by Nick | Mar 2, 2021 | News
Following the release of One Night in Beartown on 1st December last year (coincidentally three years to the day that I published Sarah’s Shadow!), I thought I’d book myself a blog tour once again, to get some reviews from book bloggers and to spread the...
by Nick | Feb 25, 2021 | News
I recently decided to make my website more interactive. First I added an Activities page where kids can print black and white illustrations from Sarah’s Shadow and One Night in Beartown, and they can print other fun activities such as word searches, anagrams and...
by Nick | Feb 11, 2021 | News
I’m excited to reveal that Full Media Ltd has teamed up with Rainforest Trust UK for a wonderful new project: The Problem with Poppy, the debut picture book by author Emma Sandford. Following our Kickstarter success last year, where we raised £4,000 to produce...
by Nick | Jan 6, 2021 | News
With another lockdown now in full effect, I wondered if there was anything I could do to help kids in Congleton (and beyond!) keep themselves entertained. It occurred to me that I still had some activities that I created for Sarah’s Shadow a while back when I...
by Nick | Dec 8, 2020 | News
After a busy Kickstarter campaign during lockdown, several months liaising with my wonderful artist Si Clark to get the illustrations just right, and then the search for a good local printer, I am pleased to say that One Night in Beartown was published on 1 December!...
by Nick | Aug 2, 2020 | News
As some of you may know, I am not just a children’s author. My day job is proofreading and editing, and this means I get to read lots of other people’s writing, including other children’s authors. One of my latest customers is the lovely Lois Davis,...
by Nick | Aug 1, 2020 | News
After 30 days of ringing, emailing and messaging local companies, friends, relatives and colleagues, and promotion on social media and local news media, I’m proud to announce that I hit the Kickstarter target for One Night in Beartown! This means that the book...
by Nick | Jul 11, 2020 | News
Which of the above bears will we catch next on our bear hunt? The Kickstarter for One Night in Beartown has been going well over the past few weeks. A number of Congleton companies have sponsored the book now, including Bearmania 2011 organiser and Secret Millionaire...
by Nick | Jun 29, 2020 | News
A few weeks ago, in the middle of lockdown, a friend of mine, fellow children’s author Lois Davis, mentioned her new Zoom workshops to me. Ahead of the publication of her new book, Lois has been holding workshops via the popular video conferencing app with...
by Nick | Jun 21, 2020 | News
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...
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