BarryHutchison

Guest appearance on another blog

At the end of my tour with Sorrel and Kate a couple of weeks back, I was asked by the lovely people at the Scottish Book Trust if I’d write a blog post. I did. And here it is. This guest posting malarkey has made me think it might be quite nice to guest post [...]

Signing books in Birmingham

Thanks to Manda Holtham in Birmingham Central Library for sending over these pictures of me signing books after my event there. It was swelteringly hot in the room we were in, so I was half expecting the kids to be irritable and distracted. They were far from it, and I had a great time talking [...]

Caddie’s Game

The German cover for book 2 has now been revealed. They’ve gone for a title change, calling the book “Caddie’s Game” as opposed to “Raggy Maggie”, which is the name of the book in the UK. The new title makes perfect sense, once you know the story, and I think the cover looks fantastic. What [...]

Spill the Ink tour report

It’s hard to believe I’ve been home from the Spill the Ink tour for almost four days now. Those four days, like the tour itself, have gone by in a whoosh, and I’m still getting to grips with getting back to reality. The tour itself was fantastic fun. Along with Sorrel Anderson (author of The [...]

Video Blog #7

Follow me on tour!

Next week, I’ll be setting off on an 8 city UK tour, with fellow HarperCollins authors, Kate Maryon and Sorrel Anderson. Don’t believe me? Check out the poster below. See? Told you. As well as the lovely posters, the good people at HarperCollins Children’s Books have set up a blog, where everyone on the tour [...]

The Turriff Book Festival

Just back from three hectic days at the Turriff Book Festival, where I was running six (count ‘em, six) events. The events took place in schools and in the excellent Turriff Library, and I had great fun speaking to the kids, meeting the festival organisers, and scoffing cake. It’s always nice to meet people who [...]

Sackalicious

First up, HAPPY STAR WARS DAY! May the Fourth be with you all. Now… Two days ago – Sunday 2nd May – was the 8th birthday of my son, Kyle. Like me, Kyle’s a bit of a video games fan, and he decided he wanted a birthday cake in the shape of Sackboy, the main [...]