What’s Occuring? Forthcoming Events, signings etc…
The Angel of the North
I’ve almost finished my school visits for the year. At the beginning of the week I’ll be in Old Basford, Nottingham working with KS2 pupils on ‘You are the Author.’ ‘You are the Author’ is based on a short story I wrote for 7-8 year olds called Go, Jordan, Go where the children have to design the cover, blurb, illustrations and layout for the work. Looking forward to meeting everyone. Pencils at the ready, guys.
On Thursday and Friday 19th and 20th of November I’ll be taking part in the Northern Children’s Book Festival, visiting Cleadon Village Primary and St Oswald’s in Hartlepool first and Ormesby Comp in Middlesborough on the Friday. Hartlepool is famous for its townsfolk hanging a monkey during the Napoleonic Wars, having mistaken it for a Frenchman. Strange but true. Not sure what Middlesborough is famous for. Sacking a perfectly good manager in Gareth Southgate perhaps? Anyway, can’t wait to see everyone in the north-east. Haway bonny lads and lasses!
On Sunday November 22nd I’ll be with other children’s writers signing books and mingling at Borders Bookshop in Leicester from 11.00 AM to 1.00 PM. Please come along and say hello if you are in Leicester that day. I’ll be with David Calcutt, Susan Price, Linda Chapman and Leila Rasheed.
After that it all goes quiet until March. That means I can get on with the Girls FC series and make my editors happy. They’ve already designed the covers to books 8-11. All I have to do is write them. It sounds so simple, doesn’t it? I wish.
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