This week I received two lovely book reviews which had been completed by Charlie and Olivia. To say I was blown away would be an understatement. Charlie and Olivia had read the book as part of a school task. To hear they enjoyed the book so much made me feel so proud and excited. It’s…
I’ll never forget the day my first book, ‘Impossible Tales!’ launched in 2014. I can remember where I was, what I was doing and exactly what happened that special day. It was a landmark occasion and one which will be forever stamped in my memory. Well yesterday, I went through the whole experience once again…
I had great fun filming the story of the Blackpool Poolie back in May at Central Library. It was filmed and edited by Wordpool so that the local children in Blackpool schools could watch it and hopefully be inspired to write. A link was sent to lots of Blackpool schools and I hope the children…
Back in May, I filmed a promotional video at Central Library to help promote the Summer Reading Challenge across the libraries in Blackpool. It was quite a nerve-racking experience but I really enjoyed it. I was happy to help out as I’m passionate about getting kids reading and that is one of the main reasons behind…
This afternoon I went to the launch event of the Summer Reading Challenge. Blackpool Library Service had asked me to come along to the event and share a story with a group of 40 children from Thames Primary. The theme of the challenge is ‘Record Breakers’ so I decided to give a new story a…