Well, it’s World Book Day and I’m Writer in Residence for Kirklees, so I thought I’d flag it with my teens and ask them for their fond recollections of World Book Day in days of yore: SON: School made us dress up. Didn’t you go as Malala? DAUGHTER: Yes, but that was for World Superheroes […]
No Chips Here
Blimey oh Riley. We’ve already had record viewing figures for my British Library talk this morning. As part of their ‘Unfinished Business – the Fight for Women’s Rights’, I decided to do a talk called ‘A Room of One’s Own – I Wish!’ The talk was all about how it is nigh on impossible to […]
Join me – LIVE (or … not)
If you wander over to my Writer in Residence page, you’ll find out more about my year-long residency with Kirklees Libraries.It’s all still a bit new and scary, but I’d absolutely love as many of you as possible to join me for my first online session this THURS 3 Sep at 11:00 GMT. The session […]
Sharing the Love
Now this wasn’t planned, but my 100th blog post has ended up addressing the love of my life; Books. Reading. Writing. Otherwise known as literacy. But rather than wibbling on about why I’m so besotted with all of the above, instead, I’m going to kick off with a bit of Shock and Outrage (because hey, […]