John Moore, author of YA graphic novel Ditching Saskia, visited The Children's Bookshop London to answer questions posed by readers from their Book Club! Thank you to the Children's Bookshop team for allowing us to share the full Q&A on our blog:

⭐️ Meet the characters of Ditching Saskia! ⭐️

📖 Ditching Saskia by John Moore and Neetols
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A heart-warming, supernatural slice-of-life YA graphic novel that weaves together tough, everyday themes of identity, grief, and accepting flaws in those we love.

Did a Q&A for the very clever kids of the Children’s Bookshop, Muswell Hill, London 😁

#Author #Writing #GraphicNovel

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🌸 Behind the Scenes - World-Building

World building isn't just for fantasy epics!

The central premise of Ditching Saskia is simple: What if a special flower could bring back someone’s spirit? But crafting a world where that’s true (and still feels grounded) was the creative challenge.

👏 When your editor knows you're a lifelong @tottenhamhotspur.com fan so secretly sneaks in loads of Spurs references.

A great surprise when I got the book!

Niamh, you're truly the Son Heung-min of editing ⚽

#coys #tottenham #writing

What Does Writing a Graphic Novel Look Like? 🤔✍️

It’s a question I get a lot, so let me take you behind the scenes of how Ditching Saskia came to life!

(A thread)

Ditching Saskia featured in @theguardian.com ! 🤩

found the rough sketches i did for the cover of ditching saskia

Hi Bluesky 👋

📚📖 Lots of lovely comments about the book since launch last month! Here's just a small collection of them 🤩 Thank you all!