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Edinburgh International Book Festival
I can finally announce that I’ll be speaking at the Edinburgh International Book Festival this August (whoop whoop). If you’re in and around Edinburgh on 17th August, come on by. Our event is at 5pm in...
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News and other news.
Oops. It’s been far too long since I last posted and so much is going on. So many that I don’t know where to start. Maybe I should start with the big things first… 1) I’ve finished my next book – YAY!...
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Edinburgh
There are so many reasons why you should visit Edinburgh, especially in August. Firstly, Edinburgh is a stunning city. It’s built on seven hills, near lots of water, and has steep craggy cliffs and...
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Hampstead and Highgate Literary Festival
It’s here, it’s here, it’s nearly here! This very Sunday, 14th September, I’ll be appearing at the Ham and High Lit Fest from 5-6pm. The Ham and High have a brilliant Kidsfest programme with great...
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La la la la la l’America! Et Vive La France!
I have great news: at the recent Frankfurt Book Fair, the rights to Dream on, Amber were sold to Sourcebooks in the US of A. WE’S GOING TO AMERIKEE! I wish I was going and not just Amber but maybe...
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Workshops
I’ve been busy writing and editing and I look up and it’s December tomorrow. How on earth did that happen? I’ve also been busy answering questions like this one, from my son: ‘Mum, have you ever needed...
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Dara Palmer’s Major Drama
Plenty has been going on since I last posted: I wrote and edited and polished and fretted and finally, at the beginning of January, finished my next book. It’s called Dara Palmer’s Major Drama, and...
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And here is the news at mid- June o’clock (beep beep beep beep beeeeeep)
The best best best news this week is that Amber has been given a starred review in Booklist, a journal by the American Library Association that is a) one of the top three book journals in the US...
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Two Weeks and Counting
Well well well. Amber is doing very well indeed over the pond: she’s just got a second starred review in a BIG journal in the US called Kirkus. That’s in addition to the starred review earlier this...
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On the topic of fame…
Oh, there you are. I was wondering when you’d arrive because I’ve got so much to tell you. Mainly about fame, really. And why not. So yes, on the topic of fame, Dara Palmer’s Major Drama came out on...
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NEW YORK NEW YORK
Dara Palmer would be SO happy right now because in America I’m, like, TOTALLY FAMOUS. Actually, that’s not true. I’m not famous at all. I can still walk down the street without being mobbed (it’s only...
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Spring News
Was December really the last time I posted? Gosh. I’m a bit bad at regular updates, aren’t I? I’ve been crazy busy, you see, writing another book and doing a lot of life stuff but I have some very...
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Three out of four…
Some things you don’t even dream about. Getting starred reviews in all four of the major library journals in the US is one of those things. So when Dream on Amber tiptoed shyly into America last year...
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Youth Libraries Group
On Friday, I went to Winchester for the Youth Libraries Group Unconference. There’s something so very Alice in Wonderland about the word ‘unconference’, which set a happy tone before I even arrived....
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Life as a busy author
I can’t believe it’s been so long since I last posted. I’m quite a rubbish poster, aren’t I? Which is a good thing really, because I’d only fall off the wall if someone stuck me up with Blu Tac. OK,...
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Chicago, I loved you already but now I love you forever.
Chicago is a beautiful city. That came as a complete surprise to me because before I visited five years ago, I imagined a bleak, smoggy industrial wasteland like the one in Lowry’s paintings (don’t...
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Odyssey
Well, the Odyssey, not the Oscar. But as librarian Addie Matteson tweeted (@queenaddie) about the American Library Association Youth Media Awards #ALAYMA, ‘It’s kind of like the Oscars. But for...
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Book Birthday!!!
Yippppeeeeee! Today, a delightfully funny, very caring yet deeply confused child is born into the world, and her name is Lexie. Happy book birthday to me (and her). May her life be most excellent and...
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It’s live! My interview with the Children’s Book Council’s ‘Beyond the Page’ author section is now live on the webinet. You can read it here: Beyond the Page: Emma Shevah Thanks to the CBC for inviting...
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How to Save the World with a Chicken and an Egg
Disclaimer: I am no expert on saving the world. I am no expert on chickens. And I know very little about eggs. My, but I’m a terrible blogger. Actually, I’m quite a good blogger when I post – I must...
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