Sue Pickford Cheung

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  • Andersen Press Christmas party

    December 14, 2023

    I’m so lucky to bean Andersen Press author. The team is first class, and I get invited to grand publisher parties like this! It's especially [...]

  • Maddy Yip – readers’ pics

    October 30, 2023

      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, [...]

  • 500 Words Competition 2023

    September 27, 2023

      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 [...]

  • We’ve Got This!

    May 20, 2023

    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 [...]

  • Speaking in my home town

    April 30, 2023

    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 [...]

  • 10 Downing Street invite

    January 23, 2023

      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 [...]

  • Hosting The Diverse Book Awards 2022

    October 30, 2022

    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 [...]

  • BBC Authors Live

    September 24, 2022

    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 [...]

  • ‘Maddy Yip’ now on Audible

    September 9, 2022

    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 [...]

  • WeeWrite Festival 2022

    May 1, 2022

      It was great to be invited back to the WeeWrite Glasgow Book Festival - thank you! This time to talk about my Maddy Yip [...]