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…
Back during Christmas 2015, what began as a ‘what if’ conversation quickly turned into a story Eve created when she was just 6 years old. Her dad quickly typed up the tale Eve told him in the hope of one day turning it into a book as her Christmas present. It lay dormant for 5…
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…
Promoting a book is no walk in the park. It’s no picnic. It’s no…3rd example of an outdoor-based relaxing activity. It’s hard work, is what I’m saying. If you’re with a big publisher, they’ll take care of that side of things for you. They’ll have a publicist for that. Maybe a marketing department. There’ll be…
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…
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…
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…
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