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Moscow seems so far away? That’s because it is. It would take me 33 hours to drive the 1,970 miles between Ashburton to the Russian capital – 31 hours if there’s no traffic. Phew, thank goodness I flew there and

More storytelling shenanigans abroad courtesy of Authors Abroad. Looking forward to two weeks of tale telling at The International School Moscow. I’ll be regaling the pupils and staff of both campuses at Krylatskoe & Rosinka with customised renditions of Mysterious

Just finished wonderful week in Jordan courtesy of the British Council and Authors Abroad. Day 1 Thrown in at the deep end with performances to invited schools at the Children’s Museum in Amman. Pupils had little English, I had no

Shhhhh! TOP SECRET! Whistle stop storytelling trip to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan kicks off tomorrow. Publisher of iG’s Tales – Caboodle Books Ltd – has secured me a short tour of Jordan with the British Council. BC has a

It’s PiG – not Pigg! It’s not spelt Pigg It’s PiG with one gee And a big one for me! One Guh – duh! I am not a gee gee And I am not a Piggy I don’t wear a

I am a solitary snowdrop On the mountainside. On a slope, behind a rock Is where I reside. I don’t know how I got here, How this became my home. I hope when I pop up next year I will

Q. What do you call a PiG that can fly? A. PiGasus! Last week I flew to Hannover and then rolled into the sleepy spa town of Bad Fallingbostel in Lower Saxony, Germany. All of this thanks to Authors Abroad.