It’s day two of the Bad Panda blog tour NZ and we are visiting Zac McCallum at My Best Friends Are Books! Have a read of my guest post here and find out about the day I met Sheena Dempsey and her massive red coat.
Bad Panda Blog Tour NZ: BookTrailers4KidsAndYA
It’s day one of the Bad Panda blog tour NZ and we are stopping off at BookTrailers4KidsAndYA! Have a read of Desna’s wonderful review of the book here.
In conversation with Zac McCallum
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
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:
Bad Panda visits GLL Libraries
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.
Author of the Week with The National Literacy Trust and Oak National Academy
I’m super chuffed to be Author of the Week with The National Literacy Trust and Oak National Academy for their virtual school library. Visit Oak National Academy to read Dave Pigeon, watch an exclusive video with me and have a go at my story writing challenge.
Bad Panda blog tour: Library Girl and Book Boy
It’s the penultimate day of the Bad Panda blog tour and today Jo at Library Girl and Book Boy is hosting. Read her wonderful review of Bad Panda here.
Bad Panda blog tour: The Book Activist
It’s day 5 of the Bad Panda blog tour and we are stopping in with The Book Activist. And guess what? You even get an exclusive behind the scenes sneaky peek at the making of Bad Panda today!
Bad Panda blog tour: My Book Corner
We are mid-Bad Panda blog tour and we are visiting Emma at My Book Corner. Have a read of her review here and try her panda quiz too. I got 6 correct answers – can you beat my score?
The Bad Panda Launch Party!
Happy Bad Panda Day to you all! It was a 5am start today but totally worth it because it was the Bad Panda party. Sarah McIntyre, author, illustrator and champion of #PicturesMeanBusiness, hosted the virtual launch alongside Team Faber. Sheena and I talked through the creative process of creating Bad Panda before I did my first international reading from the …