Clever Chicken by Megan Rix
I’ve just received an advance copy of my next book ‘The Great Fire Dogs’ to be published by Puffin at the end of August and sent it straight off to Zach because I loved his letter about my books and...
View ArticleLive or Rehearsed? – Megan Rix / Ruth Symes
Some people prefer to rehearse a lot before they give a performance and some are more comfortable just ‘winging’ it. The first way can lead to a polished professional performance, or not. The second...
View ArticleRoad Trip – Megan Rix, Eric, Bella and Freya :-)
Every now and again (usually when I’ve got a new book out) the lovely people at Puffin ask if I’d like to do a week long book tour visiting schools around the country to launch the book. This time...
View ArticlePuppy Freya and the Mule by Megan Rix
Next week my golden retriever puppy Freya has been invited to be part of a ceremony at the Animals in War memorial to commemorate the animals that lost their lives in Wars and Campaigns. And I’ve...
View ArticleThrowing Things Away by Megan Rix / Ruth Symes
Whenever I take my dogs for a walk in town my puppy Freya thinks I’m taking her on a food hoover. There’s so many tasty things to find on the pavement and although I say ‘leave it’ and she does mostly...
View ArticleDo you want to be a writer or an illustrator? – Megan Rix / Ruth Symes
Are you over 16? Or do you know someone who is? Do you like entering competitions? Is this the year you’re going to published? Or re-published? Is this the year you create the cover of a prize winning...
View ArticleLightning Pens!
Quick quick quick – less than 2 weeks until the closing date for this year’s 500 words competition so get out that pen (if you haven’t already). If you’re aged between 5-13 there’s still time to enter...
View ArticleAnother writing competition!!!! :-)
Over the last couple of months my posts have been about writing competitions and I’ve just found another one for you that looks very much worth entering. All you have to do is carry on this story...
View ArticleKarate World Cup
A few weeks ago it was the GKR Karate World Championship – and this year it was held in the UK at Milton Keynes. Competitors from the UK and Australia and New Zealand and America and Japan took part –...
View ArticleEsther the Wonder Pig Goes Home
I’ve been a fan of Esther since her facebook page went up and if you haven’t met her I bet you’ll love her too. I first blogged about her on this site and GirlsHeartBooks way back in 2016 (Esther the...
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