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  • The Wish Star and the Five Wishes, Part Three – The Girl

    The Wish Star and the Five Wishes, Part Three – The Girl

    I hope you’re enjoying the story so far. Today the wish star receives another wish. The Girl At the other end of the street, near the house where the small boy lived, there was a girl. She was also wrapping a present, but hers was for her mother. It was very small but it was Read more

  • The Wish Star and the Five Wishes, Part Two – The Dog and the Shopkeeper

    The Wish Star and the Five Wishes, Part Two – The Dog and the Shopkeeper

    I hope you all enjoyed yesterday’s first part of The Wish Star and the Five Wishes. Today the little star hears two more wishes. Will she grant any of them? The Dog She did not need to wait long. Outside in the cold a few streets away from where the boy wished for a pet, Read more

  • The Wish Star and the Five Wishes, Part One – The Star and the Boy

    The Wish Star and the Five Wishes, Part One – The Star and the Boy

    A few years ago on this blog I shared a Christmas Story over a the nights leading up to Christmas, and I’ve decided to share it again this year, as a late advent calendar. It’s a story about a little star who has only one wish to bestow on Christmas night and finds herself in Read more

  • Alice Éclair Spy Extraordinaire : A Spoonful of Spying lands stateside!!!!!

    Alice Éclair Spy Extraordinaire : A Spoonful of Spying lands stateside!!!!!

    Hello all of Alice’s American friends! Thank you for all the support you have given her so far! It has been THRILLING to see her first adventure being welcomed with such enthusiasm in the United States! This week, Alice’s second adventure lands in America, and lands is the right word, as you’ll see from the Read more

  • And Then There Were Four

    And Then There Were Four

    What a wonderful time we had at Alice’s launch party for A Dash of Daring, her fourth adventure, at Waterstones Aberystwyth! ‘Waterstones Aber, as those of us who live here call its, is one of my favourite bookshops and Chloe and her amazing staff are always so welcoming. For my book launches I have a Read more

  • Pigeon Spies not Pigeon Pies!

    Pigeon Spies not Pigeon Pies!

    Pigeon Spies What do you think of when you hear the words ‘spy’ and ‘secret service? I bet the picture below doesn’t spring to mind.  But some of the UK’s most important spies in World War 2 were pigeons – the Confidential Pigeon Service! Homing pigeons would be air dropped into German-occupied France so that Read more