Maverick Books Events category
Last night we celebrated the book birthdays of three authors: Clare Helen Welsh, Karen Owen and Rebecca Colby. They were celebrating the releases of their latest books: Aerodynamics of Biscuits, As Quiet as a Mouse and It’s Raining Bats and Frogs. Â Â Â Â Â All three authors are members of the Society of Children’s Writers and Illustrators and have been supporting each other every step of the way through their… Read More »A Triple attack book launch!
Last Saturday, Clare Helen Welsh had a very successful event at Waterstones, Drake Circus in Plymouth. She read her debut picture book Aerodynamics of Biscuits, led craft activities and even had a visit from Captain Sneaky McSqueaky himself! Waterstones sold out of books by lunchtime and even had to sell the books in the window display. Clare said: “I was totally overwhelmed with the love and support from friends, family and shoppers.… Read More »Everything sold out! Clare Helen Welsh at Waterstones, Drake Circus
Granny Mutton Yarns author Amanda Brandon spent Saturday celebrating Books are my Bag! Over the weekend there were parties across the country celebrating Books are my Bag. Amanda visited the charming bookshop, The Book Nut in Billericay. There were several books to sign afterwards and Amanda said, “It was great to see so many people come out to support their local bookshop and the children had fun with… Read More »Books are my Bag parties!
Yesterday Tracy Gunaratnam attended Croydon Library’s International Literacy Day event. She read her story Preposterous Rhinoceros which is all about encouraging children to persevere with reading and the joy of reading a book by yourself for the very first time. The children were very enthusiastic and had plenty of advice for Preposterous Rhinoceros on how he might go about reading a book. Tracy played the hairy, scary guessing game with… Read More »Happy International Literacy Day from Preposterous Rhinoceros!
Last Thursday we had a rather lovely time at the Maverick studio. We invited some of our authors to the studio to have an ideas session on how to best run events and increase the visibility of our books. Usually we only get to see our authors once a year (and even then it’s only one-to-one) so it was lovely to see not just one, but six of our authors… Read More »Maverick author day
Amanda Brandon is a very skilled author when it comes to not only writing but also children’s events! Amanda visited Maldon Library for their Summer Reading Challenge event. Her book A Scarf and a Half is part of the 2015 Record Breakers Summer Reading Challenge, run by the Reading Agency. She read her book to a room full of eager fans and then signed copies afterwards. The children were very… Read More »Amanda Brandon sure can put on a show!
Earlier today, Tracy Gunaratnam visited Waterstones in Croydon to share her story Preposterous Rhinoceros. Starting things off with a jungle sing along (is there any other way to start a party?), Tracy got the children very excited about joining P. Rhino in his jungle world. They then played a Hairy Scary Guessing Game before hearing the hilarious and touching story of Preposterous Rhinoceros. Afterwards the children got to colour in… Read More »Jungle sing alongs with Tracy Gunaratnam!
In celebration of her new book Pirates Don’t Drive Diggers, Alex English will be hosting a pirate party at Waterstones in Redhill on Saturday 30th May. The party will be at 11am-1pm. Alex will read her new story and will sign books as well as leading some pirate and digger themed activities! Pop along and say ‘Arrr me hearties!’
Tracy Gunaratnam will be reading her wonderfully funny story Preposterous Rhinoceros at Waterstones in Croydon on Friday 29th May! Waterstones has put together this fantastic window display to advertise Tracy’s event and we think it looks rather smashing! Preposterous Rhinocoeros is an equally hilarious and touching tale of a silly rhinoceros who decides to learn to read with disastrous results. Eventually he gets the right idea and with a bit of… Read More »A preposterously good event!
Reception classes at Blenheim Primary School learned about some creative sheep when author Amanda Brandon took along her picture book ‘A Scarf and a Half’ featuring knitting loving Granny Mutton and her grandson Little Lionel. Amanda said, “We talked about the story, where wool comes from and what we could use it for. I also had a peek at the school’s fabulous new library which fundraisers had worked hard to pack with great books. It looked well… Read More »Granny Mutton visits Blenheim Primary School!
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