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Yippee! We are running our first art and poetry competition for children aged 5-10. Competition details: There will be two age categories 5-7 and 8-10. We wo...

We are delighted to announce we now have an exciting gallery/creative space by the sea! Custard HQ was born on 24th October 2019 at 42 The Old High Street, F...

'A magical world of wonders' what an absolutely amazing review of our pop up gallery in Folkestone. Meet Ursula who popped in to our pop up. She is a fellow ...

We are delighted to announce the launch date of our fourth book 'Cocka-Poodle-Do' a new book of funny verse. It will officially be available from 20th Octobe...

Spring has well and truly sprung and we hope you are having fun. Look who features on Jo's new comedy show poster. Yes, it's 'Jelly Dog' inspiration, AKA Sky...

Jo Burke (me) and Phillip Price (artist, illustrator & wonderful human) tied the knot on Saturday 20th October. Our ceremony took place at the magnificent C...

The holidays are sadly over but, wow oh wow, what a summer it was. Frumpy Cat was certainly not impressed with the heat at the stall in Greenwich Market. To ...

We are delighted to have been asked to run a storytelling/art workshop as part of the wonderful Greenwich Book Festival. Our workshop will take place at the ...

A few weeks ago I was approached by a journalist who had heard about my books and the story behind them. She thought her readers would be interested. I had n...

Custard Towers closed for a little mini break during the Easter Holidays. Illustrator Phillip Price and I headed to stunning Venice for some inspiration. I f...

Super exited to announce that my latest book, this time an early chapter book, is available to pre-order now! Below is a sneak peak at some of the wonderful ...

Want to write and publish your own book? Of course you do everyone does. Don't they? They say everyone has a book in them but so few manage to get their book...

It is always lovely to hear fabulous feedback about my books from schools. So you can imagine how absolutely delighted I was to receive photos and notes fro...

Reindeer reminder: Last date for online orders, with guaranteed delivery in time for Christmas, is Friday 15th December. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...

With just 20 days until Santa arrives it's been all go at Custard Towers. I've had a meeting with Santa and he's absolutely fallen in love with our books. H...

Order now only £14.99 We know there's nothing quite like unique and personalised presents for that extra special Christmas gift for loved ones. So from now,...

We love Christmas here at Custard Towers, so we wanted to create some Special Edition Christmas cards for you to send to loved ones. We hope you love them as...

We had a spectacularly spooky Halloween at Custard HQ within Greenwich Market. What an incredible day. Adults and children alike gave their ghoulish best in...

I am delighted to be one of the judges for the wonderful Eltham Arts writing competition called 'Wall' below are the details: A short story and poetry creat...

As you will know I am regularly at Greenwich Market signing copies of my books. However, I am aware that many of you won't be local and won't be able to exp...