A photo of my dad at school
It’s hard to imagine but once upon a time, your parents went to school, just like you! Here is a photo I found of my father at school in […]
There’s no such thing as an inappropriate question if you’re seven-years-old
It’s Book Week here in New Zealand and yesterday I spent two wonderful hours with Ellerslie School. As usual, my favourite part of the talk is question time: Where do […]
Meet Toby from My Best Worst Year
Toby is the main character in My Best Worst Year, a hilarious story about a boy who is promised a Gamebox V3 by his dad if he scores 20 wickets […]
Are you a keen reader? Do you like free books?
Good news wonderful readers. From March 4th 2021 my book The Underers ebook will be absolutely free – click here for your copy. Here’s a sneak peek about the […]
The day R2D2 threw me into a trash can
One of my favourite interviews in my radio career was with Kenny Baker, otherwise known as R2D2. Kenny was a circus and cabaret performer before a phone call came […]
This little shop was the inspiration for my first children’s novel
In my children’s novel My Best Worst Year, the main character Toby often visits his grandma in her second-hand shop named ‘Junk and Disorderly.’ The inspiration for this came from […]
When you accidentally meet the main character from your novel
I was walking along Ponsonby Road in Auckland on a beautiful morning when I ran into an old mate with his ten-year-old son. Here was a kid dressed in […]
Dr Seuss was right – your first draft always stinks!
Here’s a little story to prove it. In 1964, Roald Dahl’s ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ was published in the UK. It took over two years to write and underwent […]