Hello 😊 

My name is Megan Rix and I’m Knightsfield’s Reading Patron. I met some of you with my dogs Bella and Freya when I came to visit at the end of April 2023. Freya loved meeting everyone and we are both looking forward to coming back to see you soon! 

Megan xx 

2023-24

September Blog

Welcome back to school everyone. I hope you had a great summer.

I’ve been busy promoting my new book: Lizzie and Lucky ‘The Mystery of the Lost Chicken’

Last Saturday we were at Kettering Literary Festival.

October Blog – Creative Writers

My top tips for creative writers are:

  1. Read lots and lots.
  2. Write lots.
  3. Have lots of fun and adventures and experiences so you have lots of things to write about in your diary!

Have a great day!

 

 

 

November Blog – Reading for Pleasure

Reading for Pleasure

    1. Choose a good book
    2. Find somewhere comfy to sit.
    3. Make sure you’re not going to be disturbed
    4. Relax and enjoy
    5. The more you read the better you will be

Have a good day!

December Blog

So excited that ‘Lizzie and Lucky: the Mystery of the Lost Chicken’ is on the longlist for the Inclusive Books for Children award.
I made a video in sign language about the book with help from Matilda the chicken and pigs Kia and Ari. You can see it here:

January Blog

Now Lizzie and Lucky: The Mystery of the Lost Chicken is on the shortlist for the Inclusive Books for Children award and I’m going to the Awards ceremony on the 28th February.
I did a video about why the Award is important to me and you can see it here:
Matilda the chicken is in it again!

February Blog – The Mystery of the Lost Chicken

I didn’t win the IBC Award 🥲 but I’m happy to say ‘The Mystery of the Lost Chicken’ is still going to be translated into British Sign Language this year! Woohoo – so happy. I’ve been taking my level 4 BSL exams. Hope I pass 🤞. Have you got exams this year?

March Blog – New Book!

Hello everyone, I hope you are well and enjoying the Spring. I’ve been busy working on a new book. Have you read any good books recently? I’ve been reading lots of history books about how people lived in Georgian times. I’m glad I didn’t live back then!

April Blog – Animal Stories

I love reading stories about animals.  My favourite was about a pig called Esther who inspired the Happily Ever Esther Animal Sanctuary. What’s your favourite animal? Mine are my dogs, Freya and Ellie. What’s your favourite animal story?

May Blog – Story Ideas

I’m asked how I get story ideas but I’ve always had more story ideas than I could ever write. Sometimes a picture will give me an idea – I like writing stories inspired by a picture like this one. How do you get your story ideas?

June Blog – Exams

More sign language exams! We all failed level 4 the first time we took it – so now we’re taking the exams again. Busy busy! This is a picture of my office (looking tidy for a change) but it’s being re-decorated now.

July blog – Publisher

 

I’m becoming a publisher. Harriet Dancing is in sign language on You Tube but I’ve run out of copies and can’t get anymore. Luckily the publisher has given me the rights so I’m going to try and publish it myself and then I can give away more copies. Anyone want one?

August blog – Filming again

So hot! I’ve been filming the last bit for the Royal Association of the Deaf sign language translation of The Mystery of the Missing Puppies. I’ll send you a link as soon as it’s finished and online J This is a picture of me filming at Woburn Safari park for my book The Runaways.

2024-25

September blog – Poorly Pets

My lovely dogs, Freya and Ellie, who some of you met, have both had cruciate ligament injuries and now have to sleep downstairs (and not on the bed) for months. We’re sleeping downstairs too! Luckily they’re improving and should be back swimming in the river soon.

October blog – Scary Stories

At the start of October I got my orange belt in Kung Fu! Woohoo!

Do you like Halloween? I do and I like scary stories as well I wrote a whole series of books about a witch called Bella Donna (not very scary) under my other name of Ruth Symes. They sold all over the world.  I was even part of a Scarefest. I named my dog Bella after the books because her birthday was on Halloween.

November blog – The Mystery of the Lost Chicken in sign language

So happy that the Royal Association of the Deaf have translated The Mystery of the Lost Chicken into sign language.
Radha did a fantastic job and was lovely to work with.

December Blog – Happy Holidays 😃

Happy Holidays everyone. I’m hoping we’re going to have snow soon.
My dogs love playing in it and I got to write a story about a baby Bigfoot under my other writing name of Ruth Symes – but have never seen one 👀
Looking forward to blogging next year!

January Blog – What are you reading 🤔

Have you read any good books lately? I’m reading ‘The Wild Robot’ and have just finished reading ‘The One and Only Ivan’. I love animal stories ❤️
Do you have a favourite type of story? Maybe scary books or funny books or animal books like me?

February Blog – Happy Chinese New Year 恭喜发财

This is the Chinese Year of the Snake but it’s also known as the year of the Little Dragon. I haven’t written any books about snakes but I do have one about a little dragon called Cornflake. I wrote it under my other name of Ruth Symes. Cornflake was found in a school and his favourite food is….You guessed it….cornflakes!

March Blog – World Book Day

I think World Book Day is my favourite day of the year. I love seeing everyone’s costumes! This year we’re visiting a school in Ashwell. I’m going as a pirate but I think Freya and Ellie are going as fairies (Eric said he’d make their costumes). What are you going to go as? What character from a book would you like to be if you could pick any one?

April Blog – Curly Tails

👋 I hope you had a great Easter break. I did! I’m working on a book about an animal sanctuary and got to visit Curly Tails, a pig sanctuary and met an amazing pig called Humphrey, and I also went to Thrift Farm and Whipsnade zoo which now has a BSL interpreter – Sam – she’s lovely. Have you read any good animal stories recently? 

May Blog – Deaf Day

Every spring City Lit, in London, holds a Deaf Day when there’s lots of workshops and talks, taster sessions and exhibitions. I try to go every year and it’s brilliant – but very busy and crowded.

Maybe you’ll go one day too and we can say hello. Or maybe you’ve already been?

June Blog – 2 Birds

Have you been reading some good books recently? A publisher called Nosy Crow has just asked me to write some books for them which I’m really looking forward to.

We’ve also had a fledgling blackbird hopping around our garden for over a week. We’ve named him Jake. His mum and dad work really hard all day bringing him food. Every time he sees us Jake opens his mouth as if he’d like more food. Sometimes he likes to sit on Eric’s finger and look about.

July Blog – Appearing at Bedford Fringe Festival

I’m appearing at the Bedford Fringe in the Inclusive Performing Arts Festival. I’ll be giving a PowerPoint presentation and my dogs with be there plus a sign language interpreter and lots of other events too

Access Bedford have written about it here: https://www.deafaccessbedfordshire.org.uk/inclusiveperformingartsfest

And the program’s here: https://tinyurl.com/bnkw999d