My inspirational week started when I visited Villa Kivi overlooking lovely, frozen Töölönlahti Bay. This beautiful house is known as the Writer’s House and ever since it was built in 1890, it has been associated with literature. Famous Finnish writers and linguists lived and visited there until it fell into disrepair and the city of […]
In spite of rain and wind, a great crowd of well-wishers joined me on 1 October to celebrate the publication of The Crimson Shard, the follow-up to The Blackhope Enigma. I was pleased […]
Next weekend’s Artists Open Studios event coincides with the publication of my second illustrated historical fantasy novel for age 9+, The Crimson Shard, published by Templar Books. I’ll be opening my studio and displaying original paintings, drawings and limited edition prints, but I’ll also be taking time out […]
I had the pleasure of spending last weekend in the rainy, but gorgeous surroundings of the Borders Book Festival. As you can see from the photo, the festival is held in lovely Harmony Gardens, overlooked by twelfth-century […]
I need a new camera to replace my dead one. if I had had one, I could have taken lots of fun photos at the 2011 Leeds Book Awards ceremony yesterday, like Candy Gourlay did on her blog. Meeting Candy and the […]
I am delighted to be contributing this small painting to the Kidlit4Japan online auction to raise funds for UNICEF and Save the Children’s disaster relief in Japan. I chose this little piece (which is […]
Author Keris Stainton generously made time to create an online auction of items and the bidding went live this morning. It will be running until Sunday and here are the details on how it works. The auction features a truly phenomenal […]
So I walked into Linlithgow Bridge Primary School last week and what did I find but amazing The Blackhope Enigma
I am stopping to take a breath after a number of days out in schools and libraries talking to children and their families about The Blackhope Enigma
The Blackhope Enigma