Summer News 2025

What’s on offer Summer 2025 – in progress

March 2025 Angel of Grasmere wins York Book award
27 March 2025 NEW Soccer Diaries 3: Rocky Goes for Goal here
Book Clubs in Schools
8 May VE Day 2025 – NEW resources here
12 May 2025 virtual with Dorothy Wordsworth Trust
19 May 2025 virtual with Anne Frank Trust
12 June 2025 Empathy day more
16-22 June 2025 Refugee week resource and my books more
July 2025 onwards Summer Reading Challenge
July Women’s Euro’s virtual event with Mr Dilly
7 Aug NEW Liverpool’s Greatest Moments non-fiction more here
September 2025 onwards – author visit availability – in person or virtual. KS1 , KS2, KS3 options. Teacher training options

NEW Writing

I have several new books coming out in 2025 …

25 Feb – Rocky Takes the Lead – a new Rocky story for World Book Day more here
27 March – Soccer Diaries Book 3: Rocky Goes for Goal more here
7 Aug – Liverpool’s Greatest Moments more here
11 Sept – The Fear Book 1 of The Underdogs, a new sporting trilogy more here
11 Sept – War Dog – a WW2 non-fiction picture book more here
8 Jan 2026 – Front Foot – Book 2 The Underdogs Out
May 26 – a new WW2 trilogy set in the South West of England more here

27 March 2025 – NEW Rocky Goes for Goal – Book 3 Soccer Diaries

Can Rocky Race lead her team to victory? Book 3 in The Soccer Diaries series starring Rocky Race, a British footballer looking to make it big.

Now that Rocky has her grades under control, she can focus on the most important thing: she is going to the California Soccer Championships! With only weeks to go until the big match, Rocky is starting to… get nervous? But she never gets scared before a match! So why is she having nightmares, and dreading training after school? Everyone is counting on her, and she knows that winning the championship gives her a better chance of going pro. With so much pressure, will Rocky be able to step up and take the winning shot?

More here