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Shortlisted for the 2026 Ruth Rendell Award
Posted on February 14, 2026
The Authors’ Licensing & Collecting Society (ALCS) and the National Literacy Trust have announced the shortlist for the 2026 Ruth Rendell Award, w…
There May Be a Castle rehearsal video is out!
Posted on November 12, 2021
Take a look at this exclusive behind the scenes preview of Little Angel Theatre’s adaptation of my book There May Be a Castle! You can buy tickets here.
BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award announced
Posted on November 9, 2021
Today, BookTrust, the UK’s largest children’s reading charity, has presented its Lifetime Achievement Award to the playwright, poet, and children’s writer John Agard. John is the first poet to receive…
There May Be A Play!
Posted on August 19, 2021
It has been a long journey but well worth the wait – I am so excited that one of my books closest to my heart, There May Be a Castle, has been adapted for the stage by Barb Jungr and Samantha Lane, wi…
British Book Awards 2021 judges announced
Posted on February 1, 2021
Very proud and excited to be announced today as one of the judges of this year’s #Nibbies, or British Book Awards, run by The Bookseller magazine. I will be judging the Best Book, Children’s Fiction,…
Lockdown Stories Return!
Posted on January 5, 2021
Lockdown time means Storytime is back! I will be reading The Dark Wild, the second book in The Last Wild trilogy, out aloud at 2.30pm every weekday from Weds 6th Jan, a chapter a day, live on Instagra…
Wild About Writing WINNER announced!
Posted on October 20, 2020
ANNOUNCEMENT DELIGHTED to announce that the WINNER of my #WildAboutWriting competition with Blackwell’s Bookshop and Hachette Children’s is…. ‘Rescued Like Her Name”, by Siri Krznaric, age 11 You ca…