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...
Jun 10, 2016 | creativity, life stuff, new books, writing
Mmmm my kitchen is full of the smell of ginger biscuits baking. But they’re not for me. They’re for my dogs (although I might be allowed to try a little bit). They’re also book research and the recipes are going to appear at the end of my next book ‘The...
May 10, 2016 | inspiration, life stuff, new books, writing
Did you know it was Deaf Awareness Week last week? Recently I did an interview with Action on Hearing Loss about my book about a hearing dog ‘Echo Come Home.’ They wanted to know what it was like growing up with a hearing loss and I told them how I was...
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...
