Grace In the moments of his leaving himself his hands shook and could not take... Read more »
The Way Past Winter was named as Blackwell’s Children’s Book of the Year at Christmas last... Read more »
While re-writing my bio for the US edition of The Way Past Winter (forthcoming from Chronicle... Read more »
I am beside myself with excitement to finally be able to publicly talk about The Deathless... Read more »
It was a winter they would tell tales about. A winter that arrived so sudden... Read more »
Last week, I headed to Chatham in Kent to see The Way Past Winter be bound. It... Read more »
One of only five children’s books selected. See the full list here. Preorder The Way Past... Read more »
And this is just the lovely opening! Read on here. You can pre-order The Way Past... Read more »
Proofs of my third book for kids have arrived! And they are beautiful. These will... Read more »
Here’s some news I’ve had to keep very quiet about…I’ve written a book for grown... Read more »
The Island at the End of Everything is now available in the States! Here are some... Read more »
On the 22nd of March, Waterstones Piccadilly transformed into even more of a bookish wonderland,... Read more »
A couple of weeks ago I got the chance to attend the Haringey Children’s Book... Read more »
I have had some more wonderful shortlisting news recently – The Island at the End of Everything... Read more »
I just learnt of the passing of my favourite poet, Lucie Brock-Broido, who died yesterday... Read more »
2017 – with its Weinsteins, ignorance, natural disasters compounded by human action, Brexit – hasn’t... Read more »
Thrilled to announce that The Island at the End of Everything has been shortlisted for Best Story... Read more »
I’m incredibly proud to be involved with the Costa Book Awards in two capacities: firstly, as... Read more »
Incredibly excited that The Girl of Ink & Stars will soon be published by Atico in... Read more »
With the release of The Book of Dust just around the corner, I’ve been discussing His Dark Materials... Read more »
With The Book of Dust release around the corner, I’ve partaken in a re-read of His Dark... Read more »
Well. If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you’ll know it’s been quite a... Read more »
Last week, The Girl of Ink & Stars was awarded the Younger Fiction Prize, and was announced as... Read more »
I had a lovely time yesterday at the FAB Book Awards! My friend and author... Read more »
Something startlingly amazing happened a week ago! I discovered that The Girl of Ink & Stars has... Read more »
A couple of weeks ago, I was incredibly lucky to see The Island at the End... Read more »
I’m very excited to share that The Girl of Ink & Stars has been shortlisted for my... Read more »
The first chapter of The Island at the End of Everything is up on the Chicken House... Read more »
The Girl of Ink & Stars has been long listed for the Branford Boase Award! This is... Read more »
Today I was lucky enough to be interviewed by Kat Orman at BBC Radio Oxford.... Read more »
Overjoyed The Girl of Ink & Stars has been shortlisted for the Sheffield Children’s Book Award, in... Read more »
The Girl of Ink & Stars has been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize! The other... Read more »
Here’s some news I never thought I’d be able to write about, because I imagined... Read more »
Flicking through The Bookseller’s Spring Children’s buying guide, I was astonished to find The Island at... Read more »
So happy to announce that I have signed up to three more books with my... Read more »
This Wide Night by Sarvat Hasin My rating: 5 of 5 stars A vivid, swirling... Read more »
For those of you who aren’t aware, NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month. The goal... Read more »
Dear THE GIRL OF INK & STARS THE CARTOGRAPHER’S DAUGHTER, Today you come out across... Read more »
What a day! Just found out THE GIRL OF INK & STARS has also been... Read more »
I am astounded. THE GIRL OF INK & STARS has been nominated for the Carnegie... Read more »
It’s World Mental Health Day, and so today – like every day – I’m sending... Read more »
Overjoyed to announce that THE GIRL OF INK & STARS has been selected as part... Read more »
Blackwell’s Oxford is my gorgeous local bookshop and the site of the Oxford launch for The Girl... Read more »
Very excitingly The Girl of Ink & Stars was The Times Children’s Book of the Week, and One... Read more »
I think I might be able to call myself a bestselling author. The Girl of... Read more »
The Girl of Ink and Stars has been given the best possible start. Not only have... Read more »
Was there a worse month to fall behind on this blog? No, there was not.... Read more »
This week has been a Big One for many wonderful reasons. On Tuesday it was... Read more »
A few days ago the wonderful Abi Elphinstone posted this on Twitter: Wanted to say... Read more »
I’ve had some lovely feedback for THE GIRL OF INK AND STARS recently. I can’t... Read more »
In the past two weeks I’ve had two lovely emails from Elinor, Chicken House’s Rights... Read more »
Unbecoming by Jenny Downham My rating: 5 of 5 stars Got this after seeing it... Read more »
A picture speaks a thousand words, an embedded tweet speaks that plus 140 characters, so... Read more »
“What I need… is a strong drink and a peer group.” Douglas Adams, LIFE, THE... Read more »
So excited to be able to share the beautiful packshots* with you – hope you... Read more »
‘When we were young we learnt men the way other people learnt languages or the... Read more »
In case you hadn’t already noticed from this, I am a huge fan of this... Read more »
I hope 2016 is a good one for you. Today I’ve been invited to two... Read more »
Welcome to the first Friday Five! I’m very happy that my inaugural guests are Perdita... Read more »
EDIT: I’ve decided to stop calling these ‘reviews’. I’m not trying to be a professional... Read more »
One thing I’ve loved most about my writing journey so far is the support you... Read more »
THE GIRL OF INK AND STARS has found its third home (outside the US and... Read more »
Just when I thought I was over the anxiety/joy of finishing copy-edits, this tweet popped up... Read more »
Guys, big news. Two years after finishing my first draft and a year after getting... Read more »
I probably should have mentioned BOAT on here at some point in the last four... Read more »
I’m really into my four-month blog hiatuses, aren’t I? Let’s just pretend that didn’t happen.... Read more »
A quick note before I collapse in a pile, but quite a lot to fill... Read more »
I had the best Sunday EVER! To start, I have to go back a week to... Read more »
I just wanted to highlight a couple of blogposts about writing that I’ve read recently... Read more »
So. I’m going to walk the line between sharing and over-sharing, and tell you about... Read more »
Just wanted to share the most recent piece of The Cartographer’s Daughter merchandising (after the... Read more »
Extract: Millwood Hargrave’s poetry was a real strength of the performance, the writing containing an... Read more »
I’m back! But physically, I’m away – in Washington D.C., to be precise. My mum... Read more »
Two months since I visited here. Been busy doing (mainly) writer related things. A lot... Read more »
Optional soundtrack: Yesterday, something unnerving happened. My friend/housemate and brilliant writer Daisy and I were... Read more »
Forgive me blog, for I have sinned. It has been forty-four days since my last... Read more »
The news has just broken that Robin Williams has died. It is seemingly suicide. According... Read more »
Ahhh, framing devices. They are tricky things; done cynically, it is the worst kind of... Read more »
My author page is up on Janklow and Nesbit’s website. May have had a little happy... Read more »
A longer post this week. Firstly I’m so glad I could tell you all my... Read more »
Drumroll please… I can finally announce that The Cartographer’s Daughter will be published by Chicken House Books in the... Read more »
Nope, still can’t tell you my exciting news. I am about to pop with excitement... Read more »
The Big News has to wait while some details are worked out, but in the... Read more »
Hello! I have some big news to announce at the end of the week, but... Read more »
Sorry for the long silence. I am in that curious state of limbo that is Submissions, combined... Read more »
Keeping Roald Dahl’s quote from Matilda close as today it’s submissions day for The Cartographer’s Daughter. As... Read more »
Stumbling/tumblr-ing across Atwood’s quote reminded me of another I found (and lost) recently, which was... Read more »
The best part of being a writer, is writing. The hardest part, for me at... Read more »
When I first started corresponding with agents and reading authors’ blogs, there were a few... Read more »
If you are here for news of the prose ilk, I apologise – today’s post... Read more »
I’m sorry I’m not sorry for the cat gifs. And the needless* cat pun in... Read more »
The above quote is the opening line of Gabriel García Márquez‘s first novel One Hundred Years of... Read more »
