New friends in England!

Hello Friends,

I am so excited to be travelling with my best grown up friend, Jacqueline Harvey to London and other parts of England and Scotland in February to launch my third and fourth adventures, Alice-Miranda Takes the Lead and Alice-Miranda At Sea with the fabulous Random House Children's Publications in the UK.  As you can see I was all packed and ready to leave a few days ago and now we are in chilly London.  Tomorrow we will be meeting new friends at Charlotte House School and then I'm so thrilled to be visiting Sarum Hall school again on Tuesday as I have lots of friends there already.  I will be writing about our travels as often as I can. 

When we get home to Australia, my seventh adventure, Alice-Miranda In Paris will launch in March and at the moment we are busy working on the eighth which is called, Alice-Miranda Shines Bright.

Hope you're enjoying a lovely weekend.

Lots of love,
Alice-Miranda xxx

Are you dressing up for Book Week?

Hello Friends,

I'm so excited that this week is Book Week and lots of my friends are having special celebrations about books and reading at their schools. My best grown up friend Jacqueline Harvey is going to be talking to some children about my stories too. Are you dressing up for a character parade? My good friends Ruby and Lauren have dressed up as me! They look adorable in their Winchesterfield-Downsfordvale uniforms. I'd love to see your photos from Book Week. You can send them to jacqueline@jacquelineharvey.com.au

Have a great week!

Lots of love,

Alice-Miranda xx

National Book Shop Day

Hello Friends,

I hope you're having a good weekend. My best grown up friend Jacqueline Harvey has had a really busy day visiting four fabulous bookshops for the first ever National Bookshop Day. At 9am she headed to Lindfield Bookshop where she met quite a few gorgeous little girls who are great friends of mine. Then at 11am she was at The Children's Bookshop in Beecroft which was really buzzing with loads of children and fantastic authors, John Larkin, Belinda Murrell, RA Spratt, Christopher Cheng and the amazing illustrator Sarah Davis. From there she managed to stop for a lovely lunch hosted by the Random House publicist Dorothy, who is a superstar! Then Dorothy and Jacqueline drove over to Shearer's Bookshop at Leichardt where Barbara and Tony were having a day full of visiting authors. Jacqueline got to answer some questions about my stories and also unveiled her name on the wall of authors. She had hoped to meet Ray Martin but he couldn't come (she suggested I should try and solve that mystery, which Barbara thought was a good idea). Lastly Jacqueline headed over to Better Read Than Dead in Newtown where she met some very enthusiastic little girls who love my stories. I think she needs to have a big rest tonight! I hope you had a great National Bookshop Day and I'm sure that it's an event that will just get bigger and bigger. Reading is one of my most favourite things to do - and writing too. I hope you're reading something fun.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Lots of love,
Alice-Miranda xxx

This is Ffion - one of my friends and I know she made my best grown up friend Jacqueline Harvey smile!

Alice-Miranda featured in this month's Girl Power and Total Girl Magazines

Hello Friends,

I am so excited - today is the official launch of Alice-Miranda At Sea and I can't wait to meet everyone. We're heading off on a ship on Sydney Harbour at 2.30pm and it's going to be amazing (but the tickets are all sold out so please don't come unless you have a booking - I would hate to disappoint anyone). I wanted to let you know that I was reading Girl Power the other day and was surprised to see my stories and my best grown up friend Jacqueline Harvey featured inside - and on the back cover. We are also featured in Total Girl but it's mostly a story by Jacqueline about how to write stories - she's been teaching me and I hope to have some exciting news about that soon. I will post some photographs after the launch. Have a great day!

Love,
Alice-Miranda xx

Alice-Miranda At Sea - launching on Sydney Harbour Saturday 6 August - THIS EVENT HAS SOLD OUT - sorry to any fans who have missed out

Hello Friends,

I am so excited that my fourth adventure, Alice-Miranda At Sea will be launched on board the MV 2000 on Sydney Harbour on Saturday 6 August. I'd love to have as many of my friends as possible come along and join me. The tickets are available through the Novella Bookshop in Wahroonga. Click on the invitation above for all the details.

I can't wait to see you all.

Love and best wishes,
Alice-Miranda xx