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
Guess who’s here? None other than the award winning author, Kate Scott. Regular readers may remember Kate for comedy-adventure series for 8+, Spies in Disguise. The first book in the series, Spies in Disguise: Boy in Tights won a Lancashire Fantastic Book Award (2015). Kate’s latest book, Giant, is out now and Kate’s here to tell … Continue reading
Our guest blogger this week is Eve Ainsworth. Some of you might remember Eve, she’s blogged here before. Eve’s an award-winning author of teen fiction, so her books are more suitable for older readers. Eve’s going to tell us about her new book, Damage. Welcome back to GHB, Eve. Thanks for stopping by. Writing from the … Continue reading
This post should have some kind of health warning as there are some ridiculously adorable photos of a puppy in it that could melt your heart. We’re just over a month into the New Year, and I’m a week into owning new puppy! Meet Didi! Here she is on her first day at home. Didi … Continue reading
Julia used to be a regular blogger with GHB and we’re delighted to welcome her back with a fantastic blog about her brand new book NANCY PARKER’S SPOOKY SPECULATIONS, the second in the exciting Nancy Parker detective series! A Lowly Housemaid with Daring Dreams! by Julia Lee It’s lovely to be back at Girls Heart … Continue reading
This week along with many (many) other people, I blubbed, sniffed, and leaked my way through the film version of A Monster Calls. The film is adapted from the book by Patrick Ness (he also did the screenplay) which was inspired by an original idea by another Carnegie Medal winner, Sioban Dowd. Sioban didn’t live long enough to … Continue reading
Hi everyone, I’m so happy to have been asked to join GirlsHeartBooks as one of their guest bloggers for the next few months. What a fabulous place to talk about books and writing – and other things! So a little bit about me; ‘I’m a writer.’ There, I’ve said it! That tiny sentence is surprisingly … Continue reading
Happy New Year, readers! And our first guest blogger of 2017 is Lisa Thompson, who’s written the brand-new The Goldfish Boy, a book we’re totally dying to read because it sounds amazing! Matthew hates germs and going outside, so much so that he’s practically trapped in his own home. But one day Teddy, the toddler … 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
It’s here. How to Catch a Witch by Abie Longstaff has finally published. Yay!! To celebrate we’ve managed to catch Abie to tell us all about her latest book. Thanks for swinging by, Abie. Over to you. Hi I’m Abie Longstaff, and I love fairy tales. No matter what I write, magic seems to creep in. … Continue reading
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