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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The official home of Jane Blonde (TM) and SWAGG Books (TM)
New magical YA out now!
As an ever-present big sister to the world's loudest tween and carer to her disabled mother,
Sasha Baker already has an unusually tough life. So she can hardly believe her
bad luck at Work Experience Day, as her Terrible Life takes a turn for the
worse - especially when new boy Cass takes a sudden interest in her.
It's going to take more than a trip to The Body Beautiful to sort Sasha out.
Work experience? No thanks. What Sasha really needs is a guardian angel ...
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Everyday Magic Blog
- Apr 1, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 7 min
Playing the magical name game
Why I'm finally turning tail, back to the original book title chosen by my publishers ... It probably won't come as any surprise that a...
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Everyday Magic Blog
- Apr 25, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 5 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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 14, 2020
- 4 min
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, 2020
- 5 min
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, 2020
- 4 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 4 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 4 min
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
- May 22, 2020
- 4 min
When the universe nudges you once, it's interesting. When it nudges you twice ...
This week a friend nominated me for one of those lockdown challenges that have become popular of late. Luckily it wasn't one involving...
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Everyday Magic Blog
- May 10, 2020
- 3 min
The everyday magic I'm loving during lockdown
The generosity of spirit with which people are sharing their gifts, talents, products, time and hearts is a beautiful thing to witness.
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