A 1 minute film of me at work made for the IslandCityStories project by students at Portsmouth Uni…     Island City Stories is a collaborative project between students and staff in The Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries (CCI), University of Portsmouth and local independent businesses and community groups in Portsmouth. Students from […]

  It’s publication day for ‘The Tree’ my new picture storybook with Walker Books…!  

  A short trailer I made for my forthcoming picture story book ‘The Tree’ (It’s actually meant to loop which is why it’s so short…!) ‘The Tree’ will be published in May by Walker Children’s Books.    

  A short trailer I made for my forthcoming book ‘The Invincible Tony Spears.’ (It’s actually meant to loop which is why it’s so short…!) ‘The Invincible Tony Spears’ will be published in July by Hodder Children’s Books.  

  The trip started bright and early on Tuesday morning with the 6.50 Easyjet to Bologna. I nearly missed the flight ending up with only 9 minutes to get from security to my gate. Note to self: don’t wear a metal buttoned shirt when flying!     After meeting Adam Stower and my agent Alison Eldred […]

Each spring, the children’s publishing world converges on the historic Italian city of Bologna for a huge trade fair. It’s been running for over 50 years now and is unique because it is the only book fair exclusively for children’s books. I’ll be visiting the show again this year soaking up the atmosphere and meeting my […]

The Institute of Early Childhood have published a new article using Emily Brown’s CITV appearance as a case study. Densely written (!) but interesting to see how academics analyse things… A Link to the article here…  

Just arrived in the post- a Japanese edition of ‘Mammoth Academy in Trouble!’

Preparing for an Easter getaway? Look out for the poetry points at Heathrow Airport! There are four pillars in terminals 2-5 each with specially written travel poems recited by their authors Michael Rosen, Danny Wallace, Laura Dockrill and MG Leonard. As you might have guessed I did the illustrations which feature cameos of some of the […]

    Stanley’s Stick is ‘an excellent bedtime read’ in Lauren Laverne’s house at the moment! John Hegley pops up in conversation whilst Lauren and Tim Key discuss Russian Literature… Sound clip here… Or you can listen to the whole programme (which also features guests Caitlin Moran and Dave Okumu) here… (The clip is 43.20 […]