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The Last Wild – the play!
Posted on April 30, 2025
Delighted to announce that The Last Wild is going to be a play, in a new version for primary school audiences, adapted by Jude Christian from the awa…
Sustainable Story Award! 🏆🌏
Posted on April 22, 2025
HAPPY EARTH DAY 2025! What better time to launch a major book prize from World of Books? THE SUSTAINABLE STORY AWARD I am thrilled to be a judge for this £15,000 prize supporting authors writing abo…
Stephen Fry to host Plum: Homage to Happiness!
Posted on March 31, 2025
The Pleasance Theatre Trust has announced a theatrical tribute to PG Wodehouse. Plum: Homage to Happiness is devised by me and directed by Amy Lane. It’ll be hosted by Stephen Fry, and feature Alexand…
Midnight Treasure final copies! 🧛🏻♂️
Posted on August 29, 2024
The final finished copies of my new book, MIDNIGHT TREASURE, are here! And they are a thing of beauty. Look at that wolf! Those eyes! But to appreciate all the detail you will have to get hold of a co…
Making Books with Polly Ho-Yen
Posted on January 4, 2024
Happy 2024! While I was waiting for edits on the new book (on which more soon) at the end of last year, I spoke to my fellow children’s author Polly Ho-Yen for her brilliant new “Making Books” podcast…
Box of Delights cast announced!
Posted on September 20, 2023
The cast has been announced The Box of Delights at the RSC! The complete cast includes Nana Amoo-Gottfried (as Joe/Ensemble), Callum Balmforth (as Kay Harker), Stephen Boxer (as Cole Hawkings/Ramon Lu…
Ten Years of The Last Wild!
Posted on March 28, 2023
The Last Wild was published ten years ago, and I’m hugely grateful to everyone – agents, publishers, fellow authors, reviewers, teachers, librarians, bloggers, and parents – who have read, reviewed, b…