Emily
Drawing as thinking
I’ve loved drawing since I was very young and I can spend hours playing with ink or doodling in the corner of a page. I’m quite a tactile...
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Emily
- Jul 5
From my bookshelf
My Summer book recommendations after a busy year!
Emily
- Sep 28, 2021
New adventures
I'm beginning a new adventure this year and starting training to be a primary teacher as well as rewriting my work in progress!
Emily
- Aug 8, 2021
From my bookshelf
The joy of reading by the sea, and my recent reading recommendations!
Emily
- Apr 5, 2021
From my bookshelf
My recent reading recommendations!
Emily
- Feb 8, 2021
Trees Trees Trees
The story I'm currently working on is set in a forest, so I've been writing a lot about trees. This is what my research looks like...
Emily
- Sep 12, 2020
Art, Rocks and Forests
How artworks by Ilana Halperin and Katie Paterson have influenced my writing and imagination.
Emily
- Jun 18, 2020
Stories, Monsters & Anti-racism
Thinking about the stories told in our classrooms and our streets, in relation to Pet by Akwaeke Emezi and the Black Lives Matter movement.
Emily
- May 17, 2020
My Conservation Hero
For Open the Door Festival, I write about freshwater pearl mussels and one of my conservation heroes.
Emily
- May 15, 2020
Call, yap, speak, sing, glow...
Did you know that green monkeys have different alarm calls for leopards and snakes?
Or that honeybees communicate through a waggle dance?
Emily
- Apr 27, 2020
"The End"
I have finished the first draft of Book 2, and remembered a lot about how I write in the process...
Emily
- Apr 6, 2020
A prize longlist!
The Girl Who Lost Her Shadow is longlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2020!
Emily
- Mar 30, 2020
"I'm Little My and I bite because I like it!"
Find out why I dressed up as Little My for World Book Day 2020!
Emily
- Mar 24, 2020
Do you know your Vampire Squid from your Sea Swallows?
Are you scared of the deep sea? Do you have a favourite sea creature? And can you tell a Vampire Squid from a Sea Swallow...?
Emily
- Mar 23, 2020
My First Blog Tour
See some blog posts and interviews from my very first blog tour!