Category: books

  • Choosing names for book characters

    Choosing names for book characters

    I had an email last night from Laura in Shetland who’s says, “I’ve just finished Dragon Gold, which I really enjoyed. One question, why did you change Harri to Harry on p119? Or were you just checking we would read the book?” Oops! I don’t know how that happened! Well, actually, yes I do. A…

  • Storytime Videos

    Storytime Videos

    Did you know that I have story videos on YouTube Have a look at this creepy retelling of the old Bluebeard story from my Scaredy Cats series http://youtu.be/KwJuq1WDBtc Now you’ve seen it why not buy a signed copy from Shoo?

  • Dragon Gold – my longest book

    Dragon Gold – my longest book

    I have been so busy this year, I seem to have quite forgotten to add a blog post about my latest book, Dragon Gold. At 153 pages, this is the longest book I’ve ever written and one of the very first published by Wales’ very first children’s book publisher – Firefly Press. Harri would like…