October 12th marked Bookshop Day. Here in Dunedin, University Book Shop hosted The Big Teddy Bear Sleepover with The Sleepy Storytellers. Making up The Sleepy Storytellers were me, Emma Wood, Gillian Torckler and Susan Wardell. Children were invited to bring along their teddy bears for a story time and a crafts session where they made a bed for their bear. …
As featured on ReadingZone…
I’m so thrilled to be one of the featured authors on ReadingZone this month. There is heaps of fun stuff to catch up on on the ReadingZone website including mine and Becka Moor’s Q&A, more about the Reggie Rabbit books: Reggie Rabbit: The Ghost of Seagull Rock and Reggie Rabbit: The Great Carrot Heist, the news feature and a video …
Reggie Rabbit: The Ghost of Seagull Rock out today!
It’s October and Halloween is around the corner so Reggie is BACK with his second book in the Reggie Rabbit series because there is a spooky mystery in the coastal village of Seagull Rock to solve. In Reggie Rabbit: The Ghost of Seagull Rock, young detective Reggie Rabbit isn’t sure about his partner Pipsquark’s friend, Kai. The seagull seems too …
The Open University’s Reading for Pleasure Author Spotlight
I’m chuffed to bits to be September’s Open University Reading for Pleasure Author in the Spotlight. You can read about my favourite books and why I choose to read here, with a handy download for classrooms and projects available too. Thank you to The Open University and all they do to encourage reading for pleasure.
Back to School Author Event with Mr Dilly
It’s launch day for Dave Pigeon (Zombies!) and I got to share the day with Mr Dilly, superstar authors Lisa Williamson, Lucy Strange, Steve May, James Turner, Justin Somper, Anne Fargher AND a whopping three thousand children! We took on the speed round of introducing our books in less than a minute and then got to share a reading from …
Dave Pigeon (Zombies!) out today!
It’s the start of spooky season and Dave and Skipper are back with their latest book. There are zombie animals in the garden and Dave and Skipper think this is the work of some dreaded green jammy biscuits. But a cookie’s a cookie, and Dave can’t resist taking a peck. Now Skipper is in quite the flap! Is Dave about …
The But Then Library Tour with Dunedin Libraries: Waikouaiti Library
It was the final day of the But Then Library Tour today and we completed our tour of the Dunedin Libraries with Waikouaiti Library. Waikouaiti School and Karitāne School joined us for the But Then readathon and they had heaps of questions too. I was asked about how books are made, whether I write in notebooks or on the computer and which of …
The But Then Library Tour with Dunedin Libraries: South Dunedin Pop Up Library
It was so exciting to swing by the site for the brand new South Dunedin Library coming next year. With all the struts in place, it was brilliant to see what a incredible space it will be. But until next year, the awesome librarians at the South Dunedin Pop Up Library are holding down the fort and making sure South …
The But Then Library Tour with Dunedin Libraries: Day 3
I spent day 3 of the But Then Library Tour with Elmgrove School. We had a read of the book, heard about all the penguins, whales and seals they had seen and then made some excellent librarian/Grandad glasses inspired by the characters in the book.
The But Then Library Tour with Dunedin Libraries: Port Chalmers Library
It’s Day 2 of the But Then Library Tour with Dunedin Libraries and I started the day chatting to Jeff at OARfm about the tour. We spoke about the book and what inspired the story and my love of libraries. I even revealed TOP SECRET news that Daron and I were working on a follow up to But Then… so watch this …