Ready, set ...

Go! Get writing and enter these competitions for children’s book authors. It’s a great way to get feedback and exposure.

CAN you believe that we’re already into the fourth month of the year? April is my favourite month because it’s my birthday month. I am 46 years old on April 14, which should be ... today! Looking forward, I’m guessing I’ll have bought myself a birthday present or two – books, of course. Also, a friend told me that she got me the new Virago edition of Rumer Godden’s Thursday’s Children – squee!