Come along to Chippenham Library at 2pm on Friday 29th May. We’ll be chatting about the real animals behind my Animal Stories books, and wild animal stories – kittens, puppies, bears, dolphins and badgers included! We’ll also be making some cute animal bookmarks to take home.
Bookings open soon here.
Come along to the Surbiton Literary Festival on Saturday November 16th at 2pm. Lots of snowy stories, including the brand new The Arctic Fox! More details and bookings here.
I’m so excited to be back at the Children’s Literature Festival in beautiful Bath. Come and find out about the animals behind my stories – including some of the wilder ones! Saturday 28th September, 10am.
Book here.

I’m so excited to be part of the first Fourbears Fest, organised by our brilliant local bookshop in Caversham, Reading. Come along to hear about my Animal Stories books and The Lost Bear Cub! Saturday 18th May, 11.30am-12.30pm at Caversham Baptist Church. There are loads of other fab events for children and adults too.
Booking here.

I’m going to be talking about my Animal Stories, and The Lost Bear Cub, as part of this World Book Day celebration. The event runs from 10am to 2pm, but my talk is at 10. There will be lots of fun activities at the library!
Come along to Waterstones Staines in half term to hear about my latest Animal Stories book, The Firefighter’s Kitten! There will be a kitten craft activity too, and lots of time for asking questions and signing books. More details here. Please contact the shop to reserve a space!
Join me at Ewell Library this half-term to find out the stories of the real animals behind my Animal Stories books! Tuesday 13th February, 10.30-11.30 and booking is here.
Looking forward to seeing everyone!

I’m going to be talking about my Animal Stories at the Wokingham Children’s Book festival on Sunday 15th October at 9.45am. Come and find out about the animals behind my stories, and why I love writing about cats and dogs! There will be a signing after the talk too.
Bookings are here https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/bookfest/
Looking forward to seeing you!
I’ve just worked out that as this is 2023, I have been writing for twenty years! You can see twenty years of messy shelves here – books and bits and gorgeous drawings from readers – and there’s another even messier set of shelves opposite! My first book, Becky’s Terrible Term, part of the Triplets series, was written during 2003 (the same year my daughter Ash was born!) and published in January 2004. And my 157th book, The Borrowed Puppy, is published today by Little Tiger Press! The Borrowed Puppy is book 54 of the Animal Stories series – the series that was never meant to be a series…

I feel incredibly lucky to have spent twenty years doing something I really, really love. Huge thanks to all my readers!
I’m so excited to be visiting Kilkenny for the Bookville Festival! I’ll be talking about my Animal Stories and sharing lots of tales about my own animals and the inspiration behind my books. More details about the festival are here.