Tag: Books

  • It's Christmas

    Up to London yesterday, for the Hachette Children’s Books Christmas Party. It did feel a little early and not very seasonal. Perhaps annual get together is a better term. Seeing all the old faces and meeting a few of the new ones is so important it doesn’t rally ,matter what you call it. Marlene Johnson,…

  • Literary Giants

    I was explaining just how famous Rudyard Kipling was in his day, to a group of primary children. I likened him to JK Rowling and how famous she is today. But she isn’t really famous to primary school children any more. Well, not like she was. To the new generation she is as famous as…

  • Roughs and Plans – Rubbish or Gold Dust?

    I became an author in a haphazard way. I was an illustrator first, but was encouraged to write by my editors. It was a hit or miss process. I never wanted to question it incase I broke whatever it was that I’d got working. Then came the National Literacy Strategy and people started to ask…