The Cat and the Fiddle, Solva Mill and the Chinese Dragons.

Yesterday was the first of a series of launches for The Cat and the Fiddle, a selection of nursery rhymes. The Mill at Solva looked beautiful and Anna had dressed it to fit, with collections and gatherings of things that went with different pages in the book.

In keeping with the theme Rosie came too. She is such a star of the book and she was a star of the book launch too and enjoyed making sure that the floor was clean of crumbs.

So many people came, the Mill looked wonderful and there was a lovely buzz to the event. It is still possible to buy signed books from Anna from their website, and she will be ordering more copies of The Cat and the Fiddle as we sold all of them and more last night.  

Today is a day of sunshine and showers. I have walked to the sea and watched seals embracing, new pups on the beach and a rainbow. 





On coming home I found a parcel and in the parcel, dragons. Chinese dragons. The pages are so very elegant with the beautiful Chinese script, and it is always a thrill to see my words written in languages other than English, and so very wonderful to see such elegant script.

The next launch for The Cat and the Fiddle will be in Norfolk at The Centre for the Children's Book, on 6th October, then at The Imagine Gallery in Long Melford on 8th October. Meanwhile I have plans to run away with wolves next year.

Book Launch

Almost finished 'I am Cat'. Just a few words to gather up now. My mind has begun to search for wild dogs. 

Meanwhile The Cat and the Fiddle should be in the warehouse now in the UK, so, enterprising book sellers, contact Frances Lincoln and get stock early.

At Solva Woollen Mill we are having a book launch on 16th September. For those far away you can still pre-order signed books and with each book purchased you get a raffle ticket and a chance to win a drawing that was a prelim from the book. One book, one ticket.

Contact Solva Mill if you would like an invitation to the launch.

With or without, car stickers

Available by mailorder online from Solva Woollen Mill. ( Will have to email to order at the moment as they are so hot off the press they are not yet on the website.)

Bed time story

A bedtime story. Outside my studio the lapwings are disturbed by hungry foxes. They call across dark fields. Stars are hidden by clouds. 

Signed copies of The Ice Bear ( and most other copies of my books) are available from Solva Woollen Mill and orders can be taken online and delivered all over the world.
In the UK you should be able to find them in good independent bookshops as well as online and in some of the chains.

A very special offer.

On November 27th, from 5pm, Solva Woollen Mill, Middlemill, Pembrokeshire will be having a book launch for The Ice Bear. I will be there signing books, hopefully with feathers in my hair and pen in hand. During the evening each book bought will have a raffle ticket with it and at the end of the evening a ticket will be pulled out of a box or a hat and the winner will get the drawing seen above. To make this fair for people who live a long long way from Pembrokeshire this will also apply to all books bought from the mill's online shop. All books at the mill are signed, with best wishes. The drawing is an original sketch in pencil of the Ice Bear Mother, on board. The image above is an 'almost finished' as I will probably fiddle a bit with it over the next few days. The offer applies to all of my books at Solva Woollen Mill, not just The Ice Bear and they have most titles there.

On Friday I heard that Tell Me a Dragon had been nominated for the CILIP Kate  Greenaway Medal. All the dragons in the book have their claws crossed that they make it through to the shortlist to be announced in April of next year.