Beyond in SHELF
I was really excited to be asked to write an article about making Beyond for SHELF magazine. Its such a beautiful and inspiring magazine, and I was doubly honoured for Beyond to be reviewed in it too. This editon is full of AMAZING creatives like Carson Ellis, Mac Barnett, X.Fang, Sandra Dieckmann and Isabelle Arsenault. I cried when I read the review,( thank you Melanie and Helen), and we don’t see enough written about picture books. SHELF is a shining light.
“Strikingly beautiful, moving, and ultimately, hopeful… Incredibly open-hearted study of grief ”
Out now
My new book ‘Beyond’ is out now!
Wow, what a journey making this book has been. I've poured all my sadness, grief, heartache, soul, revelations and most importantly hope into this story. It's truly helped me heal a little more along the way, and I am so proud to have made this for my daughter.
We love you, Wren.
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Back to Books
Hello dear reader,
I now live by the sea in Devon, with my husband and two daughters, and I am back to work. I have a new picture book coming out with the delightful team at Puffin (how lucky am I??) and it is an incredibly special book. It’s the most personal and beautiful thing I’ve ever made, I cannot wait to show you more.
I will share lots more as we get closer to it coming out on 12th February 2026, but I’ve written this book for my daughter Wren. Sadly, we lost her in 2019 and I had never expected to make a book relating to my grief… It was quite incredible how my creativity and grief entwined, and both the writing and drawing of it were reall therapy. It was such an unknown path to making this book, I will be sharing more of the process in time.
I hope you will join me, follow me on instagram to keep updated.
Puffin Story time
Otto LOVES when people read his book 🐻📚
Join me and Otto when I'll be reading AND drawing on Friday 29th May #PuffinStorytime at 3.30PM over on Puffin Facebook, Instagram and YouTube http://bit.ly/PuffinStorytime @PuffinBooks
