It’s double book birthday day with not one but two books out! First up, we have the sequel to How to Save your Granny from a Runaway Train: How to Make Diamonds from your Pencils. We are back in the world of science, this time looking at brilliant and bonkers scenarios that can be solved by the world of Chemistry. …
Happy World Book Day!
It’s World Book Day and I kicked off my World Book Day celebrations with Cliftonville Primary School. We talked about The Terrible Trio and created heaps of new stories for Margarine the penguin, including a trip to Candyland and competing in the Ocean Olympics. They also had some great questions and we discussed everything from creating book covers to why …
Flying High with Dave Pigeon
I was joined by over twenty classes in a HUGE Dave Pigeon (Turkey Dinner!) story-planning workshop with Flying High English Hub event. I introduced my books and read from Dave Pigeon (Turkey Dinner!) before sharing my top tips on how to beat the blank page when you start writing a story. We planned over thirty new Dave Pigeon stories featuring …
Dave Pigeon (Turkey Dinner!) is out now!
Just in time for Thanksgiving and Christmas, Dave and Skipper have jumped on the turkey bandwagon. They are back with a brand new story and their shiniest cover yet in Dave Pigeon (Turkey Dinner!). It’s the most wonderful time of the year: there’s frozen white dust on the ground, the Human Lady has decorated her nest with shiny things, and …
Happy World Book Day!
Happy World Book Day, readers! I started my World Book Day celebrations at the Otago Literacy Association’s local authors showcase. Alongside Samantha Montgomerie and Rachel McCoubrey, we were invited to share our books with teachers from all across Dunedin. It was so inspiring to hear Sam and Rachel talk about their work and I got to speak about my 2025 …
What a year!
It’s been an incredible year for books and I’ve had quite the crop in 2024. I can’t thank you all enough for all your love and kindness. Sending a WHOPPER-sized hug of thanks to all the booksellers, librarians, teachers, educators, bloggers, caregivers and most importantly, BRILLIANT readers who have supported my books – I appreciate you all. To say thank …
Back to School Author Event with Mr Dilly
It’s launch day for Dave Pigeon (Zombies!) and I got to share the day with Mr Dilly, superstar authors Lisa Williamson, Lucy Strange, Steve May, James Turner, Justin Somper, Anne Fargher AND a whopping three thousand children! We took on the speed round of introducing our books in less than a minute and then got to share a reading from …
Dave Pigeon (Zombies!) out today!
It’s the start of spooky season and Dave and Skipper are back with their latest book. There are zombie animals in the garden and Dave and Skipper think this is the work of some dreaded green jammy biscuits. But a cookie’s a cookie, and Dave can’t resist taking a peck. Now Skipper is in quite the flap! Is Dave about …
Dave Pigeon story-planning with Theydon Bois
This is the aftermath of an online visit with me! Today, I caught up with Theydon Bois Primary and guess what? They have their very own pigeons! Two racing pigeons were donated to the school from the Royal Loft and the pupils get to keep a close eye on them. We spoke about how brilliant pigeons were and then had …
Signing off for 2023
Phew! That was a BIG year! You’ve all made so many of my dreams come true, starting with a phenomenal World Book Day release for Dave Pigeon. I was chuffed to bits to see so many schools join in with mine and Sheena’s big virtual event. HUGE thank you to everyone who shared their work with us. Dave was back …