So, today’s the day I dust down my poor, long-neglected blog. Why’s that? Because, in the middle of a morning’s work, idly checking Twitter, I learned that I’d been longlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2017, for Eden Summer, along with my wonderful editor Bella Pearson – and almost fell off my chair!
Read MoreTOP TEN TEEN BOOKS FOR SUMMER
This week's blog was written for the Guardian teen books page, recommending my favourite top ten summery books. Please click through here to read it.
Eden Summer and Arvon...
This week's blog is published on the Arvon website. I wanted to talk about how much Arvon has supported me for the whole of my writing life...
On finished copies & advice to my past self
Yesterday, my book became real. It doesn't just exist in my head any more, or as an attachment in an email between editors, or as a pile of papers on my desk, bristling with rainbow-coloured post-it notes...
Read MoreTalking Myth, Magic, Selkies and Sailcloth with Deep Water author Lu Hersey
Lu Hersey’s novel Deep Water won the 2013 Mslexia Children’s Novel Writing Award. Since it was published in 2015, it has been shortlisted for the Wirral Paperback of the Year Award and it was named by The Guardian as one of the best children’s books of 2015. In my house Deep Water has fans of many ages, so it’s a delight to ask Lu about her writing process and how she weaves in the myth and magic that runs through her work…
Read MoreMyth and Magic in Young Adult Fiction - Talking to Anna McKerrow
I talk to YA author Anna McKerrow about her books Crow Moon and Red Witch, and why she is drawn to using myth and magic in her writing.
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