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Reading at summer market
Fiona will be doing a reading of David & the Giant at the Made in Newcastle Summer Market at Trinity Church Cafe, Gosforth High St. on Saturday. You’ll find her at the children’s craft corner doing...
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5 Star Review for Different Tracks
The short story anthology Different Tracks has received a 5-star review. We always appreciate it when readers take the time to give a thoughtful response to one of our books. If you have read a Crafty...
View ArticleThe story behind the Young David Books in The Baptist Times
Read all about the story behind the Young David Books in The Baptist Times. How an ordinary children’s talk, in an ordinary church, on an ordinary Sunday morning turned into a picture book series.
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Cars Just Want to be Rust out now!
Crafty Publishing is proud to announce the launch of Cars Just Want to be Rust by Tony Glover. Cars Just Want to be Rust is the first novel in the Kitty Lockwood crime series, written by award-winning...
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‘Chilling’ 5-Star Review for Rust
The first review for Cars Just Want to be Rust by Tony Glover is in! Five stars. ‘Chilling’ is the first word that comes to mind for this reviewer. We like that Well done Tony....
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Art Exhibition for Young David Books
Please join us at the preview of a new art exhibition for the Young David Picturebook Series. The exhibition will be of Amy Barnes’ original watercolours for the three books in the Young David...
View ArticleReadings in Schools
Happy World Book Day to everybody! Fiona is off to read to Key Stage 1 children at Milecastle Primary School this afternoon. If anyone has connections in other schools in the North East region (of...
View ArticleDavid and the Lonely Prince
All Young David fans will be delighted to hear that the fourth book in the series, David and the Lonely Prince, will be coming out in June. If you want to pre-order the book, drop us a line! The story...
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David and the Lonely Prince heading for the printers!
We are thrilled to announce that Book 4 in the Young David series – David and the Lonely Prince – is heading to the printers! It will be available from late June, but you can pre-order your copy now!...
View ArticleApartheid South Africa and Fiona’s writing life
Commonwealth Writing Prize nominee and Nigerian author Abidemi Sanusi, has recently interviewed Crafty author Fiona Veitch Smith about The Peace Garden and what it was like moving to and living in...
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David and the lonely Prince ready to buy!
David and the Lonely Prince will be available to buy from tomorrow! To order your copy visit The Crafty Publishing online shop or put in an order at your local bookshop. David is invited to a sleepover...
View ArticleYoung David Books in Salisbury
Proud to announce that Sarum College Bookshop are now stocking our Young David Books. SCB was a finalist in the Gardners Independent Bookshop of the Year award in 2010 and 2013. So if you’re in the...
View ArticleNew books aired at Heaton Festival
Looking forward to this year’s Heaton Festival where Crafty Publishing will have a book table. We will be selling all of the Young David Books, including the latest, Lonely Prince, as well as...
View ArticlePeace Garden debuts in Lincoln
The Peace Garden is now available at Unicorn Tree books in Lincoln (look in the general fiction section, not religious). Support your local bookshop!...
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Launch for new print fiction line
We are proud to be launching our new adult print fiction line at the Literary & Philosophical Society, Newcastle upon Tyne, on Thursday 15 August at 7pm. Fiona Veitch Smith’s The Peace Garden and...
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Hot day for Lonely Prince
Despite temperatures soaring (by Newcastle standards) into the high 20s, we still had a good turn out for the launch of David and the Lonely Prince. Here are author Fiona and illustrator Amy reading to...
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Book launch at Lit & Phil
You are invited to the launch of Crafty Publishing’s new adult fiction line! Crime thriller Cars Just want to be Rust by Tony Glover and Romantic thriller The Peace Garden by Fiona Veitch Smith When:...
View ArticleCrafty Publishing featured in Newcastle Journal
Great article in the Culture section of the Newcastle Journal on Crafty Publishing and the recent launch of our fiction line for adults....
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Books are our Bag
Authors Fiona Veitch Smith and Tony Glover will be attending a Books are My Bag party at Forum Bookshop in Corbridge this Saturday. Drop by for coffee, cake and a chat. If you live too far, keep an eye...
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Cars Just Want to be Rust in Lincoln
Spotted on the shelf at Unicorn Tree Books in Lincoln … Tony Glover’s Cars Just Want to be Rust. Support your local bookshop!
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