Bad Panda Blog Tour NZ: The Sapling

Swapna HaddowThe Bad Panda Club

Rounding off the Bad Panda Blog Tour is the fantastic The Sapling. Check out Pearl’s interview here. And don’t forget to catch up with all the brilliant bloggers who joined us for the tour. Massive panda hugs of thanks to Desna, Zac, Adele, Tris and Pearl and The Sapling.

All About Diwali arrives!

Swapna HaddowScrapbook

Happy Publication Day to All About Diwali by me and Aditi Kakade Beaufrand! This book is stunning! Illustrated throughtout by the immensely talented Aditi, the book is packed full of facts, recipes and activities to get you in the mood for Diwali later this year.

In conversation with Zac McCallum

Swapna HaddowThe Bad Panda Club

Sheena and I kicked off Wednesday morning with a Bad Panda interview with Zac McCallum, school librarian and blogger at My Best Friends are Books. This week marks the release of Bad Panda in New Zealand and Australia so, despite lockdown, it didn’t seem right not to mark the occasion. We chatted about how the book came to be, our …

Bad Panda at Discover Story Centre

Swapna HaddowThe Bad Panda Club

Thank you so much to Discover Story Centre for having me and Sheena! We took part in an Bad Panda online reading and drawalong and if you came along, do share your drawing with us – we’d love to see them. Here’s mine:

It’s a double publication day!

Swapna HaddowBallet Class in Session, Scrapbook

Today, not one but TWO of my books are out in the world! First up is my debut historical middle-grade fiction, Torn Apart: The Partition of India, 1947, where two boys are forced into an impossible situation against the backdrop of the partition of India in 1947. Next up is the fifth book is the gorgeous Ballet Bunnies series, illustrated …

Bad Panda visits GLL Libraries

Swapna HaddowThe Bad Panda Club

Libraries were where I first got hooked on books and anyone who knows me knows how passionately I advocate for libraries so I was thrilled to be asked to be part of the ‘Meet the Author’ series with the GLL National Libraries Digital Programme where I could introduce Bad Panda to viewers on Facebook.