Yesterday was quite a bewildering day for me. I dropped Inka off at nursery and was stuck in a traffic jam on the way home, when my phone pinged with a message from my sister-in-law. She was letting me know about a review of The Trees from the Herald Scotland. Which obviously I couldn’t read, …
My daughter and I are painting when the knock comes. Inka is two years old, and learning to splodge spots and stripes onto the paper. I am trying to paint a picture of a troll, in fluorescent colours with a brush thicker than my thumb. I get up and hurry to the door and it’s …
I mentioned last week that I’d just completed the second draft of my next book (I’m going to need a codename for this project, aren’t I? I don’t think I’m ready to share the actual title just yet). I’d worked hard to get it finished by the end of September and felt pleased to have met my …
I’ve just finished typing up the second draft of my fourth novel. Trying to decipher my own handwriting made my eyes ache, but I’m pleased with what I’ve done. I started this thing back in April, when I was enormously grateful to receive an Arts Council grant to allow me to do so. Since then I’ve been working …
There will be a lot more to say about my new book in the future, but for now I’m pleased to be able to share the following trade announcement from Bloomsbury. Helen Garnons-Williams at Bloomsbury UK and Rachel Mannheimer at Bloomsbury US have acquired the new novel by award-winning writer Ali Shaw (author of The Girl with …