Nicola Skinner was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where she spent an idyllic early childhood mostly watching some very dramatic telenovelas, reading comics and going to the beach. When she was nine, she swapped all of that for a few strict British boarding schools, which weren’t nearly as fun. Now her debut novel, Bloom has…
Lucy is the award-winning author of Stolen, Flyaway, The Killing Woods and Storm-Wake. She is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University, UK, where she holds a PhD in Creative Writing. As her very first picture book, Shadow – illustrated by Anastasia Suvorova, hits the shelves, we were keen to invite her to…
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…
A children’s author and TV journalist, we are delighted to be welcoming Catherine Jacob to My Book Corner. Catherine Jacob’s debut picture book, There’s A Troll On My Toilet – illustrated by Mike Byrne, has just hit the shelves. Tell us about you in 25 words or less. I’m a book-writing, tea -drinking, netball-playing, news-reporting…
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,…
Savita Kalhan was born in her grandparent’s home in a small village in the north of India. Now, she’s in North London, with a view of the woods, a stone’s throw from her allotment where she fight a daily battle against the onslaught of an army of slugs and wrestle with plotlines, and the tennis…
Hugest welcome to the wonderful Saviour Pirotta. An author and playwright, his first children’s book was published back in the late 1980s and he has since produced picture books, collections of myths and legends, middle grade novels and early readers. Wow! Super excited that he is here to answer the My Book Corner questions today……
Hugest welcome to the lovely Marie Basting, whose debut novel Princess BMX has just jumped onto the bookshelves. We LOVE a great post about writing, so how lucky are we that Marie has written an inspiring one about RESILIENCE? Fasten your bike helmet, and dive in… Why Writers Need to be More BMX Part Two:…
The Importance of Funny Books for Children I remember very clearly the moment that I decided that I wanted to write a comedy book for kids, it was while I was part way through reading You’re a Bad Man Mr Gum by the very naughty Andy Stanton, with my daughter who must have been six…
Jane Yolen and Robert J. Harris have recently brought to life a breathless chapter from Scottish history in their thrilling novel, Girl In A Cage. We couldn’t wait to invite Jane to My Book Corner… Tell us about you in 25 words or less. Widow, mother , Nana, writer, storyteller, poet, teacher, lecturer, happy in…
My publishing journey began in 2012 when I attended a residential writing course. For the first few days I remember feeling sick with imposter syndrome. Before 1-2-1s with the author hosts, I thought about running away. I was sure they’d ask the killer question, ‘What on earth are you doing here? You can’t write!’ As…
Hugely excited to welcome the talented Liz Flanagan into My Book Corner today. I know that she is a super keen animal lover, and asked her to tell us how that influenced the way she wrote about the dragons in Dragon Daughter… SPOILER ALERT: this post contains adorable kitten photos! ‘How did you imagine the…
Hugest welcome to prolific children’s author Colin R Parsons. Colin’s a bit of an expert when it comes to school visits too, so I couldn’t resist picking his brains… Tell us about you in 25 words or less. I’m a weirdly, fun person who likes to write more than breathe (which is really difficult). I’m…
A big bundle of spidery goodness has just hit the shelves in the form of Milton The Mighty. I couldn’t resist ushering Emma Read into My Book Corner to tell us all about him… Tell us about you in 25 words or less. I like desolate places – think deserts/moors. My favourite film is the…
Super excited to welcome debut author Justin Davies to My Book Corner. He’s had a VERY exciting journey to publication, and shares some fabulous writing tips… Justin, tell us about you in 25 words or less. I’m a Scottish-based, semi-Welsh, gay Europhile, flying around the world as cabin crew whilst on my mission to find…
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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…