One Night in Beartown needs your support!

One Night in Beartown needs your support!

After a long hiatus (sorry for the protracted radio silence!), I am finally back in the saddle with a new children’s picture book! I actually wrote this book in 2018, soon after publishing Sarah’s Shadow. but life got in the way until now. Also, publishing...
Sarah’s Shadow wins two awards!

Sarah’s Shadow wins two awards!

June was a great month for me, and not only because England are doing surprisingly well in the World Cup. I found out last week that my debut picture book, Sarah’s Shadow, won an Honourable Mention at the Purple Dragonfly Awards in the ‘Picture books for...
Interview with Rachel Gilbey, blog tour organiser

Interview with Rachel Gilbey, blog tour organiser

I recently did my first book blog tour and found it to be a very valuable experience. It was a joint tour with fellow children’s author Marion Adams, which made it even more special. The tour gave us great exposure and led to loads of great reviews, and it was all...
Meet me at Mellor Literature Festival 2018!

Meet me at Mellor Literature Festival 2018!

I’m very excited to reveal that I will be appearing at the first-ever Mellor Literature Festival on Saturday 30 June along with more than a dozen other authors. I will be doing a book reading of Sarah’s Shadow, answering kids’ questions, handing out...
Seven reasons why authors should do blog tours

Seven reasons why authors should do blog tours

A couple of months ago, a friend of mine, the excellent romantic comedy author Audrey Davis, told me she’d recently done a blog tour and that I should consider doing one. I was familiar with the concept of a blog tour, but I assumed you had to do them when your...