Maddy Yip's Guide to Holidays has arrived! In the second book of the Maddy Yip series, Maddy goes off on a seaside break with her bezzie mate, dimwit little brother and bonkers grandad. Their main quest is to get on The Mega Beast, a brand new rollercoaster at the amusement park - but first [...]
2021 was a good year, after winning another national award. The Blossom Awards celebrates the success and contributions of British-Chinese people to our national life, so it was a bit of a shock being in this line-up considering the stellar talent in the room. On my table alone were a TV chef, chief constable, [...]
For anyone looking for peaceful surroundings to get their next project done, I highly recommend Kiln Bank Writers’ & Artists’ Retreat, Lake District. The 1820s cottage has an abundance of nature on its doorstep, with a couple of excellent walks/running routes, taking in secluded river woodland to mountainous panoramas. In the evenings, I ate meals [...]
I’m delighted to announce the launch of ‘Little Chapters of Chill' audiobooks for kids, series 2! Narrated by CBBC’s Giovanna Fletcher, with special guest voiceovers. It was incredible to hear that series 1 was adopted by schools, councils, libraries and the NHS, as an essential tool for children's health and welfare online, especially during [...]
Two years, 20,000 words and 80 illustrations later, it's finally here! Maddy Yip's Guide to Life took so long because I was working full-time as a marketing creative, as well as covering work off the back of my last book Chinglish: writing features, doing interviews/podcasts, school visits, festival talks/panels, videos etc. Also, confession time, I'm [...]
Bizzie Baby UK have awarded GOLD for my mindfulness book for children 'Chill with Lil' (Also shown are the Dutch and Turkish versions) Most people won't know that apart from writing and illustrating books, I also practice meditation and am a qualified guide. One day I decided to put the two together and came [...]
After being postponed twice, the 2020 Bristol Teen Book Award ceremony finally went ahead this month online, with deputy mayor Asher Craig presenting this beautiful blue glass trophy to me. As a writer with perpetual imposter syndrome, it's things like this that remind me that actually, I can write. So I’m going to display this [...]
I’m very excited to reveal advance copies of my latest book ‘Maddy Yip’s Guide to Life’. The first in a laugh-out-loud series for kids 8+, and chock-full of madcap adventures. It’s been brilliant working on this over the past year - thinking up hilarious scenarios and sketching funny cartoons got me through the gloom for [...]
EmpathyLab is an organisation offering schools and libraries innovative and practical ways to build empathy. Without this social and emotional skill, young people struggle to communicate and form strong relationships. By encouraging children to #ReadForEmpathy, we can broaden their world view with stories that explore and teach how different people’s lives are, how important it is [...]
Chinglish has been chosen for the 2021 Read for Empathy collection, I’m so proud! 'The empathy we feel for book characters wires our brains to have the same sensitivity towards real people' (Raymond Marr, York University) This important collection of books get updated every year, and helps to raise an empathy-educated generation, so children [...]