Goodnight Jelly Dog
With a heavy heart on Wednesday 15th March we sadly had to say our final farewell to our beloved Sky, AKA Jelly Dog. He was almost...
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Jo Burke
- Jan 23
- 2 min
Custard TV and CustardHQ.com
Good news art and book lovers! As well as being able to order our books online, you can now browse and buy Phil's original artwork,...
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Jo Burke
- Jun 25, 2022
- 2 min
FREE zoom reading sessions
I always start my author school visits by telling the children how I struggled with words. I was not a natural when it came to reading...
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Jo Burke
- Aug 22, 2021
- 3 min
'Sunny Sands'
'Oh I do like to be beside the seaside. I do like to be beside the sea!' Who else remembers singing this whilst marching to the beach as...
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Jo Burke
- Apr 29, 2021
- 3 min
Back with a Bang!
We, like so many other independent businesses, were absolutely thrilled to be able to open our doors again. Our 'virtual' door was always...
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Jo Burke
- Oct 15, 2020
- 3 min
Unique new gifts, book 'flip throughs' & FREE podcast
Well hello there. Long time no blog. It's not like I had an excuse or anything. Like say, a pandemic shutting everything down, including...
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Jo Burke
- May 5, 2020
- 2 min
Competition & two FREE colouring templates
Yippee! We are running our first art and poetry competition for children aged 5-10. Competition details: There will be two age categories...
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Jo Burke
- Jan 28, 2020
- 2 min
Custard HQ
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...
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Jo Burke
- Sep 26, 2019
- 2 min
'A magical world of wonders'
'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...
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Jo Burke
- Aug 2, 2019
- 2 min
Cocka-Poodle-Do Launch
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...
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Jo Burke
- Apr 1, 2019
- 2 min
Comedy, book news and reviews
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'...
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Jo Burke
- Nov 8, 2018
- 2 min
Mr & Mrs Custard
Jo Burke (me) and Phillip Price (artist, illustrator & wonderful human) tied the knot on Saturday 20th October. Our ceremony took place...
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Jo Burke
- Sep 4, 2018
- 2 min
Back to school online offer & what I did this summer...
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...
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Jo Burke
- Jun 7, 2018
- 1 min
Greenwich Book Festival
We are delighted to have been asked to run a storytelling/art workshop as part of the wonderful Greenwich Book Festival. Our workshop...
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Jo Burke
- Jun 4, 2018
- 1 min
Press Interview
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...
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Jo Burke
- Apr 16, 2018
- 1 min
Inspirational Venice
Custard Towers closed for a little mini break during the Easter Holidays. Illustrator Phillip Price and I headed to stunning Venice for...
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Jo Burke
- Apr 4, 2018
- 1 min
Good Golly Miss Molly!
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...
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Jo Burke
- Mar 27, 2018
- 2 min
How to self-publish
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...
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Jo Burke
- Jan 25, 2018
- 2 min
Teaching success in Germany
It is always lovely to hear fabulous feedback about my books from schools. So you can imagine how absolutely delighted I was to receive...
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Jo Burke
- Dec 11, 2017
- 1 min
Reindeer reminder
Reindeer reminder: Last date for online orders, with guaranteed delivery in time for Christmas, is Friday 15th December. Let it snow, let...
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