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I just want to wish all my readers Happy Midwinter! My new book Tyger is set at Midwinter, around about now, but in a strange alternate wor...

 I'd like to say a very big THANK YOU to Paul Gibson-Barton and all the amazing students and staff at Welton St Mary's Academy for ...

 Amazing news – Tyger is the Foyles Children's Book of the Year !!! This is an absolutely incredible thing for me.  When I was a child, ...

I want to say a massive THANK YOU to legendary Headteacher Chris Dyson , inspirational librarian Aimee Allpress , and all the amazing childr...

I'd like to say a huge and heartfelt THANK YOU to Kathryn Pennington , Ruth DeChastelain , and all the amazing students and staff I met ...

If you'd like to know more about my new book TYGER  – I've done quite a few interviews about it lately that you might enjoy. Here...

I've been absolutely blown away to see the responses to TYGER !  Nine years is a very long time to spend writing a book, but all the har...

My new book TYGER is finally published today! I think it's my best book yet, and I hope you love it as much as I do. I hope you love Dav...

I've just made a short video of Dave McKean's incredible art on the front, back and spine of TYGER !  Please do watch, it's a th...

There have been some amazing early reviews for my new book TYGER ! It was Editor's Choice for October children's books in The Bookse...

I'm very excited to share a short video about new book TYGER !  Watch this if you want to know more about the story and its inspirations...

I have some incredible news.  After 9 and a half years of work, we finally sent my new book TYGER to the printers yesterday!  This is the f...

My publishers have been sending proof copies of my new book TYGER out to various readers in the past few weeks – authors, booksellers, teac...

I am beyond excited to share this with you all at last – Dave McKean's stunning cover for my new book TYGER , which will be published by...

I have some big news!  It's just been officially announced that my new book TYGER will be published this October 2022 by David Fickling...

Happy World Book Day 2022!  I'm in favour of anything that celebrates books and reading, so I love World Book Day!  I made a video again...

Here's a brand new video I've made for World Book Day 2022!  It's all about reading and writing for pleasure.  There's also ...

 I've had the pleasure of visiting Park Hill Junior School  in Kenilworth a couple of times in the past, because this is a school where ...

I've just tweeted some news about my new book, TYGER!   I've been off Twitter for ages now, trying to finish my new book TYGER. Incr...

I have some amazing news! The reading charity BookTrust has put together a list of the 100 best children's books of the past 100 years ...

Happy World Book Day 2021!  This has been a strange World Book Day, because of the lockdown, but I've been inspired to see all the diffe...

Usually on World Book Day, I'd be visiting schools, talking to classes about reading and books. This year, because of the lockdown, that...