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Sally Dexter to star as Scrooge in Christmas Carol
Posted on September 20, 2019
I’m delighted to announce that the role of the first ever female Scrooge on the London stage in my forthcoming retelling of Charles Dickens’ Christma…
Box of Delights is “Best Christmas Show in town!”
Posted on December 7, 2018
The Box of Delights has been re-opened at Wilton’s Music Hall for another year, and the response has been extraordinary. Attitude have called it “the best Christmas show in London” in their five star…
The Box is Back!
Posted on July 5, 2018
Watch out, because those wolves are running again… It is with splendiferous pleasure that I announce that, following our sold out, critically acclaimed four star run at Wilton’s Music Hall last year…
Announcing Authors4Oceans – take the plastic pledge!
Posted on April 24, 2018
Today I proudly join over 50 of the UK’s top authors and illustrators, including Sir Michael Morpurgo, Chris Riddell and Jacqueline Wilson, as we pledge our support for a campaign encouraging the book…
New series – coming this September
Posted on April 18, 2018
I’m delighted to announce that my publishers, Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) imprint Quercus Children’s has bought a new fantasy series. The first book will be The Lost Magician, set in 1945, about f…
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…