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Summer Memories

Posted on September 15, 2021 by Hannah

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 | Comments Off

Two Thursdays

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Hannah

The skies have been festooned with skeins of migrating geese this week. Both at the allotment and in the garden I have heard the distant honking and looked up in time to see them; initially a thin wobbly line, then … Continue reading →

Posted in Wildlife | Tagged cakes, children, children's books, childrens' book art, dolly, fiction, fridays, geese, girl, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, migrating, migration, picture book art, picture books, play, september, signs of the season, skeins, south, starting school, tea party, tea set, toddler | 1 Comment

Heading North

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Hannah

Tomorrow Big Dreamer and I will be catching a flight up to Edinburgh for the Kelpies Prize awards ceremony at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on Friday. The Discover Kelpies team have put up videos of the three short-listed authors … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged awards ceremony, Celia Bryce, children's books, Discover Kelpies, Edinburgh International Book Festival, fiction, Floris Books, Hannah Foley, Kelpies Prize, Robin Scott-Elliot, short-list, writing | 2 Comments

Cuttings

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Hannah

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 | 1 Comment

Endings

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Hannah

This week marked the end of my wonderful, wonderful writing course. For those of you who are new to my blog, I’ve been going along to an evening class on writing for children over the last term and it’s been … Continue reading →

Posted in Illustration, Making changes | Tagged ceilidh, children, fiction, illustration, Janis MacKay, wild song, writing, writing group | Comments Off

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