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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

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Rocks fall, no-one dies

September 30, 2013October 12, 2013 Susie Day

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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Will there be more Pea’s Books?

July 12, 2013 Susie Day

Now that Pea's Book of Birthdays is out (in bookshops! I've seen it on a real actual shelf and everything!), several kind readers have been in touch to ask: will there be more? When I was writing Pea #3, I honestly didn't know myself. I kept putting off writing the last chapter, in case it really… Continue reading Will there be more Pea’s Books?