SCOTTISH CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS
Last Thursday, March 7th – World Book Day – saw me and Team Norm heading to Dundee for The Scottish Children’s Book Awards 2012 and I’m chuffed to bits to be able to report that The World Of Norm: May … Read more
Chicken walks into a library…
To find out the hilarious end of that joke, read my interview with the Federation of Children’s Book Groups and also for answers to questions like what book do I wish I had written and why? http://www.fcbg.org.uk/a-quick-fire-interview-with-jonathan-meres/… Read more
Philip Ardagh reviews PHENOMENAL! The Small Book of Big Words
I was very chuffed to get this seal of approval of my small book of big words from Philip Ardagh, author of The Eddie Dickens Trilogy and many other fantastic books.
My first choice is a non-fiction title called Phenomenal! … Read more
Author Visit to Perth High School
I had a fan-flippin-tastic visit to Perth High School earlier this month. It was as usual a bit of a mad hour, but click on the link above to read more and find out just what to expect when The … Read more
East Boldon Bookworms love Norm!
Calling all Koala fans
Fancy a sneak preview of my next not-Norm book. It’s called ‘Koala Calamity’ by yours truly and is part of the Awesome Animals series published by Harper Collins
Go on, have a listen and hear all about Dude, Bro and Squirt … Read more
How will Norm be spending Christmas this year?
We think Norm will be being wound up by his brothers and he’ll be doing anything to avoid spending time with his perfect cousins Maybe he’ll be riding his bike. But mainly reading The Xmas Factor – a stocking … Read more
Testing Testing
Hello? < taps mic> Two…two…one, two! Testing, testing! Ah, good. It works. So anyway, the idea for His Hamster’s Voice – apart from it being almost an anagram – is that it’s where you’ll find me having an occasional waffle. … Read more




