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A lovely review of Dave Pigeon here from North Somerset CBG.

Sitting in bed with my mug of tea and one and a half jammy dodgers, (the bottom half crumbled in transit from the petrol station to home), and I’m having a moment to think about how incredible the last twenty-four hours has been.

Dave Pigeon has received so much support and love already, it really has been the most wonderful celebration of all the hard work that went into writing the book. Yesterday is a day I’m not going to forget for a long while.

Thank you also to absolutely everyone who sent me pictures of Dave Pigeon on bookshop shelves, on bookshop tables and on their own shelves. I can’t tell you how chuffed I am to see how many wonderful places Dave is roosting.

Of the lot, I picked this picture as my favourite.

That’s my lovely Dad there. He’s reading Dave Pigeon. The first fiction book he has ever read. EVER.

Considering he and my mum raised three bookworms in me and my sisters, it’s hard to believe my dad has never read a book for pleasure in his entire life. But he really hasn’t.

This is his first.

Well done Dave Pigeon, I think we’ve converted him.

The day is finally here! Dave Pigeon is out in the world. Thank you so much for sticking by me on this journey. Your support has meant the world to me and I’m sending you wheelbarrow upon wheelbarrow of virtual love and feathers in return.

To celebrate getting to publication day, the very brilliant Ross Hendrick has created the Dave Pigeon mini book trailer.

Enjoy!

The first review of Dave Pigeon is in and I’m over the moon with how he’s been received. Have a read of what librarian Jo Clarke thought: Book Lover Jo

On Sunday, Sheena and I took Dave Pigeon to meet the lovely folk of Dublin at the Mountains to Sea Book Festival.

We ran a ‘Dave Pigeon: Art and Story Fun’ event were the children who attended drew their own pigeon characters and created their own pigeon adventure.

We met ‘Harry the Pigeon’ and took Dave Pigeon on a terrific adventure from a forest to the park where he escaped a wolf attack, only to fall into an underground trap. But fear not, he was rescued by a group of disco-partying penguins living in the back garden of a nearby house.

We had the best time creating a new world for the pigeons with such brilliant and creative budding young writers and illustrators.

Preparation for a monster World Book Day where Dave would meet 270 primary school pupils at The Blue School

Sheena and I rocking our Dave Pigeon cape chic

Incredible tickets displaying what books mean to the pupils

SHOW TIME!

An incredible author and illustrator wall made for Sheena and I

Signing books!

Did I mention our incredible wall?

HAPPY WORLD BOOK DAY TO YOU ALL!

Dave Pigeon’s first official outing was to celebrate World Book Day at Garden Suburb Infants School where he met the brilliant Year One pupils of  Lilac Class.

In our story building workshop these young authors took Dave on a journey, where he dodged ninjas on the way to the hospital before he was chased out by the doctors and escaped on board a time machine!