UPDATE May 2018: I’m offering more Kids’ Writing Workshops at Waterstones Hatfield, Waterstones Welwyn Garden City, and Harpenden Books during May Half-Term (28th-31st May 2018). Contact the stores to book your place! UPDATE April 2018! The 2pm-3pm workshop on Monday 9 April 2018 is now fully booked, so we’ve added a second workshop at 11am-12noon. Hurry
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It’s great that Hertfordshire Libraries are acknowledging self-published authors – by holding a series of Self-Published Author Fairs in various public libraries. The events are aimed at bringing self-published books, often unique, to the attention of readers who can purchase them directly from the authors, as well as educating potential writers about how to self-publish
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Nick Coffer interviewed me live on BBC Three Counties Radio about my nature conservation fiction / environmental fiction book ‘Animals in the Forest: The Day Terrible Things Came‘ early in January 2018. Listen to the podcast of the interview on YouTube, or play it here: What exactly is ‘nature conservation fiction’ or ‘environmental fiction’? It’s a relatively
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Or more precisely, what do an illustration of Batman and the book cover for ‘Ilnoblet Elmer and the Alien Water Thieves‘ have in common? Answer: Both have been drawn and designed by Jamie Ridge, who is currently an Art & Design student and aspiring illustrator! Jamie and other Art & Design students from Oaklands College in
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The term ‘Animal Rights‘ is everywhere these days. To the point where perhaps it’s easy to dismiss, like the myriad of other things vying for our attention in the modern world. But here’s why the rights of animals are important… Now we could get into ethics and philosophy, but to me it’s simpler than that. Firstly
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The term ‘Animal Rights‘ is everywhere these days. To the point where perhaps it’s easy to dismiss, like the myriad of other things vying for our attention in the modern world. But here’s why the rights of animals are important. Now we could get into ethics and philosophy, but to me it’s simpler than that.
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Thought I’d give you a head’s up – Animals in the Forest: The Day Terrible Things Came (already available as Paperback and e-Book) is going to be made into an Audiobook. Once created, it will be available from Amazon and Audible.com. I’ve chosen an English native speaker to read the manuscript, in keeping with the
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I’m available author talks, book readings, school/group visits, book signings, etc. Please ask! I am based in Hertfordshire UK, so am currently offering these locally (anywhere within South East England, within reason). I am happy to come and visit your school/group for free, as long as my book(s) will be purchased either beforehand or at the
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My latest book, to be published soon, Ilnoblet Elmer and the Alien Water Thieves, is a fun children’s science fiction story with a difference. Ilnoblet Elmer is an ordinary boy. Except for one thing. He’s from another planet – and his family, friends and teachers don’t know. The story follows his adventures trying to defeat tricky
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Animals in the Forest: The Day Terrible Things Came is now conveniently available as either paperback or ebook versions on Amazon. Kids’ books are meant to be enjoyable, readable and fun, and that’s wonderful. But often they’re not about real things in the real world, and they don’t always encourage thinking and questioning. Especially not about planet Earth,
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