Nov 10, 2016 | events, inspiration, life stuff
Next week my golden retriever puppy Freya has been invited to be part of a ceremony at the Animals in War memorial to commemorate the animals that lost their lives in Wars and Campaigns. And I’ve been invited to go along with her and read a little bit...
Oct 10, 2016 | events, inspiration, new books, writing
Every now and again (usually when I’ve got a new book out) the lovely people at Puffin ask if I’d like to do a week long book tour visiting schools around the country to launch the book. This time the tour, back at the end of September, was for The...
Sep 10, 2016 | events, life stuff, new books, writing
Some people prefer to rehearse a lot before they give a performance and some are more comfortable just ‘winging’ it. The first way can lead to a polished professional performance, or not. The second way to a natural and friendly one, or not. I think live...
Aug 10, 2016 | events, inspiration, life stuff, new books, writing
I’ve just received an advance copy of my next book ‘The Great Fire Dogs’ to be published by Puffin at the end of August and sent it straight off to Zach because I loved his letter about my books and his dog 🙂 It doesn’t feel like very long ago I was going...
Mar 10, 2016 | events, new books
2016 has been my most fun WBD so far (or WBD weeks as it ended up being) because my golden retriever, Bella, got to come too! She wasn’t fazed even when we had giant size audiences. My latest book ‘Echo Come Home’ is about a hearing dog. But when I...
Feb 13, 2016 | competition, events, inspiration, life stuff, new books, writing
Congratulations to 9-year-old Grace who’s just had her first book published. You can read all about it in much more detail and with more pictures here on the Make a Wish website. But I thought Grace and her friends might like to be stars of the Girls Heart Book...
