Ponies, ponies, ponies
Writing, Press and Media Coverage
I’ve been featured, interviewed or mentioned, in the following:
Horse & Rider Magazine, September 2013, Interview -
Interviewed by Miriam Bibby, History on Horseback, August 2013
Featured in PONY Magazine, February 2012, in the Need to Know Section
Interviewed by Margaret Powling for Period Ideas, February 2012, for her piece on Children’s Books.
My blog piece on Amazon’s Price Parity Policy appeared in The Guardian’s Best of the Web section, March 31st, 2010
Interviewed by Cassandra Jardine about pony books, 2009, and quoted in her piece on Pippa Funnell in the Saturday Telegraph
Appeared in Radio 4’s Saturday Live, 10th May 2008, talking about the wonders of the hardback book
Interviewed for Horse Magazine, 6 Dec-
The Daily Telegraph, 16 July 2007 -
Country Living, September 2006
Published work
Heroines on Horseback, Girls Gone By, 2013
Heroines on Horseback looks at the pony book from its beginnings to the glory days of the forties and fifties, and beyond.
Some reviews:
“Jane Badger has given horse and pony stories the serious consideration they deserve. A huge amount of research and editing must have gone into this book. I loved reading it and I've learned a lot. The most exciting thing is that there's a whole world of pony stories out there waiting to be discovered, and the most depressing thing is that (as a pony book author) I've now realised it's almost impossible to think up a completely original plot involving horses and ponies! Victoria Eveleigh, author
It's written in an engaging (and perfectly edited -
“Jane Badger's appraisals are spot-
“”This wonderful book brought back many, many happy memories for me. And suggested some authors that I had missed ... Highly recommended!! Cole Thornton, Amazon Top 1000 reviewer
And also
Ten of the Best Horse & Pony Books, Books for Keeps, January 2012
The Peculiarities of Child Growth in Chatton, Folly Christmas Special, 2009
Introduction for reprint of Six Ponies, Josephine Pullein-
Introduction for reprint of Silver Snaffles, Primrose Cumming, Fidra Books, 2007
How to Write a Pony Book, Folly Magazine, Summer 2004
Thank you very much to Horse & Rider and PONY Magazine for featuring me.