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March 29, 2020
The Bookwanderers Club – interview with Robin Stevens
This week I was lucky enough to be interviewed by excellent author Anna James for her brand new online book club, The Bookwanderers Club!
Watch the recorded live-stream below for a Q&A and readings from me, an exciting bit where my internet cut out and an appearance from my lizard friend Watson!… Read more
March 27, 2020
March 2020 Update part 2 – Comforting Things
I’ve uploaded a new video to YouTube – and it’s all about comforting things! I’m talking about rereading, baking, gardening and writing … take a look below!
I hope you’re looking after yourselves this week – this is a hard situation and it’s OK to be kind to your brain and let things take longer than they usually would.… Read more
March 25, 2020
Robin Stevens on the Author In Your Classroom podcast
A few months ago I recorded an episode of TeachWire’s Author in your Classroom podcast. It’s all about how I plan my books, my writing process and where I get my inspiration from – and I think you might find it interesting and useful right now!
You can listen to it now – and there are lots of fantastic and FREE Murder Most Unladylike resources over at plazoom.com… Read more
March 23, 2020
Writing prompt Mondays: Prompt 1!
Hello Detectives! I hope you’re all doing OK. I know that everything is feeling very strange and disrupted at the moment, and I also know that a lot of you have a bit more time on your hands than usual.
That’s why I’ve decided to start weekly writing prompts – to help you take your mind off things, and also to help you improve your writing!… Read more
March 19, 2020
19th March Update and World Book Day 2020 Costumes
Hello Detectives! I hope you’ve been taking care of yourselves this week, wherever you are in the world. This is a difficult time, and it’s already changed a lot of lives. I want you all to stay safe, stay sensible and remember to work even harder than you usually do to be kind to the people around you.… Read more
March 16, 2020
Update – March 2020
Hello Detectives! This isn’t exactly the update I was hoping to post, but here we are! As you know, the Coronavirus is messing up everyone’s schedules. Because of it, I’ve decided to stop doing events for the forseeable future – this video explains why, what I’m going to be doing while I’m at home, and why social distancing makes us all heroes.… Read more
February 28, 2020
February 2020 Book Recommendation Video
I’ve moved house, I’ve handed in the next draft of MMU9 and my book recommendation videos are back! This month I’m talking about …
– Nothing Ever Happens Here by Sarah Hagger-Holt (8+)
– Slay by Brittney Morris (12+)
– An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir (13+)
– One Of Us is Next by Karen McManus (12+)
I’m off on tour for The Case of the Drowned Pearl next week, but I’ll be back later in March for more updates!… Read more
February 24, 2020
Share a Story with the Puffin Show for World Book Day 2020!
My brilliant publisher Puffin has created a special World Book Day edition of their Puffin Storymakers Show for schools, and I’m very proud to be a part of it!
The show is FREE to watch from 10am GMT on World Book Day (5th March 2020), and it features me talking about The Case of the Drowned Pearl and doing some extreme reading with presenter Rae Lim, as well as sections from amazing authors and illustrators Rashmi Sirdeshpande, Vashti Harrison and Yassmin Abdel-Magied!… Read more
February 19, 2020
Dress like the Detective Society for World Book Day 2020!
It’s almost World Book Day 2020! The official date is 5th March, but schools will be celebrating all that week – and so will I!
My short story, The Case of the Drowned Pearl, is one of the OFFICIAL World Book Day 2020 titles – I’m just so proud that Daisy and Hazel have their own World Book Day adventure, and so excited to introduce my series to new readers all across the UK and Ireland.… Read more
February 3, 2020
Murder Most Unladylike 9’s cover colour is … GOLD AND BLUE!
Thank you for all of your guesses, Detectives. You’ve been very clever – lots of you guessed that MMU 9’s cover would be gold, and some of you even suggested gold and blue! If you guessed it, bravo! And even if you didn’t … I really hope you like it!
Covers by Nina Tara
MMU 9 will be out from Puffin Books on the 6th August 2020 in the UK and Ireland – and you can pre-order it now!… Read more
