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Writing on walls
Despite the wet and wild weather we had a lovely half term and a great trip to London. Here is Finch and his cousin scrawling on a giant chalkboard at the South Bank Centre. When Finch saw it, he couldn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends
Tagged children, family, half term, library, library books, london, paper, parenting, Southbank Centre, St Pauls, writing, writing on furniture, writing on ornaments, writing on walls
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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
Changes
Today I am attending the first day of a three-day induction at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital in Exeter. ‘Why would you be doing such a thing?’ I hear you cry! Well, changes are afoot. Many of you will … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Making changes
Tagged arrogance, art, art college, art graduate, artists, balance, caring, christmas, Christmas decorations, contracts, cynicism, drawing, dreams, Hannah Foley, hopes, illustration, illustration degree, illustration graduate, illustrator, marketplace, negotiation, nursing, portfolio career, pricing, Return to Practice, Service, star, the 'Hustle', UK Universities, work-life balance, writing
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Singing trains
Last week was a busy one. My trip to Edinburgh was great. It was beautiful weather up there: clear and crisp, and slanting low light around every corner. I visited my publisher’s office and met my editor properly for the … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Making changes
Tagged author event, book signing, Christmas lights, coffee, dystopia, edinburgh, edinburgh college of art, editorial meeting, Exeter Literary festival, illustration, lemon biscuits, Lucy Hounsom, Mortal Engines, Peter Jackson, Philip Reeve, Railhead, Sarah McIntyre, science fiction, singing trains, utopia, Waterstones Exeter, writing, YA fiction
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Kelpies Prize
I’ve tried to write this blog post a few times and it hasn’t gone well. It’s hard to find words for something that I still feel speechless about. Maybe, in true British fashion, I should start with the weather… On … Continue reading
Heading North
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
Discover Kelpies
I have some very exciting news! Last week I received a wonderful email telling me I’d been short-listed for the Discover Kelpies Writing competition. This is a competition run by Scottish Publisher, Floris Books, to find new writers for children. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged children's books, competition, Discover Kelpies, Edinburgh Book Festival, Floris Books, Hannah Foley, kid lit, publisher, scotland, Scottish, shortlist, writing
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Endings
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
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Sores, Spores and Sickly Bugs
At my writing class this week we explored the genre of ‘gritty realism’. Key authors in this sort of children’s literature are Jacqueline Wilson and Cathy Cassidy. In their books they explore themes such as divorce, living in care, and … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged cathy cassidy, centre of the cell, children's literature, education, gritty realism, illustration, jacqueline wilson, science, writing
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