Kiran's writings

Category: The Girl of Ink & Stars

La chica de tinta y estrellas – out October!

Incredibly excited that The Girl of Ink & Stars will soon be published by Atico in... Read more »

A month (& a bit) of madness

Well. If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you’ll know it’s been quite a... Read more »

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 »

FAB Book Awards

I had a lovely time yesterday at the FAB Book Awards! My friend and author... Read more »

British Book Awards

Something startlingly amazing happened a week ago! I discovered that The Girl of Ink & Stars has... Read more »

Oxfordshire Book Awards

I’m very excited to share that The Girl of Ink & Stars has been shortlisted for my... 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 »

Bolton Children's Fiction Award Shortlist

What a day! Just found out THE GIRL OF INK & STARS has also been... Read more »

Carnegie Award nomination

I am astounded. THE GIRL OF INK & STARS has been nominated for the Carnegie... Read more »

Blackwell's Author of the Month

Blackwell’s Oxford is my gorgeous local bookshop and the site of the Oxford launch for The Girl... Read more »

The Times Children's Book of the Week

Very excitingly The Girl of Ink & Stars was The Times Children’s Book of the Week, and One... Read more »

A Dream Start…

I think I might be able to call myself a bestselling author. The Girl of... Read more »

Waterstones Children's book of the Month

The Girl of Ink and Stars has been given the best possible start. Not only have... Read more »

Much too much

Was there a worse month to fall behind on this blog? No, there was not.... Read more »

Books, birthdays, & book birthdays

This week has been a Big One for many wonderful reasons. On Tuesday it was... Read more »

Endorsements

I’ve had some lovely feedback for THE GIRL OF INK AND STARS recently. I can’t... Read more »

Pullman and Proofs

A picture speaks a thousand words, an embedded tweet speaks that plus 140 characters, so... Read more »

THE GIRL OF INK AND STARS packshots!

So excited to be able to share the beautiful packshots* with you – hope you... Read more »

Some changes…

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

The Next Step…

Just when I thought I was over the anxiety/joy of finishing copy-edits, this tweet popped up... 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 »

Writer, Writing

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

I'm official!

My author page is up on Janklow and Nesbit’s website. May have had a little happy... 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 »