Robin Stevens's Blog

There’s a new exhibition coming to Oxford’s Story Museum this summer, and it’s all about young detectives! Created by young curators using a storyline by Sharna Jackson, it’ll feature plenty of your favourite detectives – including Daisy and Hazel!

I’m very excited to be contributing to the exhibition, and I can’t wait to see the finished product. And I can’t wait for you to see it too!

Here are some articles about the exhibition – and I’ll be sharing more when I can. The opening date is 18th July and it’ll run for a year, so there’s plenty of time to visit!

I don’t have a lot of events this year as I don’t have a new book out, but I am doing two festival events this spring: one in Dublin and one in London. They are:

International Literature Festival Dublin, 16th May, 12pm – a talk followed by a signing

London Children’s Book Festival, 28th June, 3:30pm – a talk followed by a signing

Tickets to both are available now – I really hope I’ll see as many of you there as possible!

And if I’m not coming to your area this time around, as always, don’t worry. I will be doing a much fuller tour next year for my adult book, Almost the Whole Truth, as well as making sure I have an ongoing schedule of children’s events too.

I’m very excited to offer schools – and fans – another chance to hear me talk this month!

I’m partnering up with the National Archives for their first ever school event, a free online event on Wednesday March 25th at 1:30pm.

This is a little different from my usual events – I’m going to be talking about my research process, and how I write about the 1930s and 1940s in a way that’s accessible for modern readers. I’m really looking forward to it, and I hope you’ll join me next week!

Please sign up now via the website, and submit your burning questions to me through the Slido app – there’ll be a Q&A at the end of the event.

I’m delighted to announce that I have something for schools who’d like a visit from me – I’ll be appearing in a virtual schools event on the 20th March in partnership with my publisher Puffin.

Schools (or libraries, or home educators!) can sign up now via this link – the event is on the 20th March at 1:30pm, and it’s totally FREE!

I hope I’ll see lots of you there – I’m so pleased to be able to offer this!

I’m delighted to say that I’ll be visiting Lincoln in February to talk about my books!

I’ll be at the Engine Shed on Saturday 14th February at 3pm – tickets are on sale NOW and include a book with the price of the ticket.

I’ll also be signing after the show – but be aware that we may need to limit signed books to 2 per person depending on audience size.

I’m really looking forward to coming back to Lincoln – see you all soon!

If you missed out on my pre-order campaign with Daunt Books … it’s back for a limited time only! From today until the 3rd of December, you can order a signed and personalised copy of A Stocking Full of Spies from the Daunt Books website.

This is the perfect Christmas present for the Murder Most Unladylike fan in your life, and it’s your last chance to get a signed copy for the holidays … so don’t delay!

For my final event of the year, I’m coming to the Waterstones Piccadilly Christmas evening on the 4th of December from 6-8pm.

This is always such a fun and festive event, with loads of incredible authors to meet – I’m really excited to be a part of it and I can’t wait to talk to you all. This is a totally free event, and you don’t need to book – just turn up!

I’m delighted to be coming back up to Manchester this month to help launch Imperial War Museum North’s new family exhibition, Spies, Lies and Deception!

I’ll be there at 11am on the 29th of November to talk spies, puzzles and war stories, and I’ll then be signing old and new copies of my books at 12pm.

You can book tickets now – they’re free, but spaces are limited, so don’t delay!

I’m very excited about this partnership, and about the exhibition – it’s absolutely perfect for fans of my books, and it’ll be running until 31st August 2026!

It’s been a wild week of news for me, and it’s not over yet: Almost the Whole Truth, my first novel for adults, will be out in 2027!

It’s been bought in the UK at auction by Viking, an imprint of Penguin, and it also sold at auction in the US and Germany, with more territories still to come.

I am so proud, and so excited – this book has been an absolute dream to write and I cannot wait for you all to read it. Although it’s for adults, I think anyone 13+ could probably read it, and I particularly think that people who loved my books growing up will enjoy it.

Almost the Whole Truth is told in a mix of prose, podcast episodes, text messages, emails and community message board threads, and it’s the story of bookseller Alice Mildmay, whose boyfriend dumps her in 2019 for a local celebrity. Twenty days later, that celebrity is dead, and Alice’s ex is arrested and convicted of her murder. Everyone thinks that’s the end of the story … until in 2023, a journalist starts a podcast about the crime, claiming Alice’s ex is innocent. And the person he’s sure is guilty … is Alice. Can Alice and her best friend Lo solve the crime before Alice is accused of a murder she didn’t commit? 

I’ll update you with more news as I have it – and if you haven’t, make sure you’ve signed up to my newsletter for monthly updates straight to your inbox!

This has been the hardest secret to keep, but now the secret’s finally out: StudioCanal (Paddington), Strong Film & TV (Broadchurch) and my own production company Unladylike Productions have partnered together to bring you the thing you’ve been asking for: Murder Most Unladylike TV!

The pilot will be written by Anna McCleery (A Kind of Spark) and directed by James Strong (Broadchurch!), and at the moment we’re looking for a broadcaster to make this show as gorgeous and brilliant as we all know it should be. We had a writers’ room earlier this year, where the show began to take shape, and it was just incredible to start imagining Daisy and Hazel’s adventures on the big screen with such a talented team of writers and producers. (From l-r, top row: Claire Burgess, Emma Reeves, Dan Muirden and Sophie Wu; bottom row: Camille Saint Gal de Pons, Sarah Rees, me, Faebian Averies, Loretta Preece and Maja Bodenstein).

The news was announced yesterday, and has so far appeared in Deadline, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and the Wrap. I have been completely bowled over by your excitement and I cannot wait to help make all of our dreams a reality!

If you’re wondering about auditions, there’s still time before they happen! We have to find our broadcaster first – remember, nothing is ever certain in TV! If and when we do, I really hope we will hold open auditions for the teen roles. I don’t make final decisions on anything, but I am one of the voices in the room, and I know how important this is to you. So … watch this space!

I’ll keep on updating you with news and information – if you haven’t, please do sign up to my free newsletter. Things are about to get even more exciting!