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The Child in the Snow
Posted on June 20, 2021
Thrilled to announce that following Christmas Carol, A Sunday Times Best Christmas Show of 2019 and the much-loved The Box of Delights, I am returning…
Announcing Authors4Oceans – take the plastic pledge!
Posted on April 24, 2018
Today I proudly join over 50 of the UK’s top authors and illustrators, including Sir Michael Morpurgo, Chris Riddell and Jacqueline Wilson, as we pledge our support for a campaign encouraging the book…
New series – coming this September
Posted on April 18, 2018
I’m delighted to announce that my publishers, Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) imprint Quercus Children’s has bought a new fantasy series. The first book will be The Lost Magician, set in 1945, about f…
Shrewsbury Book Fest: Announcement
Posted on April 14, 2018
I am completely honoured and delighted to have been asked by Shrewsbury Children’s Bookfest to become one of their Patrons, alongside Martin Brown and Ian Whybrow, with the mighty Jacqueline Wilson as…
Box of Delights competition winner revealed!
Posted on December 5, 2017
A massive thank you to everyone who entered our Box of Delights drawing competition – we loved seeing what you imagined would be in the Box. It was a really tough decision but myself, designer Tom Pip…
Leading writers join Alt-Write
Posted on November 21, 2017
I am delighted to join Ben Okri, Carol Ann Duffy and Frank Cottrell Boyce as contributors to Alt-Write, a new collection of writing from major authors intended to “debunk xenophobic myths and … help […
Patron of Reading 2017
Posted on November 10, 2017
I am delighted to announce that I have been appointed Patron of Reading at St. Silas Primary School in Toxteth, Liverpool, for the rest of this academic year. A Patron of Reading is a school’s special…