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The Wild Before paperback is out
Posted on March 4, 2022
The paperback edition of The Wild Before is finally here! It is just as sustainable as its big hardback brother, with vegetable inks and uncoated cov…
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…
Christmas Carol – Schools Drawing Competition
Posted on September 30, 2019
To celebrate the forthcoming Wilton’s Music Hall production of my new play Christmas Carol – a fairy tale they are running a drawing competition for Key Stage 2 (Years 3 – 6). We would like you to dra…
Paul Torday Prize 2020 open for entries!
Posted on August 2, 2019
Paul Torday published his first novel Salmon Fishing in the Yemen aged 60. The family have decided to set up this new prize in Torday’s honour, celebrating first novels by authors aged 60 or over. The…
Happy National Writing Day!
Posted on June 26, 2019
It’s National Writing Day 2019 and I am celebrating with the fantastic creative writing centre The Ministry of Stories. Catch my video of writing tips below, or download their FREE Last Wild creative…