Mistletoe and Murder tour – 2017 edition!

December 8, 2017

MAM2017 3 Wilmington Girls Grammar

I have a beautiful, shiny new edition of Mistletoe and Murder out this year (the same book as last year, with a Christmas short story first featured in Cream Buns and Crime), and so last week I went on a tour of schools all over the country, to tell lots of people about Hazel, Daisy and their crime-solving adventures!

Below are just a few of my favourite pictures from the week. As you can see, it was a lot of fun! I also want to say a huge THANK YOU to all of the bookshops, schools, libraries and pupils who were part of the tour, to Authors Aloud who organised it and to my fabulous Puffin team for looking after me so well!

I’ll be touring again in February for A Spoonful of Murder, and I’ll also have lots of public events around the book’s publication. I can’t get to every school and shop who’d like to have me, and I can’t visit every city (if I did, I’d never have time to write a word!), but I do my best. I know I have so many fans who want to meet me!

Beaconsfield High School!
The most lovely message at Highfield Prep School
Selfies in the queue at Wilmington Girls Grammar!
A lovely audience at the Hawthorns
A scarily large hall at Alderley Edge Girls School!
With the brilliant girls of Withington Girls!
My name in ACTUAL LIGHTS at Stockport Plaza!
At wonderful Arthur Terry School!
More selfies at Sutton Coldfield Girls!
I found myself on the tree at Beechwood Sacred Heart!
A lovely last event at Holmewood House School!
I finished off the tour with one public signing at Blackwell’s Westgate in Oxford!

More posts to explore

There’s a new exhibition coming to Oxford’s Story Museum this summer, and it’s all about young detectives! Created by young curators using a storyline by Sharna Jackson, it’ll feature plenty of your favourite detectives – including Daisy and Hazel!
I am doing two festival events this spring: one in Dublin and one in London. They are: International Literature Festival Dublin, 16th May, 12pm – a talk followed by a signing London Children’s Book Festival, 28th June, 3:30pm – a talk followed by a signing
I’m partnering up with the National Archives for their first ever school event, a free online event on Wednesday March 25th at 1:30pm.
I’m delighted to announce that I have something for schools who’d like a visit from me – I’ll be appearing in a virtual schools event on the 20th March at 1:30pm in partnership with my publisher Puffin.
I’m delighted to say that I’ll be visiting Lincoln in February to talk about my books! I’ll be at the Engine Shed on Saturday 14th February at 3pm – tickets are on sale NOW and include a book with the price of the ticket.
If you missed out on my pre-order campaign with Daunt Books … it’s back for a limited time only! From today until the 3rd of December, you can order a signed and personalised copy of A Stocking Full of Spies from the Daunt Books website.