May is a very popular month for new books to be published. I’ve been invited to a number of launch parties and will be holding a launch event myself for my new book Help I’m a Genius. This is the second book in the series published by Troika Books and illustrated by Aaron Blecha. It … Continue reading
It hardly feels like a week since my last blog let alone a month! That’s because it’s been a really busy few weeks since getting the last notes on ‘Fenn Halflin and the Seaborn’ (to be published in July) and school visits for World Book Day, where I’ve been running workshops to help children write … Continue reading
I’m so delighted to be joining the team on GirlsHeartBooks, it’s been one of my very favourite blogs for the last year or so and I’m looking forward to contributing over the next few months. So unless you were living under a rock last year you can’t have helped but notice that 2016 was … Continue reading
Where do you get your ideas? When asked this question, I often tell kids in schools that I get my ideas from other books. Not in a direct copycat way. Often in a fairly indirect and circuitous root. Witness the fact that one of the inspirations for Chloe’s Secret Princess Club is…Jennings They don’t look … Continue reading
Greetings Girls Heart Book-ers! As the season of goodwill is upon us, I thought I would write a special Christmassy post. As you may know, I write the Joe Cowley book series, so I thought I would share a seasonal entry from Joe’s blog. For anyone familiar with the series, this takes place between book … Continue reading
For me, Christmas is all about tradition, when you blindly do things the same old way, just because that’s the way you’ve always done it. (I try hard not to live like that for the rest of the year!) Every family has its own traditions, many of which seem very strange to me. One of … Continue reading
Regular readers of this blog might remember that in August I put up a post called ‘DARE’, where I talked about the latest challenge I’d given myself – to perform a stand-up comedy show in a school before the end of the year. Well I did it! And it happened almost by accident. Because while … Continue reading
Hello again – Ben Davis here for my second post at Girls Heart Books. I thought that as my first post (which you can find here) was an overview of how I became a published author, my second should be about how my personal experiences have influenced my writing. Now, when I first had the … Continue reading
Hello there! I’m Ben Davis and this is my very first post here at Girls Heart Books. For those of you who haven’t heard of me (most people) I am an author for teens and older children. I write the Private Blog of Joe Cowley series, as well as one-off books like Danny Dread and … Continue reading
My next book, Time after Time, should be hitting the shelves any day now. (Yay!!!!) I’ve always loved the idea of time travel, so sending my young characters, Molly and Beth, back to the past seemed like a wonderful idea – except for all the difficulties. I encountered lots of questions. Here are a few: … Continue reading
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