There's been so many pics sent in by readers, I couldn't resist collecting them together for this montage. As Maddy's bezzie Dev would say, this looks 'awesomesauceness'! From what I've been told, it seems like Maddy's shortsighted and perpetually befuddled grandad, Agung, comes out tops as your favourite character. He's mine too and is [...]
I’m so pleased to be part of ‘500 Words’ again, which launched 26th September on BBC Breakfast TV. A brilliant celebration of imagination and creativity through stories written by children. The brilliant Llanfoist Primary in Abergavenny hosted the event with appearances by judges: Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Charlie Higson and surprise guest, Hacker the Dog! [...]
It's countdown to Empathy Day on the 8th June, and this year there's a funky new book, We've Got This! to go with it. Bursting with wise words by the superb Rashmi Sirdeshpande and fantastic illustrations by Juliana Eigner, there's also loads of quotes inside and I’m honoured to have mine included: "Reading for empathy [...]
It was really exciting to be able to celebrate the first year of a new writing festival in my current home town of Bournemouth. I was one of the speakers and chose to share tips on producing creative non-fiction, and how to write your personal story, which can be a surprisingly healing journey, as it [...]
I was invited to 10 Downing Street to take part in their annual Lunar New Year celebrations. I've always wanted to see what was behind that famous black door and take in the history behind it, so how could I say no? Over 100 guests representing the British East and South East Asian community [...]
Here I am with the boss creators of The Diverse Book Awards, award-winning publicist, Helen Lewis and award-winning author, Abiola Bello. The Diverse Book Awards has been going for 3 years but the event at Waterstones, Piccadilly on 20th October was the first ever in person - it was definitely worth waiting for. As winner [...]
When I was a kid, Tony Hart the TV artist, was my absolute hero. I used to dream about having a job like his when I grew up, and now it's actually happened - kind of! This week I was invited to chat, read extracts and do loads of live doodling around my Maddy Yip [...]
I'm excited to announce that my Maddy Yip series for kids is now available on Audible! I love that Maddy's been given a voice by brilliant actress Emma Lau (currently Serena in Hollyoaks), who is perfect as Maddy, plus there's a range of talented artists covering other parts. It's such a privilege to have this [...]
It was great to be invited back to the WeeWrite Glasgow Book Festival - thank you! This time to talk about my Maddy Yip series and hold fun, fast-paced cartoon drawing workshops that got imaginations racing. Four local primary schools came to the grand Mitchell Library and learned how to draw characters and expressions [...]
It was a privilege to work with BookTrust, the UK's largest children's reading charity, and visit some of the more disadvantaged schools in the UK, to help them bring the benefits of reading to those who need it the most. Every student in year 7s got a copy of my book Chinglish, donated to them [...]