June 2026:

It amazes me how we are already halfway through the year – where has the time gone? I feel as though as you get older the year seems to go so much quicker! And the month of June was no exception to be extremely busy!

Work this month has been slightly hit and miss, what with going on holiday half way through, I found that I was spending a lot of the month preparing VIP bags for attending the Jupiter Cloud Book Festival dates (Sheffield: 11th July, Lincoln: 19th September and York: 5th December) so that I could send those off before I left as well as preparing the pre-orders of my latest book (which as I am writing this has now been released!!) Despite there not being a lot updates on writing my latest book (pretty sure I am up to chapter eleven and falling slightly behind schedule but determined to pick that back up again soon!) the majority of my work updates of the additional items I am looking into releasing in the next upcoming months. Firstly each book will now have a dedicated bookmark and notecard! I was struggling to remember which people had had which bookmark so decided the best route would be to have each book with its own bundle of notecard and bookmark, that way no one should be getting the same thing twice (unless they order the same book again). The next item I have been looking into is pin badges. I wanted to create something special to be added into the VIP goodie bags and thought a pin badge was a great way for people to share their reading interests – and who doesn’t love a pin badge! Once I had had some created and sent to me, it dawned on me that this could be something of a permanent fixture to also sell on my website. So in the next couple of months, not only will you be able to purchase my books through my website, but you will also be able to buy a pin badge related to each of my books (and yes there will be bundles where you can buy the book, bookmark and pin badge, or just the bookmark and pin badge bundle) How exciting! I have included some images of the pin badges and future designs below, please let me know what you think and if there are any other book related merch you would like to see – I’m also open to ideas!

All the preparation became worthwhile in the end when we finally left for our holiday! We spent the rest of June staying with a family member and then carried onto Cornwall for the next part of our holiday in July (you can expect some pictures of that next month!) I tried to use the time on holiday wisely and spent some time creating some designs and managed to write a chapter (because yes I am still working on holiday, it never ends!) But it wasn’t all work work work as we did manage to arrange for THREE, yes you heard me right, three trips to the theatre to see (yes you’ve guessed it) The Drifters! We managed to see them in Ipswich and then two nights in a row in Bury St Edmunds (we thought it would be rude to only go and see the one show when there were two on offer!) As I always say, the shows were amazing despite the warm conditions. And I say warm as an understatement because sweltering in more suitable! But nevertheless, all the band did incredibly well and put on three fantastic performances for us! I have included some little photos of some extra moments during the first part of June and of the first part of our holiday below!

Another exciting event took place in June. It was Bertie’s birthday! Our little man is now eight – again where does the time go?! But we did pamper him on the day (although I think Bertie would argue that the bath wasn’t very pampering and he would have rather we didn’t do that. But he did get a long nap afterwards so everyone is a winner). But here is a little slideshow of Bertie’s highlights in June!

Comments Conversation: With another heat wave on the way, I wanted to know your weirdest ways to keep cool. I have seen this trend online and I thought it would be fun to try here. I don’t mean the basic ways either such as drink loads of water or sit in the shade. I mean the ways you have found to keep cool that others would see as possibly unconventional or straight up bizarre! My one would have to be the time I spent the day in the garden with both umbrellas up that I had to move throughout the day as the sun moved position with the extension lead running out into the garden so that I could have the fan on! This was my definition of bringing the indoors outdoors! I can’t wait to hear yours!

Until next time!

See you soon!

TTFN – Love Hannah ❤️

Written: 8th July 2026.