Here are some top tips for aspiring writers from some brilliant authors (and me!) featured on BuzzFeed.
A Love Letter to Libraries
This weekend has been a celebration of books and those wonderful unsung heroes who do everything they can to get books into the hands of children. On Saturday was the inaugural Books Are My Bag Bookshop Day and as a debut author, I can’t thank bookshops and booksellers enough for all they have done to support Dave Pigeon. THANK YOU, …
New school year and new news
I’m spending the afternoon labelling my son’s new school uniform ready for the start of a new term next week and I’ve taken a break from the iron-on labels to sound the EXCITING NEWS klaxon. I am beyond thrilled to have signed with the very brilliant, rising star agent extraordinaire that is Felicity Trew. I am so proud to have joined the …
Writing Funny: Top Tips
Following up last month’s post on Girls Heart Books, here are my top tips on writing funny fiction.
Writing Funny
Over on the Girls Heart Books blog, I’m discussing why funny books matter to me and next month I’ll be following up with my top tips on writing funny.
WRD About Books: One to Watch!
Super stoked to be a ‘ONE TO WATCH’ author in this month’s WRD magazine! Have a read:
Inspired spaces
Over on the Girls Heart Books blog, I’m talking spaces inspired by pages from literature and in one case, quite literally. Have a read here.
Competition Time!
Here’s my article about the inspiration for Dave Pigeon in the Spring issue of the Suburb News. If you are aged between 6 years old and 11 years old and fancy entering the Dave Pigeon Writing Competition you have until 22nd June to get your entries in to the Suburb News at rapublications@hgs.org.uk. Stories should to up to 400 words long and …
Those weird and wonderful questions…
Now the author visits are in full swing for Dave Pigeon, I’ve been collating some of the interesting questions I’ve been asked. Have a read of my post on Girls Heart Books where I relay what I said when I was put on the spot about who would win in a battle between a pigeon and a hamster.
My Top Ten Unappreciated Animal Heroes in ‘The Guardian’
Step aside horses and dogs, it’s time to celebrate the newts, rats and disgusting bagders of the children’s literary world. Here’s my top ten unappreciated animal heroes in honour of all the Dave Pigeon-esque characters out there who never get a look in.