Since Kristyna Litten is taking us back to Berona with Bearlock Holmes and Ivy, I felt it was time to have a Q&A so we can all learn more about this wonderful world, its characters and the inspiration behind it all. I hope you enjoy reading Kristyna's answers which are quite wonderful! With thanks to Kristyna for taking the time to give us such full answers and to Sophie Griffiths at Magic Cat for making this possible. The Bearlock Holmes books ~ 1 & 2, can be found in all th

It's the summer holidays so what better time could there be than now to share a B;log, an author Q&A between myself (Louise, Armadillo Editor) and Ruth Lauren (author of Hotel Marvelo) all about her murder mystery middle-grade novel. With plenty of time on your hands you can stop here to learn more about Ruth's inspiration and get some insights into the books, then you can get yourslef a copy to see if you can solve the mystery! I have to start with this one and ask, has ther

Today Paulette Dowle explains, through a Question and Answer we conducted, how the idea of The Troll Trotters came about, how she chose her character names and the importance of telling stories through picturebooks. My thanks to Paulette for taking the time to answer these questions and to Ant Barlow at Tiny Tree Books for suggesting the Blog feature. Why did you choose Trolls as your primary characters? I wanted to gently challenge the idea of what children are expected to i