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To listen to Giles’ interview on Hastings Radio click the image above.

“I particularly like the way that bikes and Western Canadian animals (anthropomorphic) come together in this book. I am of course biased toward bicycles and animals, but I think this was a well balanced approach. Many of this type of books get sidetracked by trying to be too many things, this one avoids that by keeping to a single story line and not introducing too many superfluous characters. The illustrations to… Read More »Great Grizzly North Gets Reviewed

“Today I am delighted to be the Halloween pit stop of Giles’ blog tour for The Fearsome Beastie! And what better than a story about a  scary child-eating monster for your Halloween night read?… …The Fearsome Beastie is a great, fun read. I think some parents will be concerned about the monster’s favourite past time as well as its eventual fate but I think that parents are more of the faint-hearted kind than their offspring,… Read More »Spooky Review from Library Mice

Fin & Zoa and the Dog Detectives Book Tour featured in this weeks Guardian Newspaper. The article explains the importance of events for children’s writers.  Click on the article to increase the size.

“Some might argue that this book is too scary, but to that I say it is no more scary than Little Red Riding Hood or Hansel and Gretel.” – Honest Book Review “In a world seemingly gone topsy-turvy with political correctness, I want to applaud this book.” – Kids Book Review “With just the right amount of scare and surprise and some laughs thrown in too” – My Book Chatter… Read More »Beastie Book Reviews from All Over the Globe

Maverick Books first met Loretta at the London Book Fair 2011 and loved her portfolio with its quirky but cute characters. Impressed, we commisioned her to do some greetings cards for Maverick’s sister company, Icarus Arts Publishing. We were very excited when we heard that Loretta had been shortlisted for the ‘Picture This’ competition! Waterstone’s second ‘Picture This’ competition in conjunction with The Daily Telegraph and HarperCollins Children’s Books was… Read More »Congratulations Loretta Schauer – Picture This winner

Julie was invited into the BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester Radio Station to talk about her experiences as an author and her new book Mrs MacCready Was Ever So Greedy. A witty interview with a bit of fun banter between Julie and host Andrew Easton.  Great interview to listen to if you are a budding author.   Listen to Part 1 Listen to Part 2   Thank you to BBC… Read More »Julie Fulton on Radio Hereford & Worcester

Live at 5pm – Tune in to listen to Maverick author, Giles Paley-Phillips talking about his book Fearsome Beastie and about the life of an author!  His interview is about half way through.