Tag: Words

  • The Shocking Truth About Literacy Testing

    Authors, travelling around schools, see stuff – stuff that inspectors would never see or even bother to look for, because inspectors are looking for what they want to see. I keep seeing the Green, Amber and Red colours of testing software printouts. This software works out where to put the most resources to achieve the…

  • World Book Day and School Author Visits

    Every year I get requests to visit schools for World Book Day. Every year I get requests the week before when someone realises they were meant to organise something for World Book Day! I know the same often happens to other authors too. So, I thought I’d write this a memory jogger. Next year World…

  • Firefly Press Writing Competition – Stories in a contemporary Welsh Setting

    I’m thrilled to have just signed a contract with Firefly Press, a brand new Welsh publisher. No, I’m not writing a book in Welsh but a book in English with a strong Welsh theme. You could be writing writing one for them too, as they have a competition to find a new writer. They are…