At a bookish gathering recently, Sheena Wilkinson talked about the importance of her ‘tribe’, the warm and welcoming group of children’s authors I’m proud to be part of.Sheena’s right of course. Writing can be a lonely business, and hanging out with people who know all about that can be very special. Last weekend, I attended … Continue reading
I lost a friend recently. Her name was Sue. She died of cancer. Sue was a writer like me and she lived close by so we often met in a local cafe to talk about our writing. Sometimes we talked about the books we were reading or how our mutual friends were getting on with … Continue reading
GHB welcomes our latest guest blogger, Janey Louise Jones. Janey, who was born in Edinburgh, says she’s ‘always wanted to be a writer, always loved flowers, always wanted to be a Princess, and always wanted to be called Poppy.’ All of this lead to the creation of her beautiful Princess Poppy books. Today Janey’s here to tell us … Continue reading
Hands up if you’ve read any books by Linda Chapman? She’s written over two hundred, (some of them under pen names), so I bet you’ve read at least one. Linda writes for girls and boys and for all ages. She’s such a prolific writer that she’s known in the industry as, ‘Linda writes a book … Continue reading
One of the best things about being a writer is you get to have friends who are also writers. Sheena’s first novel, Taking Flight, came out around the same time as my first book, Prim Improper, and we’ve been friends since then. She loves animals and history and crochet and music and I love her … Continue reading
I can’t remember when I first met Judi Curtin. It was almost certainly at a book event. It could have been a festival or a launch or a reading drive. I knew her writing of course, I’d read and enjoyed her first book, Alice Next Door when I was a children’s bookseller and I’ve loved … Continue reading
Everyone needs a friend, but detectives need one more than most. After all, detecting murder is a difficult job. When detectives are in the middle of solving a case, every new person they come across is going to be hostile and potentially guilty (or even insane). Under the circumstances, having someone beside them who they’re absolutely sure won’t betray them or try to kill them seems pretty much necessary. Poirot and Holmes wouldn’t be anything without Watson and Hastings – think about it a moment and you’ll realise that there’s a long tradition of friendship in detective stories. Continue reading
I spent lots of time in my garden this summer, and after a while I noticed that the same little robin was appearing regularly. As the weeks passed by, she became braver and braver, and soon we were the best of friends. By July, she was happily taking food from my hand, and the light … Continue reading
I love the characters I’ve written about in the past five years. There’s something special and sweet about first love, though. Alice and Megan will always be close to my heart and that’s why I’m very, very happy to announce that Viva Alice is out today! Continue reading
GHB says hello and a very warm welcome to Jonathan Friesen, our guest blogger this week. Jonathan is here to tell us about his gripping, new novel, Aquifer What must I have to live? It’s the sort of heavy question my mind sometimes finds. Family. I suppose I could live without them, but not very … Continue reading
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