Last Friday my lovely Benny (Admiral Bembow) was put down.

Sometimes in life we are lucky enough to have real friends, It is always heartbreaking to loose one. Last Friday my lovely Benny (Admiral Bembow) was put down. He was 29 and had been ill with Cushings for four years in which time I nursed him and still rode him out...

Visits to Cambridge and The Middle of Nowhere

The wonderful Phil Reeve, author of children’s astonishing novels like Mortal Engines, Goblins and his latest Oliver and the Seawigs, has just been made an Honorary Doctor of Anglia Ruskin University. From Phil Reeve’s Blog: Posted: 05 Oct 2013 10:38 AM...

Brain Storming session for James Rabbit and the Giggleberries.

Ron Johns, publisher at Mabecron Books (Twitter) visited Babette for a Brain Storming session for James Rabbit and the Giggleberries. He left in giggles and his car blew up on the way home.  See my tweets absolutely  Hill-hare-ious!  I said it’s a pity he did...

Goblins, Tree Elves, Dragons and Cloud Maidens

My friend, Phil Reeve, who lives up on Dartmoor where there are lots of Goblins, Tree Elves, Dragons and Cloud Maidens has had a big success with GOBLINS which is now taking the USA by storm! It is going to be an animated film as well. I am reading the book at the...