I am thrilled to introduce my new series to the world! The first book in the Violet and the Velvets series will be published by Allen and Unwin (New Zealand and Australia) in March 2025. It’s about a primary school girls’ punk band making their way through the BandQuest competition while solving mysteries.
Violet is a guitar-toting, music-loving twelve-year-old with inattentive ADHD who dreams of competing in BandChamps. The problem is, none of her friends can play an instrument. But she won’t let that stand in the way! She persuades her loveable, rag-tag group of mates to just give it a go. After all, you only need three chords to play a song. How hard can it be?
Watch this space to find out!
Pictured below: me as a teenager, playing bass in my third band, The Cakekitchen. Photo by Jonathan Ganley.
