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Archives for January 2018

Book recommendation – Cogheart

Today marks the start of #NationalStoryTellingWeek and in honour of this, I’m sharing my book recommendation for February and asking the question, do you still read with your children? I’m not talking the dreaded book scheme reading, that from my own personal experience has often ended in ... READ the POST

History through the eyes of one building

Want to hear about my next book? It's a middle-grade fiction story for 9-11 year olds, like my first book, but that's where the similarity ends. This one is the first in a series that centres on four children, a school, the events that have occurred during its 100 year history and how the lives ... READ the POST

Book Review – Nondula, by Ana Salote

Nondula is the second part of the 'Waifs of Duldred' trilogy and it's shaping up to be the most interesting trilogy I've read in a long time. If you haven't read book one, 'Oy Yew', I suggest you add it to your reading list immediately! You can read my review here, if you want to know ... READ the POST

Why are so many children reluctant to write?

I write children’s books, I love stories and I want to share my passion for writing and creating stories. That’s why I set up, Storymakers, my creative writing club. I’m not a teacher, but does that make a difference? At the start of a new term or course, when I welcome a group of up to ... READ the POST

Reducing plastic waste

Whilst a certain politician thinks the environment isn’t worth bothering with for him and ‘his country’, I have been both shocked and ashamed to learn of the damage plastic waste is doing to our oceans. Towards the end of last year, I began to make small changes in my buying and usage ... READ the POST

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"You have really inspired her to write and create stories. She was very taken with your book the Time School."
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"You have really inspired her to write and create stories. She was very taken with your book the Time School."

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