As part of the SW.r1tes festival I was at Pimlico Library last night, talking about my experiences on the long and winding road to getting published. I tackled the usual topics: the pros/cons of writer’s groups (one memorable piece of advice I received was: “if it’s for kids it should have a dragon in it”),…
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7 things you always wanted to know about me
Fletcher Moss, winner of the 2012 Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction competition for his stunning novel, The Poison Boy, (check out his excellent blog at http://www.sleepwellandfly.blogspot.co.uk) has tagged me on this blog chain, which allows me to talk about my fabulous self for seven whole paras. 1. I have a very complicated family life, including…
Book Week
And there was me thinking what a cushy doss of a job being a writer was. It started gently enough on Wednesday with a visit to my sister’s school in Hackney. I’ve visited these kids before and they’re brilliant: lively, enthusiastic and bursting with questions. This time I was talking to year 5 and 6…
HMR made the Sussex Longlist!
After losing out on the Costa to that Riddell bloke The Hanged Man Rises has been longlisted for the Sussex ABAs. The ABAs, or to give it its full name, The Sussex Coast Schools Amazing Book Awards, is a book award set up at the start of 2011 by a small group of school librarians from…
10th Anniversary Derbyshire Bookbash
I’d been somewhat nervous about attending the Derbyshire Bookbash. To the extent that when my son complained he was a bit hot at a fete the previous day I decided it must be heat stroke and I’d be totally irresponsible to leave him. Needless to say I was encouraged to go (the moment I boarded…
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