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Wild new writing competition!
Posted on August 5, 2020
It has been a strange old few months for many of us, but what has kept me going, and kept me so inspired, has been all the amazing creative writing by…
Castle is People’s Book Prize finalist!
Posted on March 28, 2019
Completely astonished and thrilled to announce that There May Be A Castle is now a finalist for the People’s Book Prize 2018/19. Thank you to al…
Judges announced for inaugural Paul Torday Prize
Posted on March 11, 2019
Mark Lawson, Kate Mosse and Anita Sethi have been confirmed as the judging panel for the first year of the Paul Torday Memorial Prize for debut novelists over 60. The prize was announced in 2018 by my…
Re-imagining Alice in Wonderland
Posted on February 20, 2019
Curiouser and curiouser…announcing that I have been invited to revisit one of the great children’s books of all time, Alice in Wonderland, by Macmillan – who published the original story. Joining ot…
8½ reasons to celebrate
Posted on January 21, 2019
This year on Thursday 7 March, the Ministry of Stories – of which I am a proud Trustee – will celebrate 8½ years of existence. We’ll be doing this in our time-honoured fashion of hosting an amazing pa…
The Lost Magician shortlisted for Alexandra Palace Book Award 2019
Posted on January 10, 2019
The Lost Magician is shortlisted for the inaugural Biblio-Buzz Alexandra Palace Book Awards, formerly Haringey Children’s Book Awards. Chosen by librarians in my local borough of Haringey, the full sh…
The Lost Magician is a ‘Book of the Year’…
Posted on December 23, 2018
…in an astonishing number of publications. The response to this book is overwhelming. I’m so happy that so many have taken the story and its message to their hearts. As well as featuring in many end…