Hello! Today I have the absolute joy of introducing you all to Lavie Tidhar, author of the amazing 'Candy' released a few weeks ago (7th June) from Scholastic. Lavie is here today to talk about his brilliant novel Candy and the inspirations from film noir. I hope you all enjoy his post and go check … Continue reading BLOG TOUR: Candy
Today, I feature on the Empathy Lab's blog tour featuring all kinds of wonderful authors sharing their thoughts on empathy and the power of using stories to teach kids empathy. The blog tour so far has been incredible with some amazing authors sharing their thoughts! Check out the blog tour for more details and go … Continue reading Empathy Day 2018
Hello! Today is a very exciting day. Today you get another brilliant author guest post! Today, Gary Haq, author of the brilliant 'My Dad, The Earth Warrior' is featured on my blog. Gary has a passion for engaging children in talking about and learning about the environment. As a teacher, this is REALLY important to … Continue reading BLOG TOUR: My Dad, The Earth Warrior
Today, I have the absolute pleasure of hosting Harriet Whitehorn, author of The Company of Eight, on my blog. She's here to talk about something I was SUPER curious about when I was invited onto the blog tour: My Top Three Female Led Fantasy Stories Little Red Riding Hood Fairy tales are almost always about … Continue reading BLOG TOUR: Company of Eight
Today I have the absolute joy of hosting the brilliant Sophie Anderson, author of the gorgeous The House with Chicken Legs, on my blog. She's here to talk all about one of her favourite Russian fairy tales and what it means to her. The House with Chicken Legs is BRILLIANT. My review will follow in … Continue reading BLOG TOUR: The House With Chicken Legs
Last weekend saw the brilliant day of YAShot finally come upon us and what a day it was! From authors to awards, coffee to chilling, friends to feelings... lots of fun was had by all. YAShot is a brilliant, one day bookish event held in Uxbridge, which features tons of brilliant authors doing panels, workshops … Continue reading YAShot 2018
Katie Webber is one of my favourite authors, one of those MUST BUYS MUST TRY TO ACQUIRE BOOKS FROM. Wing Jones is one of those just incredible books that comes along and smacks you in the face. When I was asked if I'd like to do a Q&A with Katie as part of the NYA … Continue reading Q&A with Katherine Webber!
Hello, today I have the absolute pleasure of introducing you to Laura Steven, author of the incredible The Exact Opposite of Okay. If you've not picked it up yet, please do.It's absolutely incredible. Laura is here answering 3 quick questions about her book... so I should leave you to it really! Where did the inspiration … Continue reading Author spotlight: Laura Steven
Today I have the utter pleasure of hosting the author of Orphan, Monster, Spy on my blog: Matt Killeen! He's here today to talk to you about one of his female heroes! The rest of the blog tour has been fascinating and I have loved reading all of Matt's other posts! When this one arrived … Continue reading BLOG TOUR: Matt Killeen
Last week, I introduced you all to #FeminismFriday, a feature I'm doing for February. Where I celebrate an awesome woman, or women, in my life (either directly or indirectly). Last week was Melinda Salisbury, my queen, and this week I'm featuring yet another incredible UK YA author, the leader of #teamBarnard: Sara Barnard. For those … Continue reading #FeminismFriday – Sara Barnard
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