Kiran's writings

Category: The Cartographer’s Daughter

Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2017

Last week, The Girl of Ink & Stars was awarded the Younger Fiction Prize, and was announced as... Read more »

Branford Boase Award Longlist

The Girl of Ink & Stars has been long listed for the Branford Boase Award! This is... Read more »

BBC Radio Oxford Interview

Today I was lucky enough to be interviewed by Kat Orman at BBC Radio Oxford.... Read more »

Sheffield Children's Book Award 2017

Overjoyed The Girl of Ink & Stars has been shortlisted for the Sheffield Children’s Book Award, in... Read more »

Waterstones Children's Prize Shortlist

The Girl of Ink & Stars has been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize! The other... Read more »

Jhalak Prize Shortlist

Here’s some news I never thought I’d be able to write about, because I imagined... Read more »

Happy birthday take two

Dear THE GIRL OF INK & STARS THE CARTOGRAPHER’S DAUGHTER, Today you come out across... Read more »

BookTrust's #TimetoRead campaign

Overjoyed to announce that THE GIRL OF INK & STARS has been selected as part... Read more »

Some changes…

One thing I’ve loved most about my writing journey so far is the support you... Read more »

LET IT GO

Guys, big news. Two years after finishing my first draft and a year after getting... Read more »

Editing Update

A quick note before I collapse in a pile, but quite a lot to fill... Read more »

MUG!

Just wanted to share the most recent piece of The Cartographer’s Daughter merchandising (after the... Read more »

New York, New York

I’m back! But physically, I’m away – in Washington D.C., to be precise. My mum... Read more »

Writer, Writing

Forgive me blog, for I have sinned. It has been forty-four days since my last... Read more »

A beginning, a middle and an end

A longer post this week. Firstly I’m so glad I could tell you all my... Read more »

THE CARTOGRAPHER'S DAUGHTER – the exciting news

Drumroll please… I can finally announce that The Cartographer’s Daughter will be published by Chicken House Books in the... Read more »

Holding post

Hello! I have some big news to announce at the end of the week, but... Read more »

“So Matilda’s strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: “You are not alone.”

Keeping Roald Dahl’s quote from Matilda close as today it’s submissions day for The Cartographer’s Daughter. As... Read more »