Far back in the distant past, O Best Beloveds, there was a time before emails, before WhatsApp, before Messenger - before any of these thin...

It’s the last lap, the final six weeks of a six-and-a-half year creative writing PhD, which, terrifyingly, has taken up (or, at least, oft...

Do you remember a time before Google and smart phones?  When people had typewriters or word processors to write with, and if you wanted to s...

  I’m sure, like me, several children – and a few adults – have asked you, ‘Where do you get your ideas from?’ I know some authors have said...

  Cath Howe writes absolutely wonderful middle-grade stories set in our real world and populated by ordinary children and families faced wit...

  This post includes a review of a book that I first posted three years ago. I’m partly reposting it because I’m short of time but, mainly, ...

As I kid I loved to read them as an adult I love to write them - scary stories. Give me ghosts and witches, throw in the odd zombie or vampi...

 August is a month for holidays and heatwaves and new books.  First off, two new books from Jonathan Emmett Thursday 6 August: GREAT DINOSAU...

This week I met Manolito Gafotas for the first time. Manolito is an 8-year-old boy invented by the writer, Elvira Lindo, for a radio show in...

"So, what are you writing these days?" they ask. "A book for 8 to 12 year-olds about revolutions," I answer. "STILL...

 By now, my new book, An Ordinary War , should be available on Amazon, and fear not, I'll be writing all about it in a post later this m...

I've written on here before about the shift from living alone (for 24 years) to living with a husband, step child and two dogs, and the ...

The academic year might be over but schools are, behind the gates, still working. Computers & IT systems need attention, Classrooms, cor...