Diary
SPEAKING & EVENTS
2017 Diary Dates
26th May – The Hay Festival School Programme speaking at 11.15 am
25th May – Talk and signing at bookshop at Chipping Campden
18th May – ‘928 Miles from Home’ published in hardback
w/b 3rd April – Bologna Book Fair with Il Castoro, inc Il Premio Strega Ragazzi prize ceremony – ‘Smart’ is a shortlisted title
w/b 20th March – Attending Puglia children’s book festival with Italian publisher, Il Castoro
23rd March – ‘A Seven-Letter Word’ is out in paperback
15th March – Presentation, author talk and CW workshops at St Christopher School, Hertfordshire
2nd March – World Book Day author visit at Bishop’s Stortford College
28th February – Author visit, Biddulph High School
9th February – Author visit, Tunbridge Wells Grammar School
11th January – ‘A Seven-Letter Word’ is shortlisted for the St Helen’s SLS ‘BASH’ 2017 11+
2016 Diary Dates
14th December – Local Author’s Reception, Five Leaves Bookshop, Nottingham
6th December – Author visit Neston High School, Cheshire
1st December – Brilliant Book Award Ceremony with NCC/The Bookcase at Mansfield Library
10th November – Talk and CW workshop with Y8 students at Bulwell Academy
21st October – ‘A Seven-Letter Word’ is nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2017
3rd October – Keynote speaker at the UK SLA’s Librarian of the Year Award, Central London
17th/18th July – CW workshops at Ormiston Venture Academy, Great Yarmouth
14th July – Author talk and book signing Arnold Hill School pm
13th July – Author talk and book signing Farnborough School pm
12th July – Author talk and book signing Rushcliffe School pm
12th July – Author talk and book signing Djanogly City Academy am
11th July – Author talk Emmanuel School
8th July – ‘A Seven-Letter Word’ gets its first longlisting for the St Helen’s Book Award 2017 (BASH)
7th July – Writing workshops at Nottingham High School pm
6th July – Author talk and book signing at the Learning Lounge, Toot Hill School
4th July – Writing workshops at Nottingham High School pm
1st July – Writing workshops at Nottingham High School pm
30th June – Author talk and book signing at Ashfield School, Kirkby-in-Ashfield
27th/28th June – Bolton Book Award: writing workshops am followed by awards ceremony pm
27th June – ‘Smart’ wins its 10th book award
27th June – ‘The Read’ Stockport Schools’ Book Award ceremony am
24th/25th June – Schools Library Association conference with Macmillan, Gloucestershire
21st/22nd June – Children’s Reading Partners Roadshow with Macmillan, Gateshead Library
19th/20th June – Running creative writing workshops in Tower Hamlets for CW competition winners
14th June – Author talk ‘Homegrown Talent’ at West Bridgford Library, 2.30 pm
12th/13th June – Tower Hamlets creative writing competition awards ceremony
8th June – Rushcliffe School Book Club 12.30 pm
28th May – The Federation of Children’s Book Groups Prize 2016 grand finale, Central London
12th May – ‘Smart’ wins the North Herts’ Schools Book Award 2016 (Younger teen readers)
11th May – ‘Smart’ wins the Grampian Children’s Book Award 2016
16th April – 26th May – Writing in sunny Spain!
24th March – My second YA novel, ‘A Seven-Letter Word’ is published in hardback by Macmillan Children’s Books … book launch event hosted by Waterstones, NG
14th March – Warwickshire Secondary Book Award ceremony
9th/10th March – ‘A Seven-Letter Word’ author visits, Stockport
5th March – Panel member ‘The Authentic Voice’ 11.45-12.40 The Writers’ Conference, The Martin Hall, Loughborough Uni
3rd March – World Book Day Evening – Bulwell Academy 6-7 pm
3rd March – World Book Day – author visit to Nottingham High School
1st March – The Weald Book Award ceremony
19th February – ‘Smart’ is published by Dtv Junior in Germany
10th February – Brilliant Book Award visits: The Bramcote School am/Ellis Guilford School pm
9th February – Lunchtime visit to Nottingham Girls’ High School Book Club
30th January – ‘Writing Young Adult Fiction’ workshop – Worksop Libary 10am – 1pm
28th January – Lunchtime visit to Fernwood School Book Club
27th January – Author talk at Greenfields Community School, Nottingham
21st January – Panel member – Costa Book Awards Shortlist Evening, West Bridgford Library
18th January – ‘Relationships & Issues in YA Fiction’ – 6.30 – 9 pm MA core module session at Nottingham Trent University
2015 Diary Dates
1st December – Author visit at the QMC Children’s Hospital School
30th November – Notts TV appearance; 6.30 Show
27 November – Tower Hamlets Book Award ceremony, Swanlea School
19th November – Full day of school visits in Tower Hamlets, London
17th November – ‘Smart’ is shortlisted for Nottinghamshire’s Brilliant Book Award 2016
16th November – Bulwell Academy – Workshop with creative writing group 3pm
11th November – Full day of school visits in Tower Hamlets, London
9th November – Talk/workshop with English/CW students at University of Leicester 2-4 pm
5th November – ‘Smart’ is shortlisted for the Warwickshire Secondary Book Awards 2016
2nd November – ‘Smart’ is shortlisted for the Children’s Book Award 2016
27th October – 9 am Session with CW students at University of Nottingham
22nd October – ‘Smart’ is published by Il Castoro in Italy
13th October – Presenting certificates for ‘The Six Book Challenge’ at the Council House, Nottingham 4.30 pm
7th October – ‘Smart’ is shortlisted for the Bolton Book Award
5th October – Notts TV appearance; 6.30 Show
1st October – YA Panel member on ‘Mental Health & Diversity in YA Fiction’, Waterstones Leeds, 7 pm
25th Sep – ‘Smart’ is selected as a future classic title by Booktrust.
25th Sep – Full day of creative writing workshops at St Helen’s Central Library
1st Sep – Notts TV appearance; 6.30 Show
19th Aug – ‘Relationships and Issues in YA Fiction’ session – Nottingham Writers’ Studio
22 July – Pan Macmillan’s ‘Publisher of the Year’ summer party, 6.30 pm, London
4 July – ‘Steps to Strong YA’ session – Nottingham Writers’ Studio Development Day
30 Jun – East Midlands Book Award 2015 ceremony, 6 – 9 pm at Bromley House Library, Nottingham
27 Jun – Author talk at Lowdham Book Festival 12.30-1.30 pm
3 Jun – East Midlands Book Award showcase reading, Worksop Library 7pm
3 Jun – ‘Writing Crime’ workshop at Bulwell Academy, Nottingham
28 May – Guest on the 6.30 Show, Notts TV
19 May – Leeds Book Awards 2015 ceremony, Pudsey Civic Hall
14 May – Creative Writing afternoon workshop at Ellis Guilford School, Nottingham
14 May – Creative Writing morning workshops at The Fernwood School, Wollaton
30 April – St Helen’s Book Award (BASH) 2015 ceremony, Chester Lane Library, St Helen’s
20 April – Shropshire Teenage Book Award 2015 ceremony, Shirehall, Shrewsbury.
1 & 2 April – Creative Writing workshops at Edna G Olds Academy, Nottingham
26 March – Waterstones Children’s Book Prize event at Waterstones, Piccadilly
14 March – SMART is shortlisted for the East Midlands Book Award 2015
26 Feb – Guest on the 6.30 Show, Notts TV
24 Feb – Creative Writing day at Glapton Academy, Nottingham
20 Feb – Guest on BBC East Midlands Today Show
16 Feb – Guest on the Verity Cowley Show, BBC Radio Nottingham
12 Feb – SMART paperback edition released
12 Feb – SMART shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2015
10 Feb – SMART longlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2015