Thank you so much to the My Book Corner team for helping to celebrate the launch of How Selfish! Had it not been for lockdown, I would have been out and about sharing How Selfish! at libraries, schools and festivals, but being here is a fabulous second best. I’m often asked how I create content…
My Journey To Publication, by the author of The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates, is live NOW on our website. . Wowzas! What a journey…
…And They Lived Happily Ever After. Then What Happened? Being asked to write a sequel to Milton the Mighty was both thrilling and daunting. On the one hand, I had the chance to play with my best spider-friends again. I was excited to catch up with them and find out what they’d been up to…
Our new series, Picture Book Art: Meet The Illustrator, is getting such a lovely reaction from you all. We are delighted to welcome Richard Jones to the series. Richard is an ex-librarian and illustrator of many books including the beautiful The Snow Lion. With Perdu bounding onto the shelves, we are very privileged to have…
My Book Corner’s first post in this new series – Picture Book Art: Meet the Makers with illustrator Sharon Davey, was super popular – and now we are itching to show you the next one in our series. Super excited to welcome Sandhya Prabhat, the illustrator behind I Am Brown to share a brilliant insight…
When a red-headed inventor named Demelza popped into my head nearly four years ago, I never in my wildest dreams thought that she’d end up being the protagonist at the heart of a trilogy published by Chicken House. Neither did I imagine that she’d have her own blog tour, and that I’d be sat here…
Agent Zaiba Investigates is here! I’m so excited for this book. Zaiba is always on the lookout for a crime to solve. She knows EVERYthing there is to know about running an investigation… So here on My Book Corner we have some top tips and activities for Detectives in Training… sharpen up your skills! Being…
Creating I Don’t Like Books. Never. Ever. The End. with Sharon Davey has been the hugest privilege. It really has. I’m so chuffed that Sharon has popped over to MyBookCorner today to give a really intriguing insight into picture book creation, from an illustrator’s perspective – the very first post in our brand new series…
Emma Perry is an author in her own right. Her debut picture book – with illustrator Sharon Davey – is about to hit the shelves, published by David Fickling. It’s called I DON’T LIKE BOOKS. NEVER. EVER. THE END. and I hear it’s pretty special.
I’d always wanted to write a book for as long as I can remember, but I’d never wanted to be an author! It was just something people did, an occasional activity and not an actual profession as far as I was concerned. When my children were little, in addition to reading them books I used…
My journey to publication, like most people’s, has been long and bumpy. I didn’t know that I wanted to write until I hit my twenties. Before then, I’d always been a bookworm, but I’d been so focused on a career in psychology, that it didn’t occur to me to turn one of my loves into…
Valentina Giannella is the author of We Are All Greta, a new book that enables young readers to understand the climate emergency, and what they can do to help. As part of the #WeAreAllGreta blog tour running this week, My Book Corner is super excited to be hosting an exclusive extract from the book’s introduction,…
Hugest welcome to debut picture book author, Julie Ballard. Her book, The Dinosaur Who Lost Her Voice illustrated by Francesca Gambatesa has just bounded on to the bookshelves. I really loved enjoying reading how it came to be, as I’m sure you will too… Tell us about you in 25 words or less. Feisty, feminist…
Sara Trofa is the writer of the beautifully fun and stylish Taxi Ride with Victor, illustrated by Elsa Klever. It’s a hilarious journey through mistakes, new opportunities and friendship – perfect for reading aloud and sharing with young children. And look! She’s invited MyBookCorner readers into her writing space… A typical writing day starts with…
My journey to publication started before I could write. Like many children, I was big on storytelling. My mum says I convinced my Reception teacher that I was an Indian princess (spoiler: I’m not). I wrote throughout my school years – poetry, stories, angsty essays on the state of the world, everything. My French and…
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Great review, thanks for posting the pictures. Really makes a difference with picture book reviews. Will order for the store…
I often hope to find interviews with Margaret Wild who fascinates me and whose work I adore. Thoroughly enjoyed this…