What do we need from Children’s Authors and Illustrators in 2022? As a mum of three the past nineteen months could have been either the most positive or most negative experience for my children. So what should a new children’s author be writing about in 2022? What do kid’s need?…
What was your first baby book? Can you remember the first book you ever read? My earliest memories of reading are associated with a collection of Ladybird books. Our family book collection included Rumpelstiltskin, Puss in Boots, The Three Billy goats Gruff. Plus The Elves and the shoemaker and my…
What are the challenges of trying to break through as a Scottish Children’s Author & Illustrator in 2021? With the ever growing opportunities and tools available to create and publish your own books in the year 2021 the book and publishing industry is becoming an ever crowded space. Everyone with…
As a Scottish Children’s Author and illustrator I am always inspired by the great authors and illustrators that have came from the United Kingdom from Roald Dahl, J K Rowling, Beatrix Potter, J M Barrie, Michael Morprugo to Julia Donaldson. As a country we have a rich heritage of creativity…
A couple of years ago I sat in my mum’s living room and watched on with amazement as my four nephews now in their 20’s reminisced over a variety of stories my husband told them as toddlers. One by one each of them interrupted one another in excitement. They recalled…
Great books only come from a source of Love & Joy. When I began my new journey into the world of Children’s illustration I never thought for a minute that the simple love for our new addition to the family ‘Our Polly’ would make such an impact with my first…
