Stephen Davies

Welcome. My name is Stephen Davies and I am a children's author writing picture books, chapter books and teen novels. I have lived in Africa for ten years, working with World Horizons amongst Fulani cattle herders. My books are set in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, on the edge of the Sahara Desert.

Month: July, 2012

Not Now Bernard

by Stephen Davies

I was in the children’s section of the library the other day waiting for the launch of Storylab, and I started to browse the picture books. On the librarian’s recommendation I had a look at the newly published It’s a Book in which a precocious pinch-and-zoom cybermonkey struggles to use a paper book. Very funny, [...]

Published: July 20, 2012 | Filed Under: Picture Books, Writing Tips | Tags: : : : :

Year 7 thriller writing workshop

by Stephen Davies

Had a very enjoyable thriller-writing workshop this morning with a cracksquad of Year 7 writers from The Hayling College, Park Community School and Cowplain School. We talked about the ingredients of a good thriller and about the need to have a strong concept that you can ‘pitch’ in a very few words. We talked about [...]

Published: July 19, 2012 | Filed Under: Writing Tips, YA books | Tags: : : :

Chichester Library Summer Reading Challenge: Storylab

by Stephen Davies

If you live in Chichester and have children aged between 4 and 11, come on down to the launch of the Summer Reading Challenge at 9am tomorrow at Chichester library. The Summer Reading Challenge is about getting children interested in reading for pleasure, and this year it’s called The Story Lab. The Story Lab is [...]

Published: July 13, 2012 | Filed Under: Picture Books, School visits, YA books | Tags: : : : :