Category: Collaborative
Red House Children’s Book Award blog tour: Pamela Butchart
I’m very pleased today to be hosting a guest interview with Pamela Butchart, writer of Baby Aliens Got My Teacher, as part of the Red House Children’s Book Award blog tour. Over to Pamela. What inspired you to write Baby Aliens Got My Teacher? I had quite a wild imagination when I was at primary…
Dora and Friends twitter party coming soon to a timeline near you
The more observant among you may have noticed the lovely new badge in my sidebar that says I’m a Dora and Friends party host. Just in case you hadn’t, here’s a close up:
A day at the Museum of Civilisation
Anyone who has read Station Eleven will recognise the reference. For those who haven’t, the Museum of Civilisation is a collection of things gathered together by the survivors in a very depleted world, things they had little use for, but wanted to have remembered. Goldsboro Books in London did a window display based around the…
Preparing for Mumsnet Blogfest
As regular readers will know, I’ve attended Mumsnet Blogfest for the last two years to talk about the technical side of blogging – hosting, platforms, domain names, BACKUPS, that sort of thing. I’m pleased to announce that I’ll be attending again this year, as part of the round table discussion Techie tips and tricks. As…
Blogging for A Million Miracles with Sightsavers
I wear glasses. I have for as long as I can remember really, I started wearing them at primary school. With them on, my sight is good. Not perfect, but good. It’s even better with lenses, but they’re such a hassle. Without them, I can barely find my way across the room, and I can’t…
Beyond the Door Blog Tour – guest post and giveaway
Beyond the Door Blog Tour What have I learned about the world from myth as a writer and a reader? Since writing Beyond the Door and The Peculiars I’ve been thinking about why myth matters. Over the next week I’ll be blogging in the U.S and U.K. about six things I’ve learned from mythic stories that have inspired me.…
Scottish Friendly Children's Book Tour
For anyone who hasn’t read widely on my blog, a quick heads up – I love books. I can see the rest of you shaking heads with a no, really? kind of look 😉 I also love sharing books with my children. (That wasn’t news either was it?) As well as all of that, I…
Lisa's Letters – an international Blog Swap day guest post.
Dear Jax, Did you ever have an International Penpal? Hi, let me introduce myself – my name is Lisa Devereaux from all the way down under in Australia. I am also a mum to 4-year-old twin girls. We live in Queensland – the Sunshine State of Australia. I have always been a letter writer and…
Kim Curran: Dreams and regrets – a GLAZE blog tour guest post.
Welcome Kim Curran: When I read Jax’s beautiful post on Dreams and Regrets I was nodding harder than a bobble head dog. Like many writers, I’ve had my share of rejections. Although, as I’m relatively new in the game, mine are all in digital form. But ever now and then I look back on those…
Who remembers Charley Says?
I do. I am very much a child of the seventies (though I’m not showing you the pictures to prove it). And I have a clear memory of Charley the cat and his safety messages. And his fish. Meow. It was the stranger danger thing that stuck most for me I think – I’m told…
