To celebrate the annual 'Children's Week' in Paignton, I'm going to go and spend the afternoon in Coffee#1  in Paignton, Devon - reading the book, and signing and selling copies.
The staff there are absolutely lovely, and it's a great coffee shop to relax in - so come along! They've even promised to do a meal deal for kids at the event.
Plus! If there's time and interest.. I will also have a copy of Bradley and the Magic Carpet with me - so you could be one of the first to hear the story before it's publicly available!

Greetings carpeteers!

Well the people at doxdirect came up trumps again! My paperbacks have arrived - and two copies have already been sent off for review.

Hoping to hear back soon from the publishers, so one way or another the book is going to be available soon. I'm hoping this will be after the Summer.. but I will keep you all posted.

This week I've had to look into what to do about buying ISBNs for the books - but more on that once I know what's happening.

Did you know, every edition of a book needs its own ISBN? Be it ebook, paperback hardback or audiobook? So you'll need a few numbers if you want to be your own publisher!

Well the Summer is upon us, I hope you will soon be of to a faraway place for your holidays - and if not.. when the book arrives.. you can journey somewhere far away then!

I'll leave you with one of my concept sketches for the book.

Hello Carpeteers!

Well, the tweaks are done... I'm going to go back to doxdirect to get some initial paperback copies ready.

Meanwhile I've found a few book reviewers - Book Life for one... I've sent them some copies of Bradley and the Dinosaur to review - so that should be interesting!

I will be doing some research over the weekend to see what I can do to get Bradley and the Magic Carpet reviewed.

Also... I've just opened a new Facebook page for Bradley and the Magic Carpet - so if you haven't visited yet, please pop along and like the page!

Good news Carpeteers!

Well we can't just cater for Dino fans these days...

Thanks to the good people at Doxdirect - I am in possession of the FIRST EVER copy of Bradley and the Magic Carpet. In hardback as well. It looks, well, gorgeous.
Jacqueline's fabulous artwork just pops off the page in beautiful colours.

This is the first proper prototype of the book ever made. I need this to check it through on paper and to make any final tweaks. Gosh - I wish they could all be available in hardback - but I think that would be a little too much out of people's price range.

Still - I might well give one away in a competition sometime around the launch! So remember to add your name to the subscribe page and join our mailing list for details as they become available.

I've spotted a couple of tweaks, but that's it - I think the book is ready. I will make those, and order some more as review copies. If you are a book reviewer or book blogger, please get in touch as I would like to find people with websites who can review the book prior to the launch.

Let me know what you think of the cover through our feedback page!

Best wishes,

Julian