So begins the next book: Katie and the Starry Night. I have mapped out most of it in little thumbnail sketches, and when I’ve tidied them up I’ll send them to Orchard Books. It won’t be this week though, as I’m getting ready to go to Glasgow tomorrow for the Authors Live event on Thursday. […]
Category: Katie
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Katie around the World!
With only two weeks to go before the AUTHORS LIVE event in Scotland, I’m busy planning exactly what to take, tell and draw. But my thoughts have been interrupted by two exciting things. Firstly, my editor Liz Johnson sent me a message from Florence where she was on holiday. In the Uffizi she saw copies […]
Katie in Scotland – rush released!
To coincide with the Authors Live event on May 12th, Katie in Scotland will now be published on May 5th! Originally the book was going to be published to dovetail with the Edinburgh Festival in August (and there will still be lots of events and celebrations as planned). It’s quite rare for a schedule to […]
Just Imagine…
It’s been quite a few weeks with school visits here there and everywhere in celebration of World Book Day. There’s more to come, but I wanted to write a little something about one or two in particular. At St Nicholas School, Norton (Letchworth) I had a particularly fulfilling two days, where the events were so […]
Katie and the National Gallery Adventure
It’s been a long process and a lot of hard work. but here it is! In the post this morning, a clutch of copies of the new “Katie” trail, created together with Caroline Marcus for The National Gallery in London, and produced by Orchard Books, my trusty publisher. Don’t forget the launch on February 23rd […]
Katie’s National Gallery Adventure!
With just over three weeks to go until the launch of the Katie Trail at the National Gallery in London, the trail is finished and at the printers. Meanwhile, after filling in all sorts of forms, the gallery have sent a small selection of pictures from the October half term workshops. Here’s one… this is […]
Searching for Vincent
It’s hard to believe that the next Katie book will be the twelfth in the series. The working title is “Katie and the Starry Night” and the focus is the paintings of Van Gogh. I’m finding it hard to get started for several reasons – even though it’s a book I know I will love […]
Merry Christmas!
Thanks to everyone who helped make Katie’s anniversary year so special!
The trialed trail…
After trialing the rough sketches for the Katie trail with children and staff, the National Gallery gave me a green light and I have just sent off the finished artwork to Orchard Books, who will assemble, design and print the trail in time for it’s launch in the February half-term. In the 12 page mini-book […]
Cheer from Cheltenham
A few weeks back a bout of Tonsillitis prevented me from appearing at the Cheltenham Literary Festival. Obviously I was disappointed, and so, it seems were the children of one particular school, Charlton Kings Junior. The children in class 3M have sent Get Well Soon cards, and they are delightful. I was so touched by […]
