He may have won multiple awards, but his tractor knowledge is questionable

This year marks the publication of my eighth novel, The Time Hop Coffee Shop. Eight feels like quite an impressive number, especially when there were times I thought I’d never get a book published. I

These Spectred Isles

What revealed the magic of books for me was The Wind in the Willows. When I was five, I contracted measles, which meant I had to spend my days in bed in a darkened room. My mother sat outside my bedro

It’s another classic from the much-loved Belfast writer/illustrator Jeffers, known for Lost and Found and The Way Back Home. This one is about a little girl, Bridget, who has a birthday. She would lik

My love of stories came before my love of reading. I rarely slept as a baby, so my poor mum often soothed me at nights by reading to me. As a small child I listened to Storyteller tapes all night – au