by Faye Bird | Sep 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
SO delighted that My Second Life has been nominated for the North East Teenage Book Award 2014, and in such completely amazing company. You can see all the books on the shortlist and find out more about the authors here… Edinburgh was a ball! Such a beautiful city,...
by Faye Bird | Aug 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
I am delighted to be going to the Edinburgh International Book Festival at the end of the month. You can access all you need to know about the Festival here and about the event I’ll be doing with the lovely Alexia Casale, who wrote the brilliant The Bone Dragon . We...
by Faye Bird | Jul 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
In the month that My Second Life was published I was lucky enough to write some guest posts for these brilliant book bloggers. A huge THANK YOU to the following bloggers for having me. If you don’t already follow these blogs then you should. Go see! The Bibliomaniac...
by Faye Bird | May 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
“Keep reading great things, memorise what you read, be hard on yourself. In other words, it requires the dedication of a Samurai. Set yourself high standards.” Edna O’Brien at Hay Festival 2013 I read this on Twitter last year and quickly noted it down. There was...
by Faye Bird | Apr 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’ve been inspired by other authors who have used Pinterest to create a mood board for their books, and have spent the last week trawling for images that might work for My Second Life. Once I started searching – thinking mainly about the various images in the book,...
by Faye Bird | Mar 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
Wednesday 16 April was a big day for My Second Life. The book went to press and the opening chapter went on line as part of Lucy Powrie’s amazing UKYA April Extravaganza. If you don’t know about Lucy and UKYA you must. Go and visit her website www.ukya.co.uk and...
