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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 fo…
Shrewsbury Book Fest: Announcement
Posted on April 14, 2018
I am completely honoured and delighted to have been asked by Shrewsbury Children’s Bookfest to become one of their Patrons, alongside Martin Brown and Ian Whybrow, with the mighty Jacqueline Wilson as…
Box of Delights competition winner revealed!
Posted on December 5, 2017
A massive thank you to everyone who entered our Box of Delights drawing competition – we loved seeing what you imagined would be in the Box. It was a really tough decision but myself, designer Tom Pip…
Leading writers join Alt-Write
Posted on November 21, 2017
I am delighted to join Ben Okri, Carol Ann Duffy and Frank Cottrell Boyce as contributors to Alt-Write, a new collection of writing from major authors intended to “debunk xenophobic myths and … help […
Patron of Reading 2017
Posted on November 10, 2017
I am delighted to announce that I have been appointed Patron of Reading at St. Silas Primary School in Toxteth, Liverpool, for the rest of this academic year. A Patron of Reading is a school’s special…
There May Be A Castle nominated for Carnegie
Posted on November 6, 2017
There May Be A Castle has been nominated for a CILIP Carnegie Medal 2018, one of a 121 titles nominated for this 80 year old award. The CILIP Carnegie Medal is awarded annually by CILIP for an outstan…
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…