February 2012
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No longer naked...
Tony Hogan that is. So here we have it with its beautiful bold colours and graphic illustration. A wonderful set of clothes for my book. Almost ready to be seen out in the world…I love it.
The cover definitely pulls at the energy and humour of the book, the sweet parts of Janie and her family. But then there is the council estate in the background suggesting all the the things, good and...
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Oral amnesia - that's a thing
So today I recorded a little section for a Vintage podcast to be released in March. I woke early, painted my nails and managed to find a warm layered outfit that didn’t make me look like the Marshmallow Man.*
The Vintage podcasts are recorded at the Random House offices. I have never been to the offices without my heart puttering away in my chest because very time I go there I expect...
Proofs, Publicity and podcasts (love me some...
Proofs! I got beautiful page proofs. With my name under the title, pages all single spaced and numbered and laid out like a proper book. I spent quite a while just looking at them, thinking how funny it was that the change in format suddenly made it already something ‘not mine’ – how it already felt out in the world. Then I spent my evenings for a week hunched over bowls of noodles,...
