2025
Wigtown Book Festival Saturday 27th/Sunday 28th September.
Not one, not two, but three chances to catch me at Wigtown this year as part of the BigWig line up of children’s events.
I’ll be appearing at 12pm on Saturday 27th with my new book Firebloom. And twice with illustrator Jill Calder for our interactive, creative Scribble & Scrawl walking tours – at 3pm on Saturday 27th, & 10am on Sunday 28th.
For more info and tickets click here.https://www.wigtownbookfestival.com/
Borders Book Festival, Saturday June 14th.
I’m teaming up with my partner in creative crime again at Melrose Abbey for a creative writing and illustrating crawl. Book here!
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2025. August 10th.
I’m thrilled to be bringing my latest children’s novel Firebloom to this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival. It’s going to be jelly-tastic!
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2025. August 22nd.
Join me and Jill Calder for a fabulous, creative Scribble and Scrawl Crawl around the books festival.
News & Events 2024
Book Festivals
Wigtown Book Festival 2024. Saturday September 28th and Sunday September 29th.
I’ll be appearing at Wigtown with fabulous illustrator, Jill Calder, for two of our popular Scribble & Scrawl Crawls! Join us for a walking tour of the festival site and be inspired by our writing and drawing prompts!
Fringe by the Sea, North Berwick. Sunday August 11th.
Haarville. Secrets, Seaweed & Scoundrels! I’m excited to be appearing at Fringe by the Sea this summer when I’ll be talking about Haarville and getting everyone to help me create a super seaweedy seaside cafe menu!
Aberdour Festival. Thursday August 1st.
I’ll be appearing at the brilliant Aberdour Festival at 3pm, where we’ll be creating a monster-tastic story character!
Borders Book Festival, Melrose. Sunday June 16th.
I’m thrilled to be appearing with fabulous illustrator, Jill Calder, for one of our always popular Scribble & Scrawl Crawls. Come and join us for a creative walking tour of the Borders Book Festival site. Sunday, June 16th, 3.15pm
BigDoG Children’s Book Festival, Dumfries. Saturday March 23rd.
Boswell Book Festival, Dumfries House, Ayrshire, Sat/Sun 11th & 12th May
I’ll be appearing three times at Boswell. Twice with illustrator Jill Calder for our popular Scribble & Scrawl Crawls; also solo for a special Haarville event looking at the inspiration behind my latest book.
News & Events 2023
My third children’s novel, Haarville, was published in the UK by Kelpies on 23rd February (6th June US/AUS/NZ)
To celebrate, I held a launch event in Edinburgh on publication day itself, hosted by the incredible team at The Edinburgh Bookshop!
The launch was live-streamed, so EVERYONE could be there!
Click here for the YouTube video!
Book signings & readings:
I will be signing books on the following dates:
Saturday March 4th, 12pm, Kingdom Bookshop, Leven, Fife.
Saturday March 4th, 2.30pm, Waterstones, St Andrews, Fife.
Saturday March 11th, 12pm, Waterstones, Glasgow – The Fort.
Book Festivals:
I’m appearing twice at this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival!
Sunday August 13th, 11am (with illustrator Jill Calder), Scribble, Scrawl & Crawl Walking Tour. Click here for event & booking info.
Friday August 18th, 2pm: Secrets, Seaweed & Scoundrels. Click here for event & booking info.
Borders Book Festival, Sunday June 18th, 3.30pm
Big DoG children’s book festival in Dumfries, Saturday April 1st.
News & Events 2022
BIG NEWS!
I have a new book coming out in February next year!
Haarville is a darkly comic mystery adventure for middle grade readers (9-12) and will be published by Kelpies (Floris Books) on 23rd February 2023 in the UK, and on June 6th in the USA. I can’t wait for you to be able to read it!
With in-person events finally returning, I’m happy to be appearing at book festivals again!
So far this year I’ve appeared at…
April
30th: Wee Write Family Day, Mitchell Library, Glasgow.
June
18th: Borders Book Festival, Melrose. The Great Borders Book Festival Scribble & Scrawl Challenge.
July
28th: Scribble & Scrawl Crawl at Callendar House, Falkirk, with illustrator Jill Calder.
News & Events 2021
I’m a winner!
Look! My debut children’s book, Help! I Smell a Monster is one of the Lancashire School Library Service Fantastic Book Awards winners for 2021. This award is voted for by school children, which makes it all the more special.
NEWS & EVENTS in 2020
January
28th: Whoa! I Spy a Werewolf book launch. Waterstones, Edinburgh West End. 6pm
30th: Reading and Meet-the-Author. Waterstones, Edinburgh Ocean Terminal. 12pm
February
8th: Fife-in-a-Day Book Tour. Waterstones, Dunfermline 11.30am; Waterstones Kirkcaldy 1.30pm; Waterstones St Andrews 4pm.
13th: Reading and Meet-the-Author. Waterstones, Glasgow Silverburn 4pm.
15th: Reading and Meet-the-Author. Waterstones, Glasgow The Fort 1pm
22nd: Granite Noir Book Festival, Aberdeen.
March
4th: Wee Write Book Festival, Glasgow.
5th: World Book Day, events around Fife with Fife Cultural Trust
6th: Smallprint Festival, Stirling & Dunblane Libraries.
NEWS FROM EVENTS in 2019
Help! I Smell a Monster was published on May 30th and I launched it the same day at Blackwell’s, Edinburgh:
I’ve also begun going into schools to talk to the children about writing and generally being silly. Here’s a fab photo of me in action:
I took Help! I Smell a Monster to some fabulous book festivals this summer!
In June my monsters visited the fabulous Borders Book Festival in Melrose. This was my first ever book festival appearance and I had a great time.
In August I appeared at the Edinburgh International Book Festival as part of their Schools Programme; I also joined with illustrator Jill Calder to take a group of budding writers and illustrators on the EIBF’s first ever Scribble & Scrawl Crawl; and I had the pleasure of chairing a couple of events during the festival.
I also joined Fife Libraries for a day of events around Fife, including events at the Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline & Lochgelly Centre.
In September I headed back down to the Borders for the Borders Book Festival School’s Gala Day in Galashiels; then I appeared at Waterstones Dunfermline as part of the 2019 Outwith Festival.
I was part of the brilliant Portobello Book Festival in Edinburgh in October, with a school visit to Brunstane Primary and took part in the Craigmillar Book Festival in November with an appearance at Castle View Primary School in Edinburgh.
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