
A Bedtime Story with a Difference...
The winner of the Book People Bedtime Story Competition is announced.

Snow Penguin at Beverley LitUp Festival
This Saturday, I'll be catching an early morning train to Beverley, for the Beverley Literature Festival, LitUp. My Snow Penguin event starts at 9.30am, in the Children's Library. See you there for stories, drawing and some penguin-themed crafty fun! More info and tickets here https://www.litup.org.uk/alison-brown

Celebrating Independent Bookshops
It’s hard to choose from all the brilliant independent bookshops out there, but today my three cheers go to the Seven Stories bookshop, in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It’s blessed with a few obvious advantages: being attached to a world-class collection of children’s book manuscripts and illustrations is the glaring one, but there are plenty of others. It has loads of space and light, reflecting from the Ouseburn outside through the big windows (on a good day). The neighbours includ