Today, we are thrilled to welcome a very special guest to our blog—Claire Freedman, author of the bestselling Aliens Love Underpants series. Claire joins us as part of our exciting blog tour celebrating the release of her hilarious new picture book, Dragons Love Underpants. In Dragons Love Underpants, Claire introduces us to a fiery new…
Welcome to our latest blog post! Today, we’re thrilled to present a wonderful Q&A with the talented Gaynor Andrews, author of Pandora and the Story Forge. Illustrated by Marie-Alice Harel, this debut picture book takes readers on a journey to a place where stories are not just told—they are crafted. In our conversation, Gaynor dives…
In this insightful conversation with MBC’s Sarah Broadley, author Mo O’Hara delves into the inspiration behind her bee-tastic tales, shares her love for research, and reveals what it’s like to bring a buzzing hive of characters to life. Whether you’re a fan of Honey and her friends or simply curious about the creative process of…
Delighted to share a Q&A by MBC’s Sarah Broadley and fantastic children’s author Clare Harlow! Read on to discover what went on behind the scenes with her debut Tidemagic: The Many Faces of Ista Flit and how the book came to be! Shelwich seems like a nice quiet seaside town until we delve…
We have the lovely chapter book author Terrie Chilvers answering our ‘Infamous Questions’ today as part of the blog tour for her new children’s book Micheal The Amazing Mind-Reading Sausage Dog. I love Terrie’s encouraging tips for writers, and her approach to managing her own writing pitfalls! Tell us about yourself in 25 words…
Delighted to have award-winning YA author Tracy Darnton on the blog today, following the release of her first picture book My Brother Is An Avocado. Illustrated by the talented Yasmeen Ismail, this is an original story about a big-sister-in-waiting imagining (rather vividly!) what her baby brother is going to be like. And as Tracy tells…
Saadia Faruqi is a Pakistani American author, and was featured in Oprah Magazine in 2017 as a woman making a difference in her community. She resides in Houston, TX with her husband and children. Her middle grade novel, A Thousand Questions, a gorgeous middle grade story about two girls navigating a strange summer of change for each…
A. M. Dassu is a writer of both fiction and non-fiction books and is based in the heart of England and… her middle grade novel Boy, Everywhere has just launched! I was lucky enough to get my hands on an early copy of this book. And. I still think about it. Alot. It’s a powerful,…
Once upon a time, when Catherine Emmett was a lot littler than she is today, she grew up in Newcastle Upon Tyne and spent a LOT of time reading books. And now? Her very first picture book – King of the Swamp, illustrated by Ben Mantle – has sprung onto the shelves. How did she…
How I Got Here (In 12 Paragraphs, or 10 Phrases) A light rain quenches budding pink peonies, a chilly May here in Oregon that’ll produce a bumper blueberry crop. I’m wearing shorts, a pastel tie-dyed tank top, deep neckline. It’s not an ideal outfit for today’s 45 degrees. But it is, I chuckle, indictive of…
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…
One of my earliest memories is sitting with my mum and two sisters in my front room. It’s night time and we’ve got all the lights off. The only thing I can see is the red ‘standby’ light from the video recorder in the corner of the room. “Tell us a story,” I say. And…
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…
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…
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