Seven Miles of Steel Thistles

You're an Australian writer, so why were you drawn to write a book set mainly in Scotland and referring to so much Scottish history and ...

“All her life Hannah had longed for magical adventures – to ride a unicorn, to find a dragon’s egg, to rub a lamp and conjure a genie.  N...

If you are a writer, have you ever kept a diary?  I'm guessing you have. I started one when I was nine. “Mrs Butler’s school,” runs ...

I was sitting in my upstairs writing room (the tiny spare bedroom) when I saw one of our cats – the black one with the white shirt-front ...

Because we are getting a new puppy (tarantara!) we recently drove over to Malmesbury, Wiltshire, to visit her.  Malmesbury is a sweet little...

Since the last entry, I've been on a school visit.  And talking to 200 Year 7s (twelve years old, approximately) has made me think furth...

F olklore, like democracy, is of the people, by the people, for the people.  It may get written up, annotated, shut into books and beco...