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Working with Read Manchester again for @mcrcityoflit's Festival of Libraries next month. I'll be running morning and afternoon author sessions at Pendleton Library on the 11th and Leigh Library on the 12th.

Wonderful night celebrating the launch of @struan_c_murray 's Dragonborn: The Twilight Child. I usually have major FOMO being in Manchester while most kidlit launches are in London. So it was great to meet so many authors, including the man himself, in-person for the first time!

Some recent early reader proofs!

APRIL ended with some great personal news, and I'm delighted to say I'm now represented by @lucyirvinebooks at @da_childrens I'm very excited for the future and, thanks to a much needed break in Italy, the writerly fire is burning brighter again.

MARCH. World Book Day/Week/Month. Or even your year? 😅

Happy 10th birthday to Inspire Culture! I'm absolutely thrilled to be working with them as author in residence this summer, alongside artist in residence @sianwtaylor Keep being amazing and inspiring a love of reading and learning in Nottinghamshire @inspireculturenotts !

Celebrating Spirit Warriors with the @usborne_books team at the Waterstones Children's Book Prize felt like a fitting way to close one era of our partnership. So proud of the team and everything we've accomplished so far. @willsteeledesign put together back-to-back banger cover designs, the publicity team headed by @frithal secured spots at festivals like Bradford and Cheltenham and @sarahstewart_uk has understood my intent, elevated my stories and championed me from the start.

@usborne_books and I are back in March 2027 with Treasure Rush: Curse of the Golden Coin! Originally pitched as Indiana Jones with a restitution twist, it follows Zac and Remy's race against time to return an artefact stolen by their explorer ancestor, to end their family curse and save their dad's life.

Did a Careers Day talk at a school in Yorkshire this morning. I thought it was really important to show the students a snapshot of some of the MANY rejections I received across two different manuscripts over six or seven years. Resilience in the face of adversity and self-belief are not tools I was always equipped with - especially when I was school aged. So it felt really important to share this and other 'failures' in the hope that anyone feeling the same could take heart and begin to find their way and their worth.