Happy Pants Writer: Heather Gallagher Illustrator: Liz McGrath Publisher: Wombat Books A personal battle with post-natal, or perinatal, depression drove Heather Gallagher to write 'Happy Pants' out of a desire to help families understand the illness together. “During my own battle with PND, one of my greatest concerns was the possible impact I was having on my children,” Heather said. “It’s no-one’s fault.” 'Happy Pants' has been endorsed by PANDA (Post and Antenatal Depressi

I admit it – I have been a slack blogger. A slogger? Or a slagger? Okay – not a slagger. At my writers' group meeting last night the topic of updating blogs came up – and it reminded me I’ve been just slightly remiss. The fact that one of my unofficial writing goals for this year was to update my blog weekly and I haven’t done it for – 10 weeks! How did that happen?! – was the cause of much amusement. Eurovision weekend had nothing to do with it, I swear. So here I am, bloggi