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It’s here! It’s here! The physical copy is in my hands and ready to go. I’m really happy with it. I still have plenty of stock of Poncho Goes to Work and Poncho Saves the Day. Great gifts for children this Christmas, even if I do say so myself 🙂

Recent Events – 30 September 2026

PONCHO GOES UP NORTH!

I am really excited that Poncho Goes Up North is now at the printing stage, so I should have my hands on physical copies of the book in the next few weeks.

The cost of printing has sadly gone up a lot since Poncho Goes to Work, but that, I guess is a sign of the times – with energy costs and the price of raw materials being what it is. I will, however be keeping the price the same for as long as I can.

I’m very much looking forward to the Bishopbriggs light switch on in November where I will have stall in St Matthew’s Church hall and I will get to wear my new penguin t shirt 🙂 I really hope the Civic Space that is being built will be finished by then as it will hopefully make for a very festive event.

Paul and I have worked hard on the editing and illustrations and are proud not to use AI apart from spellcheck! an we are gearing up to start the next one. All I need to do is pick which one it will be… I have so many to choose from.

I’ll keep you posted on progress and look forward to sharing Poncho Goes Up North with you all. x

On Wednesday 4 March 2026 I did my first primary school visit as an author! I visited the lovely pupils and staff of Denny Primary and received such a lovely welcome. Jacqueline our daughter came with me and we spent the morning reading Poncho Goes to Work to some classes and then read Poncho Saves the Day to the whole school assembly.

It was amazing to release introduce Poncho to the children in this way and I loved every second of it. It’s always daunting putting something you have cherished out there like that, but I needn’t have worried. The children were so kind, and the staff so complimentary and accommodating. I am already looking forward to booking in some other visits and will absolutely make a return visit o Denny if they will have me.

In other news, Paul and I have started work on Poncho Goes to the Match and Poncho Goes up North. I am hoping to have them both ready for the world by late spring, but time will tell. Life has a habit of getting in the way of things like this, but we will try.