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My new book WRITING FOR CHILDREN (pub A & C Black) is out NOW for all aspiring and newly published writers.
Be one of the first to see the COVER of my latest teenage novel SPIDER (published at the end of September 2008) You can see it on the BOOK page under NEW BOOKS
Look on the MY EVENTS page to see where I am appearing in the next few months.
Have a look at http://awfullybigblogadventure.blogspot.com and read some of the ramblings of some scattered authors
I am delighted to announce the arrival of my latest book,WRITING FOR CHILDREN. Published by A & C Black For the aspiring and also the newly published writer who wants to write for this challenging market.
Summer is in full swing and once again it is almost time for the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Charlotte square in Edinburgh is one of my favourite places to be during August, just to wander around the book tents, or meeting friends and the chance to meet and listen to lots of authors speak about the books they have written and are passionate about.
For more information about my Book Festival events look on the MY EVENTS page.
At the beginning of September I will ne on the Isle of Islay for the Book Festival there and at the end of September I will be visiting the Wigtown Book Festival In October I will be at the North Lanarkshire Festival of Words.
I spent a lovely day at Milngavie’s first book festival in June and in July a second visit to Balmoral Castle where Sally and I were reading from the latest Hamish McHaggis and the Lost Prince. We had launched the book there in June with chidlren from local schools in Braemar, Ballater and Crathie and it was great to visit the schools afterwards to see the lovely displays of the pictures of Hamish which the children had drawn on the launch day. I was delighted to be invited back to Braemar primary school at the end of term to watch the launch of a wonderful leaflet about their town that the children had worked very hard to produce. It was impressive!
