The Great British Bake-Off is telly perfection. Just as Blighty goes all cold, wet and jumpery, it brings us crumble. It brings us Mel and Sue, with their easy alternation between hugs and snark about slack custard and soggy bottoms. It brings us Mary Berry being kind about something that obviously tastes horrid. About the only thing… Continue reading The Great British Bake-Off: it’s not about cake
Author: Susie Day
Oxford Children’s Book Group Conference: Story Sacks, Series, and Cinderella
If the Oxford Children's Book Group are going to be so kind as to hold a conference 20 minutes' walk from my house, all about stuff I love, it would be churlish not to pootle along. Even if I am a week away from deadline and my flat looks like someone has attacked it with… Continue reading Oxford Children’s Book Group Conference: Story Sacks, Series, and Cinderella
Rocks fall, no-one dies
I finished my book. The one I'm writing, not the one I'm reading. And not finished-finished. This is the first draft. Some of what will end up in the finished-finished book is on a post-it note I lost last week, and quite a lot of it is still in my head - but there’s a… Continue reading Rocks fall, no-one dies
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