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Monday, November 3, 2014 12:17:58 PM
Keris Stainton wrote a blog post titled What I read in October…:
Keris said, "I was lucky enough to get to go and see Frank Cottrell Boyce giving the David Fickling Lecture at Oxford’s Story Museum (thanks, Susie!) so I read Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Race Against Time in preparation. And just like the first book,..." more
Monday, October 13, 2014 2:25:55 AM
Keris Stainton wrote a blog post titled What would be on your family playlist? (And what’s the best-known Beatles song?):
Keris said, "This post is brought to you by Three Mobile. To celebrate the recent launch of the iPhone 6 handset and its family sharing functionalities (you can now share purchase from iTunes with up to 6 people in your family), I was asked to compile a family..." more
Monday, September 22, 2014 6:32:59 AM
Keris Stainton wrote a blog post titled Some exciting news:
Keris said, "I’m happy and proud to announce that I’ve been awarded a Grant for the Arts by Arts Council England. The purpose of the grant is to support me in writing my next novel, All Together Now (due out next year), which is, of course,..." more
Monday, September 8, 2014 2:02:12 AM
Keris Stainton wrote a blog post titled Go for it, dude:
Keris said, "Because we’re hoping to move house (*crosses fingers*) I’ve started having a clear-out. And this includes books. Yes, I know. There are so many that we don’t read much anymore, but that I’ve been keeping for sentimental..." more
Friday, August 29, 2014 7:03:35 AM
Keris Stainton wrote a blog post titled Note to self: don’t forget to have fun:
Keris said, "Lately I’ve been making lots of plans. I’m writing a book and editing another. We’re hoping to move house so I’ve been decluttering and cleaning and trying to whip our two tiny – and horrifically neglected..." more
Tuesday, August 26, 2014 8:21:25 AM
Keris Stainton wrote a blog post titled All aboard the Book Bus:
Keris said, "Harry, Joe and I have wanted to do something for The Book Bus for a while now, since seeing Quentin Blake’s fabulous illustration on a Waterstones book bag. Last week, after I published Calm Like a Stupid Feather – a second collection of..." more
Thursday, August 14, 2014 3:13:08 AM
Keris Stainton wrote a blog post titled Throwback Thursday: Where I was born:
Keris said, "The house my parents lived in in Canada. I wasn’t actually born in the house, but it’s where we lived."
Thursday, July 31, 2014 3:22:27 AM
Keris Stainton wrote a blog post titled Throwback Thursday: Parents on wheels:
Keris said, "When my parents were young, Dad had a motor scooter (he went to Newquay on it once, I think, which must’ve taken a while). Mum used to ride on the back of it. Once, after a row, Mum sang ‘I’m sorry’ by Connie Francis into..." more
Friday, July 18, 2014 1:05:46 PM
Keris Stainton wrote a blog post titled Touring without moving:
Keris said, "Lots of lovely bloggers are currently hosting me on a blog tour for Starring Kitty. You can read the first two chapters of the book on my publisher’s blog, Catnip Books… Learn why I do love to be beside the seaside with Rachael..." more
Monday, July 14, 2014 7:21:26 AM
Keris Stainton wrote a blog post titled Today is Malala Day:
Keris said, "Who is Malala? As a young girl, Malala Yousafzai defied the Taliban in Pakistan and demanded that girls be allowed to receive an education. In 2012, on the way home from school, she was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman; she was 14 years old...." more
Thursday, July 10, 2014 5:13:18 AM
Keris Stainton wrote a blog post titled Throwback Thursday: See the Child:
Keris said, "I am posting a picture of myself as a child* in support of the 1.5 million children neglected in the UK. Politicians say there are ‘no votes in vulnerable children’ but sign this @KidsCompany petition www.seethechild.org to demand..." more
Thursday, July 3, 2014 8:06:27 AM
Keris Stainton wrote a blog post titled Throwback Thursday: Camping:
Keris said, "My mum, holding my baby sister. And me, holding up the tent (in our garden)."
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 5:14:20 AM
Keris Stainton wrote a blog post titled Writing for Teenagers course starts TODAY:
Keris said, "It’s July. Seriously. I mean… come on. Where has this year gone? Soon be Christmas! etc. But it means that my online Writing YA course starts again! Here’s a comment from Kirsty, who did the course in May/June: Keris provided..." more
Thursday, June 26, 2014 6:02:02 AM
Keris Stainton wrote a blog post titled Throwback Thursday: Specs:
Keris said, "The boys modelling my glasses."
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 4:28:03 AM
Keris Stainton wrote a blog post titled London, baby!:
Keris said, "Last week, I had one of the best days I’ve ever experienced. In the morning I had an exciting sekrit meeting and then, along with author friends Keren David and Candy Gourlay, I went to Buckingham Palace. We were invited to a garden party by..." more
Thursday, June 19, 2014 6:07:36 AM
Keris Stainton wrote a blog post titled Throwback Thursday: Paris, 1997
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 4:57:34 AM
Keris Stainton wrote a blog post titled How things change…:
Keris said, "From my diary, 17 June 1998 (i.e. 16 years ago today)."
Friday, June 13, 2014 12:51:30 AM
Keris Stainton wrote a blog post titled Throwback Thursday: New York, 2002
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 9:31:10 PM
Keris Stainton wrote a blog post titled What I read in May:
Keris said, "I planned this year to read (or re-read) all of Maya Angelou’s memoirs. I’d only managed one, but as soon as I heard that she’d died, all I wanted was to hear her voice in my head, so I read Gather Together in My Name. And it was..." more
Thursday, June 5, 2014 3:51:11 AM
Keris Stainton wrote a blog post titled Throwback Thursday: David and Harry
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 7:29:15 AM
Keris Stainton wrote a blog post titled Mum:
Keris said, "It’s fifteen years today since my mum died."
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 6:47:10 AM
Keris Stainton wrote a blog post titled Women and heart attacks – do you know the symptoms?:
Keris said, "[Originally posted last year, but posting again as a reminder.] Yesterday the boys and I went to a first aid session arranged by the home ed forum I’m a member of. First we learned what to do if someone is choking and then we watched a short..." more
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 6:47:10 AM
Keris Stainton wrote a blog post titled Starring Kitty has a cover (and I love it):
Keris said, "So my next book has got a cover. And I totally and utterly love it. You know, like I, um, just said in the title to this post… The book is out 10 July and here’s the description: The first in a new series about first love and..." more
Sunday, June 1, 2014 6:53:03 AM
Keris Stainton wrote a blog post titled Want to write YA?:
Keris said, "I’m running my Writing for Teenagers online course again from… today. (It’s June? Seriously? Blimey.) On this eight week online course you’ll learn: What young adult fiction actually is (and how to decide what age group you..." more
Thursday, November 6, 2014 6:44:21 AM
Keris Stainton wrote a blog post titled NaNoWriMoVersary:
Keris said, "I wasn’t planning to do NaNoWriMo this year – I’ve got one book to rewrite and another to finish by the end of December – but then I realised that this year marks the tenth anniversary of the first time I took part, which was..." more