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Waterstones Children’s Book of the Month! 🎃
Posted on October 1, 2025
I am beyond THRILLED to announce that Waterstones have chosen Midnight Treasure to be their Children’s Book of the Month for October! The exclusive ed…
Paul Torday Prize Shortlist 2020 announced
Posted on May 21, 2020
The Paul Torday Memorial Prize is awarded to a first novel by a writer over 60. The prize includes a set of the collected works of British writer Paul Torday (my father), who published his first nove…
Ideas to entertain lockdown children from Katherine Rundell!
Posted on April 28, 2020
Here are some brilliant ideas to entertain lockdown children. Award-winning children’s author, Katherine Rundell, has edited The Book of Hopes: Words and Pictures to Comfort, Inspire and Entertain Chi…
Write At Home 2
Posted on March 25, 2020
Are the children eating the furniture? Are you getting no work done whatsoever? Is Joe Wicks reducing you to a gibbering wreck? QUICK! A ten minute creative writing reprieve, just long enough to…
Storystarters
Posted on March 23, 2020
During the schools closure, in addition to my daily storytime on weekdays (2.30pm, Instagram Live), I’m also going to be creating and sharing some creative writing resources and tips for your children…
Corona Virus – Update
Posted on March 19, 2020
I hope everyone is keeping safe at this challenging time for us all. Sadly all my school and public events are either cancelled or postponed, check back for details in due course. If you want to stay…
Adapting Christmas Carol
Posted on December 11, 2019
When Charles Dickens published his ‘little Christmas book’ in 1843, it took just six weeks for the first adaptation to reach the stage. It played in London for more than forty nights before transferri…