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School visit
One of the things I’d been looking forward to as a new author was meeting young readers at school visits and library events. Sadly, the pandemic threw a spanner in the works, and my carefully prepared, action-packed workshops have been … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside
Tagged author, author visit, books, cats, children's author, halloween, Hannah Foley, hats, imagination, independent bookshop, magic, primary school, school visit, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, workshop, writing
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Six months!
Saturday marked the six-month birthday of The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle hitting bookshop shelves so I couldn’t resist celebrating with a cat cake! Publication had already been delayed by a year due to Covid, and even then, released just … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Making changes
Tagged adventure, author event, autumn, Avery Buckle, book club, book group, book of the month, book reviewers, Book shop, books, booksellers, cat cake, celebration, children's author, children's books, cream teas, devon, Hannah Foley, harvest, horses, independent bookshop, Indie bookshop, librarians, magic, middle grade fiction, Owl and Pyramid, ploughing match, publishing, readers, seaside, seaton, tea, teachers, thankyou, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, tractors
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Castles
I read Kathleen Jamie’s book of essays, Surfacing, over January. As you would expect from Jamie, it’s a beautiful selection. She explores the life transitions going on in her own family against the background of an archaeological dig in Alaska, … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside
Tagged Alaska, alcohol, Angle Saxons, archaeology, books, Bury, Cadbury, Christian Missionaries, Cornwall, Cranbrook, Dartmoor, devon, Dumnonii, essays, farmers, Fingle Woods, ghosts, guerilla war fare, hill fort, Iron Age, Kathleen Jamie, lifestyle, multivallate, neolithic, non-fiction, Old Clam Bridge, Orkney, romans, scotland, seasonal, snowdrops, South West, surfacing, sustainable, Tamar, Thorverton, traditional, Vikings, way of life, Welsh Marches, Westray, Wooston Castle
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SMHAF
I’ve been thinking about how The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle was supposed to be out in the world this week, and in all honesty, I’m very relieved it’s not. What a strange time it would have been, to be … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Making changes
Tagged blog, books, COVID-19, mental health, perspective, SCCR, Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution, Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle
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London bound
I love that I live in a city that switches the streetlights off at night. You’re welcome to have a pleasant evening in Exeter but, anyone out and about after the streetlights have gone off had better have a good … Continue reading
Posted in Making changes
Tagged author, Author events, books, Candy Gourlay, confidence, debut author, Discover Kelpies, exeter, Floris, Goldsmiths, Hannah Foley, independent publisher, london, Sara Grant, SCBWI, school visits, streetlights, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, top tips, train, values, what not to say to an author
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Kelpies Prize 2019
At the end of last week the Kelpies Prize winners of 2019 were announced up in Edinburgh. I say winners because this year there was a change of format to the prize. This year the Floris team were asking for samples … Continue reading
Lemon Biscuits
We have had clear star-filled nights here making it easy to see and admire the Harvest Moon. Consequently the mornings have been cold and bordering on frosty. I found a frozen dandelion clock on the allotment. I have needed a … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Wildlife
Tagged author event, author signing, autumn, autumn birdsong, birdsong, book festival, books, Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival, children, children's books, children's fiction, clear skies, cycling, David Lack, dawn, Fairy Tale Pets, family, frost, full moon, Harvest Moon, Hubble Bubble Granny Trouble, lemon biscuits, nosy crow, parents, rain, sunrise, Tracey Corderoy
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Cuttings
Little Owl went back to school today after two weeks of Easter holidays in which it was either grey and raining or grey and cold. Finch and Wren were bereft as they waved her through the school doors. What would … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things
Tagged back to school, black currant, books, boy, cat, cats, children, childrens' book art, chimneys, city, cold, cutting, Easter holidays, fiction, goldfinches, grass, hair, Hannah Foley, holly tree, illustration, illustrator, kid lit art, kids, mussel shells, picture books, picture books art, prickle strips, rain, rooftops, rose clippings, rudbeckia pursuer, sawfly, slug pellets, slugs, sunset
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