Spring 2019 News
3rd April 2019
The sun is shining and there are daffodils on my mantelpiece. It must be spring! In February I attended the Bristol Teen Book Award reading party. I’d never been to…
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The Riff Riff Podcast
12th December 2018
A few weeks ago I set off for Battersea studios to record a podcast interview with The Riff Raff. The Riff Riff are a writing community founded by Amy Baker…
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Writing Crossover Fiction
18th July 2018
Writing crossover fiction first appeared on The Literary Sofa. When I began writing Notes on My Family I wasn’t thinking about whether I was writing a book for adults,…
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Bristol Teen Book Award 2018
8th July 2018
Notes on My Family has been shortlisted for the Bristol Teen Book Award and I’m so thrilled. It’s hugely important and significant for me to have been shortlisted for an award…
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World Book Day 2018
3rd April 2018
World book day this year landed on a snowy Thursday. Many schools were closed but not Coombe Boy’s school in New Malden where I had the pleasure of teaching two…
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