Kit and Pup
I was really delighted to be asked to write sketches for the new Cbeebies science show, Kit and Pup . Writing extremely short, funny sketches in a scientifically accurate way that is accessible and fun to presc…
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Dispatches from the writing desk
Book launches, festival marquee-full of children, prize-winning wolves, a dog called Rocky and sketches for CBeebies — everything Emma has been up to.
Dirk Trailer – Watch for those Wagging Wolf Tails
Here’s a book trailer for my book, Dirk of Swampy Hollow, made by those clever folks at OUP and featuring Tickles the Wolf and her canine friends.
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World Book Day Visits
I’m booking up fast but I still have some days available for school visits close to World Book Day on 2nd March 2018. I’m especially keen to hear from schools in Leeds/West Yorkshire.
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Out Now: Chloe’s Secret Fairy Godmother Club
Chloe and her friends have a new plan – they are going to be Fairy Godmothers, and they aren’t going to let any real life obstacles get in their way. Fantasy and reality clash in this second book about Chloe, f…
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TV Interview – Made in Leeds
Kerry and Ben interviewed me for The Lowdown on Made In Leeds about how to spark children’s imaginations and the kinds of workshops I do in schools. I even helped them do a little storytelling of their own – al…
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Sam and the Griswalds – reissued
Sam and the Griswalds is available now with a lovely new cover and – for the first time – as an e-book. Read about football-mad Sam, whose life is transformed when the crazy Griswald family move in next door. “…
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Chloe’s Secret Princess Club
Meet Chloe – a super imaginative girl who, along with her two best friends, has made up her mind to be princess, and who is not going to let everyday life get in the way! The first in a new series of books for …
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The Complete Wild Thing Series
All three Wild Thing Title are now available, published by Scholastic. Read about little sister Wild Thing’s crazy ways, and her adventures with big sister Kate, as they go to school, get a dog and in their mos…
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Wild Thing Goes Camping – out now!
Wild Thing is a new series for 8+ about the naughtiest little sister ever! Kate has a sister so terrible, they call her Wild Thing. She’s a tree-swinging, worm-digging, mud-slinging menace. And now she’s off ca…
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Fantastic Book Award
Wolfie has won a Fantastic Book Award, 2014! The Award is voted for by children from schools across Lancashire. I was delighted to get the chance to meet many of them when I went to the Award Celebration – many…
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Wild Thing (and Hound Dog) Launched at Edinburgh
Wild Thing Gets A Dog went public at the Edinburgh International Book Fair at it’s annual Schools Gala Day. I was talking to a marquee full of school children and their teachers, all six hundred of them (that’s…
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Here’s a little interview clip of Rocky the dog and me talking about Wild Thing. We also tell you a bit more about Wolfie, too.
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Wolfie Launched
The official Wolfie launch took place at Leeds, Waterstones, with lots of little wolves roaming the aisles and feasting on a special Wolfie cake and wolf-shaped gingerbreads! They also took part in a “Guess how…
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From the Big Bad Wolf of fairy tales, to Jack London’s wilderness stories and Michelle Paver’s Ancient Darkness – read my picks for The Guardian and see if you agree. And here is an article for Booktrust all ab…
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Wolfie Events
My first Wolfie event took place at the fabulous Edinburgh International Book Festival in August, when I introduced Lucie and Wolfie to an audience of 150 school children. Read more here My most recent school e…
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Oh No! Watch Out!
Somebody has been eating my books. Knocking over my laptop. Chewing my manuscripts. Chewing my computer cable. Tripping me up when I set out on school visits. Barking when I am supposed to be writing. Who is th…
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A few updates
Here is the cover for How (Not) to Make Bad Children Good . Ever since Martha bit Father Christmas when she was only six months old, she has been the despair of everyone that knows her. Then Guardian Agent Fred…
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Media Star
Since the release of How (Not) To Make Bad Children Good I have been pursued night and day by the paparazzi. Well, err, not really. But here is a video interview from the Wigtown Festival. and here is a radio i…
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Out and About
Lately I have been having lots of fun meeting readers and telling them all about the new books. Highlights have been Wigtown Festival, Saltaire and lots of school visits. And if you want to know more about my f…
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Recent blog posts include: Dogs and Children – the best children’s books Swallow and Amazons and the importance of childhood freedom A light-hearted piece on the challenges of school visits ! Why there should b…
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Foundling Project
The Foundling Museum was the first ever home for abandoned children, where poor parents could leave the babies they were not able to raise themselves. It is full of stories, many of them heart-breaking. It is a…
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The Next Big Thing!
Thank you to authors Joan Lennon, creator of the Slightly Jones detective series, set in Victorian England , and Hazel Allen, creator of the Bree McCready adventure stories, set in modern day Scotland, for tagg…
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Wigtown Festival 2010
A lot of places feel much the same these days – the same shops, the same cafés – but Wigtown is still very much its own place. Arriving in driving rain, I wasn’t sure if this was a good thing. Then the sun came…
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