Bad Panda blog tour: Book Monsters

Swapna HaddowThe Bad Panda Club

It’s day two of the Bad Panda blog tour and today we are stopping off at Book Monsters. I love this brilliant review – thank you so much, Ally. Have a read of the full review here.

Bad Panda blog tour: WRD Magazine and Reading Rocks

Swapna HaddowThe Bad Panda Club

It’s the Bad Panda blog tour this week! Keep an eye on Twitter and the following bloggers for exclusive content and giveaways. Today, WRD Magazine have a pandatastic giveaway and Reading Rocks has posted a brilliant review of the book. You can read it here.

Bad Panda is out today!

Swapna HaddowThe Bad Panda Club

Happy Bad Panda Day to you all! I’m so thrilled that Bad Panda is climbing on to the bookshelves of libraries, bookshops, homes and schools everywhere today. If you spot a Bad Panda out in the wild, do send me a picture because I would love to know where Lin has found a home.

Storylines Tour: Day Four

Swapna HaddowOn the Road, The Bad Panda Club

Today, we headed to the North Shore. Heather and Raymond joined me at Birkenhead Primary where Heather and I spoke to Years 4 and 5 about our picture books. Once we had dropped Heather, Raymond and Andrew off at their second locations, Peter took me on a quick tour of the beautiful harbour at Devonport. Though I know I will …

#ProperBook with WonderFest and CBI

Swapna HaddowScrapbook, The Bad Panda Club

Today, Sheena and I spoke with Patricia Forde about the making of Bad Panda as part of the #ProperBook panel – ‘Is It Me You’re Looking For? How to Write a Cracking Children’s Book and Attract a Publisher or Agent: How a Book is Created from Start to Finish’ with Children’s Books Ireland and WonderFest Ireland. We spoke about my …

Bad Panda cover reveal

Swapna HaddowThe Bad Panda Club

It’s time to show you the cover of my brand new series with Sheena Dempsey: Bad Panda! The story follows Lin on her quest to lose her cutenesses and was inspired by a Family Haddow trip to China in 2017 where we volunteered as panda keepers: The book is out in July 2021. And don’t worry Dave Pigeon fans, there’s …