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Everyday Magic Blog
May 23, 20241 min read
Time for Jane Blonde to get super-animated!
Outstanding news❣ From goldenspy to silver screen - I'm so thrilled, excited, delighted (yes, all three!) to announce that my...
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Everyday Magic Blog
May 23, 20242 min read
She's a Glossop Girl now
1️⃣ year ago, I moved back to the UK after many years down under. I found my new home in an extraordinary little town, perched on the...
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Everyday Magic Blog
Apr 22, 20223 min read
There is no finer SWAGG designer!
In the SWAGGbooks team of amazing women, here's Katie Gannon, graphic designer! Many people think the illustrator and designer of a book...
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Everyday Magic Blog
Apr 1, 20221 min read
One of my favourite ever author interviews!
I had a fantastic interview for Tellest.com this week. I've been asked a lot of questions as an author, but it's not often I'm made to...
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Everyday Magic Blog
Apr 1, 20223 min read
Introducing S*W*A*G*G's cover girl!
Madison Fotti-Knowles is the wonderful artist behind the beautiful illustrations for the full SWAGG franchise. Madison, can you tell us a...
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Everyday Magic Blog
Dec 11, 20216 min read
Playing the magical name game
Why I'm finally turning tail, back to the original book title chosen by my publishers ... A great title can be the making of a book - and...
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Everyday Magic Blog
Apr 25, 20213 min read
Messages and memories - ANZAC Day 2021
April 25 2021. ANZAC Day in NZ and Australia. Last ANZAC Day, we stood silenty at the end of our driveways, in darkness and social...
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Everyday Magic Blog
Dec 22, 20205 min read
Christmas coincidences, magical collaborations
Since I started this blog in March 2020, I've written about everyday magic - the little jolts and surprises from the universe that lead...
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Everyday Magic Blog
Oct 12, 20203 min read
Has something happened to girls' reading?
'Girls are reading shorter books these days.' That's what someone told me just a few months ago. That someone was a publisher, and we...
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Everyday Magic Blog
Oct 4, 20201 min read
Publishing The Perfect Spylet - aka how to get hold of books these days!
A few thoughts on how to get hold of books these days! To get your free copy of The Perect Spylet, click here!
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Everyday Magic Blog
Sep 27, 20200 min read
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Everyday Magic Blog
Sep 14, 20204 min read
My magical Harry Potter moments, on his magical day
31 July. Harry Potter's birthday - and, not so coincidentally, JK Rowling's birthday too. Fans world-wide will celebrate. I will too.
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Everyday Magic Blog
Sep 14, 20205 min read
Where the real magic happens - a true story of connectedness to share.
Several of my books have followed instances of 'everyday magic' that came to me in a very ordinary way - via the TV. Take Toadstone, the...
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Everyday Magic Blog
Sep 14, 20204 min read
Many books retell the past, but what about predicting the future? Fortune-telling, author style.
Live-streaming event organiser, HOST, has found a way to bring the 'World Community Games' into everyone's homes.
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Everyday Magic Blog
Aug 26, 20203 min read
Are you hearing this? Magic happens all the time!
A couple of weeks ago, during semi-lockdown, my parents masked up and took their first bus ride in half a year to a nearby town. Mum...
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Everyday Magic Blog
Jul 16, 20203 min read
How a book helped me find myself - literally
Once up on a time, a book helped me to find myself. Not in a spiritual, self-awareness sense. No. In a literal, actual,...
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Everyday Magic Blog
Jul 10, 20204 min read
Libraries: how authors' love-hate relationships with them can - and should - turn to devotion.
I first wrote this blog just two years ago, before libraries had to close their doors and figure out ways to increase their online...
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Everyday Magic Blog
Jun 11, 20202 min read
Serendipity captured the castle
My lovely colleague Sarah and I were discussing my book 'Pineapple' the other day. It made her feel the same way, she said, as the book...
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Everyday Magic Blog
Jun 6, 20202 min read
Crossed wires and synchronicities
Just a little everyday magic for today. It may sound like a Michael McIntyre sketch, but I swear it's true. Some years ago, I was a...
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Everyday Magic Blog
May 24, 20204 min read
Many books retell the past, but what about predicting the future? Fortune-telling, author style.
Live-streaming event organiser, HOST, has found a way to bring the 'World Community Games' into everyone's homes.
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