Busy! Busy! Busy!

 From my diary it probably looks as though I've not been doing anything - but in fact I've been busy! busy! busy!

Over the past year I've been working on lots of different books. Some have been for publication in Great Britain, and some for publication in China, like these three...

I've written quite a few books that are intended for children in China who are learning to read English. I've written a mixture of fiction and non-fiction. It's been a very interesting project to work on as I've learned lots of things that I didn't know about Chinese history, culture and customs (including The Forbidden City, The Terracotta Army, and the Spring Festival). I've also discovered old myths and legends that I didn't know about. 

For publication in Great Britain I've done two series of graphic reader books - something that I've never done before. It's quite a bit different to writing a normal story as I've had to think more about what is going to be shown in the illustrations. It's been a lot of fun. 

There are six books in each mini series - The Ace Inventors, which is about three inventor friends who try tio invent things that will make their lives easier - like a time machine so that they can go back and find out what it was like to live in ancient Egypt. Unfortunately for them, things don't always go according to plan and the often find themselves in sticky situations. Look out for Double Trouble, Brain Drain, The Mutant Pet, The Wrong Dimension, and Body Swap...

Kid Pirate and his crew are marooned on a tropical island and want nothing but peace and quite - oh... and a ship to return home in - but they encounter The Spider Queen, A Skeleton Crew, A Sea Monster, and have trouble with a Pesky Parrot, some troublesome monkeys - and a Golden Bottle...

I've been doing lots more too - I'll write about that soon - including a brand new picture book which is TOP SECRET so I can't tell you about that just yet.

The Boy on the Train

Right now I'm working on a book called The Boy on the Train for Fiction Express - an innovative online book platform that connects students with authors, encouraging reading for pleasure through fun co-creation of stories. It's an interesting and sometimes challenging way to write a story as everything can change - depending on how the readers vote at the end of a chapter. 

In addition to this, I am just about to start a new writing project with a UK publisher - but unfortunately I'm not allowed to say anything about this at the moment. 

If you like graphic books, keep your eyes open for my new series - Ace Inventors. Sam, Amara and Jazz are best friends who love inventing things. Their inventions are fun and exciting - but things don't always go to plan. There are six in the series and the first two - The Wong Dimension, and A Trip in Time should be appearing in shops and libraries now...

 

World Book Day 2026

 Tomorrow is World Book Day and I'm going to be spending it at Well Lane Primary School in Tranmere. I'm really looking forward to meeting everyone. It's going to be a fun day of stories, rhymes, and lots of book talk, questions and answers.

New Books and Out on the Road

Over the past twelve months I've been busy with writing, and Vicky and I have been busy looking after Marvin - our miniature dachshund. Marvin is two years old now - here's a picture of him on his birthday. A very handsome young man.

I'm always busy writing but over the last few months I've been working on some little graphic reader books. Six about pirates and six more some about young inventors. The pirate books - all about a young pirate and his shipwrecked crew will be published in a few months - the first two coming out in April. 

With excellent illustrations by Denis Christo, I think they look great. I found writing a graphic book to be quite a bit different to writing a normal story as I had to really imagine how each page was going to look. 

World Book Day is coming up and I will be out and about visiting schools and libraries. I can still fit a couple more visits in, so if you would like a visit to your school, send me and email to damianjharvey@sky.com 

Book Week

 Next week is book week, with World Book Day on Thursday. It's going to be a busy week...

Here's a huge HELLO to everyone at Barnston Primary, Tockholes Primary, Prenton Primary, Thelwall Junior School - and to everyone that will be coming along to see me at Rhyl Library. I'm really looking forward to meeting everyone to share stories and answer questions.

See you all soon.

Library Visit

 Today I'm busy writing, but tomorrow I'll be visiting St Asaph Library in Denbighshire... I'm very much looking forward to meeting Yr 4 and 5 from Ysgol Edward Morgan, and Yr 2 from St Asaph V P Infants. 

When I see you I'll answer all your questions, show you how a book is made, and tell you about some of books that I've written. I'm especially looking forward to telling you about my new Dinosaur Heroes books.  

See you all soon...   

Hello Dubai

Here's a huge HELLO to all of my new friends at the International School of Creative Science in Dubai. I hope that you are all having fun working on your giant story about Ali and Omar. It already sounds like it is going to be a lot of fun.

I thought that you might like see what it is like here in Wales where we live so here are some photographs.

We live quite near the sea an spend a lot of time here with our little dog, Marvin.

Marvin loves running on the sand and on the stones. He likes to splash around in the water too.

We also live close to the hills and mountains. There are lots of hills in Wales. 

There are also lots of castles. Almost every town has a castle. Some of them are in ruins like Ewloe Castle which is five minutes away from our house.

But there are lots and lots of other castles that aren't in ruins - like these...

We love visiting castles and looking around inside them. Some of the castles are huge.

This bridge is called the Menai Bridge. We rive across this whenever we go across to the island of Anglesey. 

These Puffins live in burrows (holes in the ground) high up on the cliffs above the sea. They are beautiful.  

When we aren't walking on the beaches or visiting castles, we can often be found going up into the hills and mountains near where we live. 

This tree is known as the lonely tree. It stands in the water by the edge of a lake in the mountains. 

It looks nice and sunny in Dubai - it's cold and wet here right now. And we had snow a little while ago. 

And here's just a few more pictures of places near where we live that we have taken in the last couple of weeks. See you all soon...