Hello Sandilands

Today I'm sat at home working on the first chapter of a new book - but tomorrow I'm getting let out again so that I can spend the day with everyone at Sandilands Community Primary School in Manchester. 

Here's a HUGE HELLO to everyone at Sandilands - I'm looking forward to meeting you all.

During the day I will be sharing stories and rhymes, talking about what I do as an author and lots more with everyone from Nursery to Year 6... I'm sure that you've got lots of questions ready to ask and I hope I've got all the answers...

See you soon...

St Andrew's International School - Bangkok

It is always disappointing when plans that you have made don’t get to go ahead. Next week I was all set to visit St Andrew’s International School in Bangkok, Thailand. The visit has taken months to arrange and I was excited about traveling around the world to meet and work with everyone in school.

Sadly, my visit has had to be postponed for now due to worries about the coronavirus. That means I am going to have to ubpack my suitcase and put all of my clothes and books away...

For now … here is a HUGE HELLO to all of my friends at St Andrew’s International School…

Not only was looking forward to meeting everyone so that I could share stories and hear about the brilliant books that you have been reading – I was also looking forward to seeing the amazing work that you have been doing in school. 

I have been told that the work you do in school is fantastic so it would be great if you would like to send me some of your writing and your pictures to have a look at.

AND … 

... if there is anything that you would like to ask about me or about writing book then you can also send me your questions. I will do my best to answer them as soon as I can.

I am so very sorry that I cannot come to see you all next week but I hope to see you very soon. Until then, I look forward to hearing from you all…

Bye for now

Damian 

This is Sam, The Awful Astronaut - illustrated by the wonderful Davide Ortu