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...

"That could have been me." That's what I just thought as I watched, listened and positively breathed in the gorgeousness of this piece on...

Since I started this blog in March 2020, I've written about everyday magic - the little jolts and surprises from the universe that lead...

'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...

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...

31 July. Harry Potter's birthday - and, not so coincidentally, JK Rowling's birthday too. Fans world-wide will celebrate. I will too.

Once up on a time, a book helped me to find myself. Not in a spiritual, self-awareness sense. No. In a literal, actual,...

I first wrote this blog just two years ago, before libraries had to close their doors and figure out ways to increase their online...

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...

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...

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...

Live-streaming event organiser, HOST, has found a way to bring the 'World Community Games' into everyone's homes.

This week a friend nominated me for one of those lockdown challenges that have become popular of late. Luckily it wasn't one involving...

The generosity of spirit with which people are sharing their gifts, talents, products, time and hearts is a beautiful thing to witness.

These are the moments that feel like magic - as if you're being given a little hint from powers you can't see about which way to go.

I've been pondering the many instances of everyday magic that happen in our lives - coincidences, serendipity, bolts from the blue ...