Crossing the Tees Festival

I'm looking forward to my first event at Crossing the Tees: The Book Festival for the Tees Valley next Friday. This is a Girls Only (11 - 16years) event and will be hosted at the fabulous Stockton Central Library. Look forward to meeting some lovely ladies and getting stuck into some illustration activities!

Further information about the event...

Lipstick Library VIP Girls Only Event with author and illustrator Holly Sterling

Date: Friday 24th June

Time: 6.30pm to 8.30pm
Location: Stockton Central Library
Cost: £2 / Booking Essential
Suitable for girls aged 11 – 16

At this exclusive event you can take part in an illustration workshop with Holly and there will be henna, hair braiding, temporary tattoos, nail painting (£1.50), crafts, competitions and an exclusive free goodie bag for everyone who attends!

The twitter name for Crossing the Tees is @CrossingtheTees 

The twitter name for Stockton Libraries is @stocktonlibrary 

Crossing the Tees website http://www.crossingthetees.org/

Borders Book Festival, 2015

With my wonderful agent Kathryn Ross outside Harmony House

Melrose Abbey, looking through Harmony Garden

Last weekend I travelled to Melrose to host my very first festival event at the Borders Book Festival. 

BBF is set in the National Trust for Scotland's glorious Harmony Garden, offers a vastly diverse programme of events for all ages and is organised by a friendly and passionate group of people.

I was honoured to be amongst such talented authors and illustrators in this year's programme, such as Vivian French, David Almond, Nick Sharratt and David Melling.

The wonderful families who took part in my storytelling and drawing event discovered how I created my characters for 15 Things Not to do with a Baby, had the opportunity to create some of their very own and had a sneak preview of my next book to launch with Frances Lincoln Children's Books in Spring 2016. 

The event was followed by a book signing in the Harmony Garden Bookshop where we had the opportunity for a little more chatting...!!

Enthusiastic families getting down to some illustration 

Little faces!

Harmony Garden Festival Bookshop

Thank you very much to Borders Book Festival for the invitation and the brilliant organisation! Look forward to being back in Melrose again soon!