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Folktales: The Cat Fae, Girl Power, and the Shapeshifting Motif
In my book The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, one of Avery’s secrets is that she is a Cat Fae. A Cat Fae is a creature I made up – someone who is part cat and part human. Avery has a … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Making changes
Tagged adventure, animal, arachne, attitudes, author, Avery Buckle, bias, bird, black cat, cat, cat sidhe, cat sith, darth vader, faeries, female, feminine characteristics, feminism, folklore, folktales, girl power, greek mythology, Hannah Foley, jobs, kelpies, lady in the lake, magic, male, Margaret Thatcher, marriage, men, Moss-Racusin, motifs, mythology, nine, number, number nine, punishment, release, roles, scotland, sealskins, selkies, shapeshifting, society, stereotypes, story behind the book, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, The Story Behind A Book, The sword of power, wild soul, witch trails, witches, women, workplace, 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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How I Write
Look at this! I don’t talk about writing for months and then I talk about it for two weeks on the trot! You’ll be relieved to hear, this one is more light-hearted. In my last blog post I mentioned how … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Making changes
Tagged adventure, author, Avery Buckle, children's author, children's books, computer, dreaming, Hannah Foley, kelpies, magic, MG Fiction, notebooks, paper, scotland, sketchbooks, stationery, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, witches, writing
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Thank you
I just wanted to quickly pop on here and thank you all for your amazing support for The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle. Many of you regular readers will know I struggle with legitimacy issues! Who am I to have … Continue reading
Posted in Making changes
Tagged adventure, author, author life, children's author, children's books, debut, Hannah Foley, magic, middle grade fiction, readers, thanks, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, writer
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Interview with Xavier Bonet
Though we know the old adage not to judge a book by its cover, we all do. I love the cover of The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle. It tells a potential reader so much about the book before they’ve … Continue reading
Today!
The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle is out today!!! It’s a very special moment. I loved chatting to my friend’s daughter outside school this morning. She has already read the first few chapters. Her enthusiasm for the book (my book!) … Continue reading
Posted in Making changes
Tagged adventure, author, Avery Buckle, cats, children's books, Discover Kelpies, Hannah Foley, launch day, magic, middle grade fiction, My Book Corner, reviews, scotland, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, witches, writer
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One day…
That mysterious door has continued to put in appearances all over the country and the world over the last week. This morning it was spotted at Kelpies HQ which can only mean one thing… The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Making changes
Tagged adventure, author, Avery Buckle, cats, children's books, front door, Hannah Foley, interview, kelpies, magic, middle grade fiction, My Book Corner, Q & A, review, roaring reads, scotland, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, witches, writer
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One week…
Since last week, the mysterious door has been popping up all over the country! From Edinburgh to Exeter! 😉 Follow my social media accounts over in the side bar to see where it pops up next —> It is just … Continue reading
Posted in Making changes
Tagged adventure, author, blog, cats, children's books, COVID-19, Discover Kelpies, district nurse, door, edinburgh, exeter, front door, Hannah Foley, library bicycle, magic, MG Fiction, middle grade fiction, nursing, PPE, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, witches
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Two weeks…
Counting down… two weeks until The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle publishes, and reports have been coming in of a strange door appearing in the reading corner of Knightsridge Primary School in West Lothian! It looks a lot like the … Continue reading
Posted in Making changes
Tagged adventure, Avery Buckle, children's books, front door, Hannah Foley, house, magic, middle grade fiction, scotland, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, witches, World Book Day
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