Ambassadorship news

I was delighted to be asked to be an ambassador for Coram Beanstalk recently. This is a charity I have long admired. They work to get children passionate about reading through their volunteer readers in school approach.
Coram Beanstalk currently supports more than 7000 children with their reading at more than 500 schools, thanks to the support of their 1291 incredible volunteers. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer reader, do check out this page of their website.

Book of the Day news

It’s an honour to see that The Day My Brother Got Famous has been selected as a must-read by BookTrust.

You can read their full review here.

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Book of the Day

It’s an honour to see that The Day My School Got Famous has been selected as a Book of the Day by BookTrust.

Charting!

The Day My School Got Famous charted at number 4 of ALL books in the UK Independent bookshop chart!

BASH! Short list

What an honour! The Day My Dog Got Famous has been shortlisted for the St Helen’s Book Award!

Book of the Month!

I’m delighted to see that The Day My Dog Got Famous has been selected as Book of The Month By No Shelf Control!

You can view the whole article by visiting the No Shelf Control website here.

B.U.G. is on the Polari Prize shortlist!

B.U.G. is now an AWARD-WINNING novel!

I was absolutely thrilled, honoured and a bit flabbergasted that The Accidental Diary of B.U.G. won the best book for 7-9 year olds in the Spark Children’s Book Award 2022. This award is voted for by children in schools so it means the world to me.

BOOK AWARDS

I’m very excited that The Accidental Diary of B.U.G. has recently been short-listed for some book awards! Thank you to Stockport Children’s Book Award, Spark Children’s Book Award and Kinderjury for the nominations! Watch this space for updates!