So let’s add another to our summer reading pile… đ Back in February 2019 I took part in the Blog Tour for The Burning, the first YA novel by Laura Bates, founder of the Everyday Sexism Project.  Laura is also the… Read More ›
Time to talk
January Recap and looking forward
January has gone by in a flash. I was furloughed (again) and have struggled a little with all that is going on – all the things outside of my control. Reading has been something of an escape as always but… Read More ›
A Welcome Distraction
In the bleak mid-winter… there is some truth to that at the moment. It isn’t the best of times and for many it is the hardest. Personally it has been a difficult start to the year and I felt actual… Read More ›
New Year, New Books đ
Happy New Year! Already we are three days in and time, as always, is rushing past. The festive break has gone by in a flash and I, like so many of you have been unable to see many of my… Read More ›
Grief, a Cat and a little hope.
I wrote the piece below way back at the end of March… It was rather personal but Iâd like to share it with you now. There are a number of emotions that we are all guaranteed to feel in this… Read More ›
A little poetry – and the world sighed…
Good evening lovely readers, I hope you are staying safe and well in these strange, strange times. I have a Facebook page for Tales Before Bedtime. It is tiny with a handful of followers but even the smallest of things… Read More ›
Why Drama is good for our children.
It makes me sad that in a week where 25 hours are spent learning in school, only one of those hours is spent doing a subject such as drama. That’s how it is in my son’s school and I’m sure… Read More ›
Becoming A Hero The Hard Way – a guest post by author Natalie Hibberd
âBecoming A Hero The Hard Wayâ A Love Letter To How To Train Your Dragon âThere were dragons when I was a boy.â When I first heard these words, read by David Tennant in the audiobook version of Cressida Cowellâs… Read More ›
If you were me how would you spend your last day of being 45? At Sissinghurst Castle of course. P.s. It’s my birthday
It’s my birthday. I am 46. How we feel about age is a very personal thing. To some that will seem young, sprightly even and to others… well it’s getting on a bit. To me I’ve been back and forth…. Read More ›
Boys Donât Cry
Boys don’t cry. That’s what they told me. Be strong. Stand tough. Don’t be a sissy. You’re weak. Pathetic. Make us proud. Score high. Be popular. Head Boy. Be. A. Leader. You can be ANYTHING you want to be. The… Read More ›
