Well, I wrote another one! I've been in lock-down for about 6 days, so it felt good to work away on a novel and finish it, one thing I had control over and a good way to ward off stress and existential angst. ...
Read more...I met so many fun people this week! The event started at INGRAM, the place where my books are printed. We had a fantastic tour of the facilities in Milton Keynes and the team there made us super welcome. At one poi...
Read more...Oh My God guys! I just had my very first book club! These lovely ladies selected The Beautiful Ones trilogy to read and invited me to discuss it with them. It was absolutely terrifying to meet them...
Read more...Well, not quite but nearly ... :) So yours truly will appear in an interview in a Stanford University journal today! Since the beginning of this adventure in June 2019, I've been interviewed four times and ...
Read more...The evening before the Booker prize was announced, my bookclub friends and I all met in Southbank (an event venue in London) to hear the nominees read an extract of their books and talk about why they wrote them and what t...
Read more...Did you know that my books are all based on real science, academic aricles and UN forecasts? So, it will come as no surprise that I often go to conferences about the future and try to gather as much information and...
Read more...Well, as you know I'm concerned about the planet's future and so when my God-daughter said she was going to demonstrate for climate action, I walked with her, of course. I'm super proud of Nina and of the you...
Read more...The book launch party was so brilliant! One of the best days of my life, guys! After a lot of organisation and preparation, finally on the 12th of July 2019, the day arrived: my book launch! I was very fort...
Read more...Finally a writing conference I can attend by taking the Tube ? It's so inspiring to meet with other authors, to take the pulse of the publishing industry and to bask in the glory of thousands of books. Books everyw...
Read more...I always love International Women's Day and especially the festival in Southbank, in London. There's something fundamentally heartening about being there, surrounded by women who are gathering to hear conferences, meet the...
Read more...We gather on a cold Saturday morning, exchange a few jokes about the monsoon raging outside and go in search of a cup of tea and a biscuit. It’s all so British and normal. But we aren’t here for fun. Th...
Read more...Gosh, I'm tired! I don't think I've ever travelled as much and in so little time as I have this year! Pardon the bags under my eyes, I hope the bright yellow jacket makes up for it ? So here I am, once again at a c...
Read more...So, as you know, The Beautiful Ones, the first trilogy in the Cassandra Programme series, takes place in Uganda. I'd written a fair number of scenes for the novel when a member of my critique group who'd a...
Read more...I'm teaching a course on Scenario Planning and how to prepare for the future. It's been a great learning experience... for me! And hopefully for the students as well ? I've loved every minute of the challenging int...
Read more...Hello from San Francisco where I am at the Writers' Conference. It's a wonderful atmosphere here and I am super excited to meet writers, poets, agents, editors and many, many more fantastic people! The atmo...
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