News & Events
July 5, 2015
Come to YALC!
Err . . . please?! It’s not just because I’m selfishly hoping for some home support, it’s because you will have a great time. OH-YES-YOU-WILL! The UK’s second ever Young Adult Literature Convention ta …
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July 1, 2015
Lancashire Book of the Year
Never been to an awards ceremony before – and the Lancashire Book of the Year is a whole lot more than just a ceremony. It’s TWO DAYS of events: meeting young people from schools all over Lancashire a …
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July 1, 2015
First award – ever!
Every Person The Best They Can Be That’s the motto of Steyning Grammar School. On Tuesday 23rd June, I visited the school to talk about The Rain and The Storm. The gig was supported by the fabulous St …
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April 30, 2015
Back to school
On Thursday 26th February, I went back to school. MY school: Fitzharrys School, Abingdon. Thank you so much to Mark at Mostly Books in Abingdon for this interview. I had . . . such an amazing …
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April 30, 2015
YALC!
I’m invited!!! The UK’s young adult literature conference takes place at Olympia in London (17th-19th July 2015) – alongside the London Film and Comic Conference. I went last year – to meet readers an …
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April 22, 2015
Sheffield Book Award
Think Sheffield . . . can’t help but think but think steel. That’s what I think Ruby is made of . . . so I am deeply chuffed to hear that The Rain has made it to the Sheffield Children’s Book Award sh …
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April 2, 2015
Rain/Storm playlist
To celebrate World Book Day Teenfest and The Storm’s mad March stint as My Kinda Book’s ‘Book of the Month’, the MKB team defied reality, Ruby and the British Army to rescue Caspar McCloud’s long-lost …
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April 2, 2015
Ruby speaks!
It’s here! The Rain UK audiobook! Produced by Jammer Teen at WF Howes and narrated by the fabulous Avita Jay: Want to hear Avita in action? You can listen to a clip here. I got a bit emotional …
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March 13, 2015
The Storm – deleted scenes
So . . . everyone knows I had a hard time writing The Storm. I’d never written a sequel before . . . I’d certainly never written a complex biological thriller from a teenage girl’s point of view. It w …
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March 9, 2015
German reviews/Deutsches Rezensionen
Fantastisch! My wonderful German editor, Melanie Becker at Fischer, has sent some review links! My German is so terrible I only understand a little bit (meine Deutsch so schreckliche ist das ich nur e …
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