Chicken Newspaper, The Food Edition


It’s taken a while to learn how to build a digital publication, longer than I thought, but it’s finally done. It will be available throughout January on the iBookstore, Amazon and on Issuu. If you don’t know, Chicken Newspaper is a unique way to bring current affairs into the primary school classroom because it’s written and…… Continue reading Chicken Newspaper, The Food Edition

Word on the Street


Whatagwaan? This phrase is essential of you are travelling to or living in a West Indian neighbourhood .(that’s ‘neighorhood’ to all the Americans in the house). It means, ‘What’s going on?’ in the Marvin Gaye sense. It has a few versions, namely Wa’ Gwaan, ‘Wa’pn’, and can be used in many situations. like the one…… Continue reading Word on the Street

Pop Up Festival Weekend


It was great to be entertaining children this weekend. Exhausting (felt that afterwards) but really, really enjoyable. Our next event is in July in London. It promises to be bigger and better, but it will have a hard time toping this one! We had Sarwat Chadda and Zena Edwards, Julia Golding, Ed Vere with a Jazz…… Continue reading Pop Up Festival Weekend

Pop Up 2014 in Essex


May 3 is the second Pop Up Festival. This time it’s in Purfleet, Essex. Here’s a layout of the venue, and the schedule for the day. The exciting line up includes Jane Ray, Sarwat Chadda, Julia Golding, Kayo Chingonyi, Sita Bamchari, Ed Vere, Chris Mould, Jane Ray, James Mayhew, Sarah Dyer, Rich Mayhew and yours…… Continue reading Pop Up 2014 in Essex

Chicken!


It’s been an incredible few months.I’ve been slowly and steadily heading back to doing books full-time and it hasn’t been easy at all. The plan was to return to the days when there were only  books and book ideas on my work list. I have a couple of titles to try as ebooks and started…… Continue reading Chicken!