A new book! Secrets of the Saltmarsh. Making books is a long game. Very few parts of the process happen quickly. Often, it can seem like there’s nothing going on. Sometimes it feels like everything is invisible. But out of public sight, a book is being created. For...
Mina and the Whole Wide World – Sherryl Clark Verse novels are having a bit of a moment and it’s lovely to see. I’ve long been a fan of this story form and of Sherryl Clark’s work. Poetry is often seen as a complex form, inaccessible to all but...
A Clean Desk  … well, to be perfectly honest … a clean-ER desk  … but nowhere near as clean as this one. I’ve just submitted a picture book manuscript and now the waiting begins. This story nearly killed me! Dramatic? A touch, perhaps, but I...