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Book Signing With Mark Robson
Just did a book signing at Waterstone's Maidenhead with the force of nature that is Mark Robson. There's a brilliant team at Maidenhead and they not only know about the books on their shelves they clearly care that their customers go away happy. Here's a pic of Mark...
Age Banding for Children’s Books
The Bookseller leads with a headline today on age guidance for children's books. It's a subject I feel passionately about - so much so I was moved to comment on Caroline Horn's piece which you can read here: Including age guidance on books does a great disservice to...
Being An Author is Not Just About Writing
Authors don't just write. There are any number of peripheral activities essential to success. And I'm not talking about research or reappointing the writing 'shed' (invariably nothing of the sort). I'm referring to the round of events which many of us are asked to...
The Biker Goddess Book Tour
Here's my latest video - the Biker Goddess stock signing tour to promote Kumari. I spent a day whizzing round the major Central London book stores on the back of a Triumph Bonneville clad only in a sari, a pair of Raybans and a dodgy leather jacket. Move over Isadora...
Amanda Lees: Centrefold
Yes folks - here I am in a marvellous centre spread feature by journalist Kate Youde which you can read here. The five page special focuses on what it flatteringly describes as the 'best local writers.' Not sure how Hanif Kureishi feels about being left out but there...
How I Became A Writer
Here's me talking about my writing life at the Thoroughly Modern Heroines event which took place at Waterstone's in Notting Hill - beside me are fellow authors Josa Young http://oneappletasted.com and Kate Morris http://katemorris.co.uk. Click on this entry to see the...