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Competition time!
Congratulations to Rebecca Ball for winning the Best First Line of a Story Competition. “Once there was a girl with spaghetti hair …. ” I just have to find out more about this pasta-headed girl! Keep writing Rebecca! Rebecca wins a signed copy of my book, “It’s a 50/50... read more
Leaders of Literacy
Delighted to meet up with the Leaders of Literacy who are doing great things at Saltash.net Community School and in the wider community. Will be reporting on these guys regularly. Please visit my new Patron of Reading page on the menu... read more
Audio books
Delighted to see that “Trouble Next Door” and “Trouble at School” have been published as audio books. Perfect for those long car journeys. read more
Book launch
Great to have Patch Harvey, coxswain of the Penlee Lifeboat, and Mesha Wardman, European surf life-saving champion, at the launch of “A boy called Ocean”. What a team! And the audience thought so too. Here they are pouring into the St John’s... read more
Trouble on the Farm
Great news! “Trouble on the Farm” comes out on Thursday, 9th August. When Magda decides to join Bella and Sid on a visit to their friend’s farm, trouble is bound to happen! The third adventure in the “Here comes Trouble” series.? Bella and Sid are off to Tom and Kizzys farm to meet the cows, play with the dog and feed the chickens. But at the last minute Magda decides to join them. Uh, oh! Soon theres a runaway tractor, a wedding disaster and lots of cowpats. Can Bella step in and save the day? Read more... read more
Launch of “A boy called Ocean”
Had a brilliant time talking to an audience of Cornish schools alongside Patch Harvey, the coxswain of the Penlee lifeboat, and Mesha Wardman, beach lifeguard and surf life-saving champion. A fitting launch for a book about a boy who drifts out to sea on a... read more
Sneaky peek!
What do you think of the cover of my latest teen novel, “A boy called Ocean“? Publication date, June 14th. Can’t... read more
New Book
Further adventures of Bella and Magda. In the shops now! It’s Bella’s first day at her new school. Luckily her best friend Magda will be in the same class. All Bella wants to do is make a good first impression, but with Magda around clean shirts get covered in yoghurt, homework disappears and art class is a disaster waiting to happen! But Magda means well … doesn’t... read more
Edinburgh Festival, Hull Festival, Fowey Festival, Sharjah Festival …
Summer 2017 has been a round of fabulous book festivals where I’ve been lucky enough to meet lots of enthusiastic fans of my younger series, “My Funny Family”, The Secrets Club” and the first of my ” Here Comes Trouble” books, “Trouble Next Door”.
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How extraordinary is this?
For the past year I have been working on a new teen book. I’ve been totally immersed in its world and conducted months of research. The world is that of the Cornish sea which I live very close to and know extremely well. Above is a photo of me paddle-boarding out in the bay, something I do most days, when the weather’s good…
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