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Prequel to The Last Wild announced!
Posted on October 21, 2020
Delighted to announce that, eight years later, there will be a prequel to THE LAST WILD. THE WILD BEFORE will be published on August 19th 2021 with Ha…
Win FREE tickets to The Box of Delights!
Posted on October 31, 2017
To celebrate the world premiere of my adaptation of John Masefield’s The Box of Delights Wilton’s is running a drawing competition for Key Stage 2 (years 3-6). We would like you to draw or paint a pic…
Costa Book Award Judges announced.
Posted on September 29, 2017
The judges for this year’s Costa Book Award have been announced…and I’m one of them. Along with Sanchita Basu De Sarkar from the Children’s Bookshop in Muswell Hill and Fiona Noble from The Booksell…
Interviewed by John Craven on BBC Countryfile
Posted on September 18, 2017
It was a pleasure to talk to John Craven about Roald Dahl (they knew each other) about how Dahl was inspired by the countryside on a special tribute episode of BBC Countryfile. I enjoyed a grea…
The Box of Delights – world premiere announced
Posted on July 3, 2017
‘John Masefield’s The Box of Delights is one of the true classics. It has all the magic, adventure, threat, enchantment & excitement of the best tales for children of all ages. I remember wrigglin…
The Wild Beyond shortlisted for Islington Book Award
Posted on February 21, 2017
I was so proud to go to the Arsenal Emirates Stadium this afternoon, for a vey special ceremony, with hundreds of local Islington school children – the first ever Islington Primary Schools Book of the…
A Wisp of Wisdom raises £13,000 for Cameroon children
Posted on January 5, 2017
Very proud that, thanks to Tom Moorhouse and Lantana Publishing, our collection of African short stories, “Wisp of Wisdom: Animal Tales from the Cameroon”, has raised over £13,000 which will help put…