviews and content.
Children’s Book of the Week!
This week My Dad is a Grizzly Bear is The Independent’s ‘Children’s Book of the Week’, with reviews in the Manchester Evening News, Northern Echo, Express and Star, Bristol Post, Birmingham Mail, Western Mail, South Wales Echo, Coventry Observer, Stratford Observer, Derby Telegraph, Northern Echo, Macclesfield Express, Teeside Evening Gazette, Cambridge News, Ashbourne News Telegraph, Burton Mail, Newcastle Evening Chronicle, …
The Accidental Show with James Campbell
Today, I was one of the guests on The Accidental Show with James Campbell. It was a stellar lineup with Tiernan Douieb, who is a comedy genius and Tom and Ellie Norris, who are classical violinists. James and I talked about what it’s like to be a writer and which of our books are our favourites. I even got to …
World Book Day with Churchwood Primary
Yesterday, I spent World Book Day with the keyworker pupils of Churchwood Primary. I beamed in from New Zealand to the school in East Sussex to first meet with the Infants for a My Dad is a Grizzly Bear reading. This was the very first time I was reading the book to anyone so it was very exciting. We then …
Editor’s choice!
Beartastic news: My Dad is a Grizzly Bear has been chosen as one of Fiona Noble’s Editor’s Choices in the April Preview of Children’s Books in The Bookseller! Pre-order your copy here.
My Dad is a Grizzly Bear in Cherubs
Thank you so much to Pickled Peppers Books for this early wonderful review of My Dad is a Grizzly Bear in Cherubs Magazine.
Publication date changes
Dear readers, 2020 promised to be the launch of many lovely new books, including my debut picture book with Dapo Adeola and a brand new ballet series with Binny Talib, under my pseudonym Swapna Reddy. As you can imagine, the COVID-19 pandemic has effected the publishing industry and many publication dates have been delayed. Sadly, this includes a few of …