Mar 22, 20191 minThe British Book Awards Debut Book ShortlistLovely, lovely news. I’m so thrilled to say that Dear Mrs Bird has been shortlisted for The British Book Awards 2019 Debut Book of the Year. It’s a huge hono...
Jan 15, 20191 minIt's Official: DMB is a Sunday Times Bestseller in paperback!Well! It's been a whirlwind start to 2019 and I'm a bit late with this post, but am nevertheless ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED to say that the paperback of Dear Mrs B...
Dec 28, 20182 minDear Mrs Bird is a Richard and Judy Book Club pickThe UK paperback of Dear Mrs Bird was published yesterday and I am just so, SO thrilled to be able to say that it has been chosen as one of WHSmith's Richard...
Nov 29, 20181 minDear Mrs Bird is one of NetGalley UK's Top Ten Books 2018Really exciting news today as I've just heard that Dear Mrs Bird is one of NetGalley UK's Top Ten Books of 2018! I'd like to send a huge thanks to everyone w...
Oct 24, 20181 minDear Mrs Bird Shortlisted for LibraryReads Favorites of Favorites 2018Lovely news from the USA as Dear Mrs Bird has been voted into the shortlist for LibraryReads' 2018 Favorite of Favorites. Hugest thanks to all the public lib...
Oct 5, 20181 minDear Mrs Bird Shortlisted for BAMB Readers AwardI am absolutely thrilled to share the news that Dear Mrs Bird has been shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag 2018 Breakthrough Author at the BAMB Readers Awar...
Sep 21, 20181 minLiebe Mrs Bird Ist Heir!Hi everyone, I've been offline most of the summer, working on Book 2, which is the sequel to Dear Mrs Bird. I'm not allowed to say anything about it, but I c...
Jul 3, 20182 minDear Mrs Bird Arrives in North AmericaI've been a bit quiet of late on the News page as I've been whizzing around the UK promoting Dear Mrs Bird. Now though, I am home in the absolutely swelterin...
Apr 23, 20181 minDear Mrs Bird is a Best Seller!The most wonderful news this week - Dear Mrs Bird is officially a Sunday Times Top Ten Best Seller! I am just so thrilled. The most enormous thanks to everyo...
Apr 11, 20181 minA Flying Visit to DublinI'm just back from a really exciting 24 hours in Dublin where I met booksellers, did an interview with Catherine Conroy for The Irish Times, chatted on the r...
Mar 29, 20181 minAJ on BBC Radio 4's Front RowHuge excitement and no little trembling of knees yesterday as I had my first go at being interviewed on radio. And on Radio 4’s Front Row too! Everyone was l...
Mar 22, 20181 minDear Mrs Bird is optioned for TVDear Mrs Bird has been optioned for television! We’ve been having secret meetings and discussions with quite a number of production companies for several mon...
Mar 20, 20181 minSigned copies are on their way to the shopsToday has been another really special day. I’ve been in Pan Macmillan’s London office signing hundreds of hardback copies of Dear Mrs Bird. These will be win...
Mar 19, 20181 minDear Mrs Bird in AustraliaI am so delighted to hear that librarians in Australia have voted Dear Mrs Bird one of their Top 10 Books for April. Thank you so much to everyone who voted ...
Mar 14, 20181 minDear Mrs Bird on AudioThe audio version of Dear Mrs Bird has just been recorded! I am particularly thrilled as Picador’s audio manager Becky Lloyd managed to get the wonderful An...