Tag Archives: The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle

Counting down

Posted on February 4, 2021 by Hannah

Six weeks today, my middle-grade children’s novel, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, will be hitting bookshop shelves. I’m both excited, and very nervous. The excited part of me made this book trailer! For those of you who read my … Continue reading →

Posted in Illustration, Making changes | Tagged adventure, author, book, book trailer, cats, children's fiction, Discover Kelpies, edinburgh, flying bicycles, Hannah Foley, magic, middle grade fiction, middle grade novel, owls, scotland, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, witches, wizards, Xavier Bonet | 2 Comments

Picture Books 2020 (and pirate fishfingers)

Posted on January 4, 2021 by Hannah

I hope you had a good Christmas and New Year despite the clouds of Covid hanging over all of us. Being in Tier 2 we were able to see some family on Christmas Day. It was a very odd feeling, … Continue reading →

Posted in Family and friends, Illustration | Tagged 2020, 2021, Alison Murray, Asa Gilland, book reviews, bubbles, children, children's fiction, Christian Robinson, Clare Helen Welsh, COVID-19, debut, Dino Duckling, Discover Kelpies, Emily Gravett, Extra Yarn, fishfingers, Francesca Simon, Hannah Foley, How Billy Hippo Learned His Colours, Jon Klassen, Last Stop on Market Street, Mac Barnett, Matt De La Pena, middle grade fiction, My Friend Earth, Northcott Theatre, Obsessive About Octopuses, Owen Davey, Patricia MacLachlan, picture books, The Perfect Shelter, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, theatre, Too Much Stuff, Treasure Island, vivian french | 2 Comments

Print!

Posted on November 23, 2020 by Hannah

Exciting news!!! The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle has gone to print! It’s turning into a real book as we speak. Eeeekkkk! 🙂

Posted in Making changes | Tagged allotment, autumn, autumn leaves, blackberries, book, brambles, children's books, going to print, grey skies, middle grade fiction, news, print, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle | 2 Comments

Publication date!

Posted on October 12, 2020 by Hannah

Exciting news folks! We have a new publication date for The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle…18th March 2021. Put it in your diaries folks!

Posted in Making changes | Tagged bicycles, cats, children's books, children's fiction, faeries, fantasy, giants, Hannah Foley, libraries, magic, March 2021, middle grade fiction, owls, publication, publication date, publication day, scotland, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, witches, Xavier Bonet | 1 Comment

When I Write

Posted on August 26, 2020 by Hannah

For those of you who don’t know, this week, two years ago, I won the Kelpies Prize at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. On Instagram this week, my publisher posted a photo of me accepting the prize from the wonderful … Continue reading →

Posted in Family and friends, Making changes | Tagged author earnings, children, children's author, debut author, Discover Kelpies, district nurse, Edinburgh International Book Festival, editing, family, holidays, juggling, Kelpies Prize, mental load, middle grade novel, mum, new school, nursing, off-duty, parenting, school holidays, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, time management, tween, two-incomes, writing, writing life, writing process | 4 Comments

SMHAF

Posted on June 25, 2020 by Hannah

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 | Comments Off

This time last week…

Posted on March 26, 2020 by Hannah

How strange to read back my blog post of last week. Was that only last week? It feels a life time ago. Back then, we were planning provisional childcare arrangements but we had imagined the lockdown to still be a … Continue reading →

Posted in Making changes, Uncategorized | Tagged adventure, author, author event, blog, cat, cat hat, childcare, children, children's books, COVID-19, delayed publication, Discover Kelpies, Hannah Foley, lockdown, looking back, middle grade fiction, mystery, nerves, parenting, primary school, publication, school, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle | Comments Off

London bound

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Hannah

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 | 3 Comments

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Counting down

Picture Books 2020 (and pirate fishfingers)

Print!

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When I Write

SMHAF

This time last week…

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