Red House Children’s Book Award

An amazing 83,728 young people voted in this year’s Red House Children’s Book Award – and they chose Patrick Ness’s A Monster Calls as best book for older readers, and the overall winner. Liz Pichon’s The Brilliant World of Tom Gates picked up the younger readers prize, at a glittering ceremony as part of the … Continue reading →

Anywhere But Here

I am trying to finish a book at the moment. And it is not fun. I have written almost all of the book – including all the dramatic big scenes and the grand finale – but now I have to link them all together. It’s really fiddly work, the writing equivalent of sewing together a … Continue reading →