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Knuckle’s Cottage
This summer, the fabulous book reviewer, Louisa at Roaring Reads, suggested creating a holiday itinerary based on the places in your favourite books. Inspired, I’ve created three films, taking you to some of the Scottish locations in my book, The … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Avery Buckle, book locations, children's author, children's books, children's fiction, east lothian, edinburgh, Hannah Foley, medieval hospital, scotland, soutra aisle, stoat, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, wildlife
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In Conversation
I’ll be honest, I took September hard. It started with being away in Scotland when the swifts left. This year more than any other, I was desperate for the light to linger, and the darkness and damp to stay away. … Continue reading
Posted in Making changes
Tagged autumn, Avery Buckle, cats, children's books, Discover Kelpies, Elizabeth Ezra, halloween, Hannah Foley, Kelpies Prize, magic, middle grade fiction, middle grade novel, Ruby McCracken - Tragic without Magic, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, Wind in the Willows, witches
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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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Summer Memories
Here’s a few memories from the summer to share… I met up with a couple of friends at the book festival in Edinburgh. It was lovely to get together and chat books, art and writing to our hearts’ content. The … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Making changes
Tagged Aberfeldy, adventure, author, book events, book festival, children's author, children's books, edinburgh, Edinburgh International Book Festival, fiction, friends, imagination, magic, memories, MG novel, middle-grade book, Salmon Rushdie, scones, scotland, signing, storytelling traditions, summer, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, Windmill Bookshop, writing
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Folktales: My Baddies
At the beginning of my book The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, Avery has a horrible feeling she is being followed by something not nice… and it turns out she’s correct! There’s a few baddies in the book, and my ideas for them … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Making changes
Tagged adventure, author, Avery Buckle, baddies, BAdoch, bean nighe, Bodach, children's books, folklore, folktales, Hannah Foley, kelpies, Kinlochleven, legends, Mab, magic, Mamores Mountains, middle grade fiction, peat bogs, peat hags, scotland, sluagh, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, The Story Behind A Book, witches, writer
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Folktales: Hearthfolk
In my book The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, Avery meets a character called Knuckle. He is broad-shouldered, with hands the size of teapots. He has black freckles clustering his shoulders, arms, and hairline, and every time he sneezes, sparkling embers … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Making changes
Tagged adventure, author, Avery Buckle, children's books, Dartmoor, domovoi, folktales, Hannah Foley, heart, hearth, hearthfolk, home, Howick House, Knuckle, Lucy Worlsley, magic, Mesolithic house, middle grade fiction, northumberland, Slavic traditions, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, The Story Behind A Book, writer
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Folktales: Giants and Standing Stones
In my book The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, Avery journeys to a circle of standing stones in Orkney called the Stones of Callanish. She is surprised to find that the stones can come to life, as a band of craggy … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Making changes
Tagged author, Avery Buckle, Avon Gorge, Brutus of Troy, children's books, fiddles, folk music, folklore, Gail Higginbottom, giants, Gogmagog, Goram and Vincent, Hannah Foley, legends, middle grade fiction, myths, standing stones, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, The Standing Stones of Callanish, University of Adelaide, watchers, writer
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May Day
Today is May Day or Beltane, the traditional British festival in celebration of the coming of summer. Between now and Midsummer – a time of elves, faeries and magic – I’ll be writing a series of posts celebrating the folktales … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Making changes
Tagged author, Avery Buckle, beltane, blossom, cherry blossom, children's books, class, elves, faeries, feminism, folk tales, Hannah Foley, kelpies, landscape, magic, may, May Day, middle grade fiction, Midsummer, morality, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, witches, writer
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