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World Book Day

Great World Book Day news for young fans of Comedy Horror!

We are very exited to announce a very special book on a very special day! In September we will be publishing the first title in our Comedy Horror for Kids series by Colin Mulhern… Buttercup Sunshine and the Zombies of Dooooom  Granny pulled out a large ball of grey wool. ‘Perfect.’ And with a loud double-click, she loaded her knitting needles. ‘Let’s go knit some butt!’ Pitched at 7 to… Read More »Great World Book Day news for young fans of Comedy Horror!

Maverick authors out in force at local schools for World Book Day week!

Maverick authors Alice Hemming (author of junior fiction title Rickety Rocket and whose forthcoming junior fiction title Arlo, Mrs Ogg and the Dinosaur Zoo has been selected for the 2018 Summer Reading Challenge), Lou Treleaven (author of forthcoming junior fiction title Homework on Pluto, sequel to Letter to Pluto and of recent picture books Daddy and I and The Snugglewump), Heather Pindar (author of picture book Beware the Mighty Bitey,… Read More »Maverick authors out in force at local schools for World Book Day week!

SHEEP FUN AT THE LIBRARY!

    Granny Mutton author Amanda Brandon brought socks, scarves and sheep fun to Rayleigh Library recently. Children checked in for a morning of story-telling and crafts based on Amanda’s farmyard Granny Mutton Yarn series of picture books, plus a chance to see Granny’s famous 13ft long knitted scarf! Amanda whose latest book A Knit and a Knot features Little Lionel on the hunt for Granny’s missing wool said, “It… Read More »SHEEP FUN AT THE LIBRARY!

Author Lou Treleaven to visit schools every day of World Book Day Week!

Lou Treleaven, author of The Snowflake Mistake, Professor McQuark and the Oojamaflip and Letter to Pluto, will be visiting a school every day of World Book Day Week: Monday 27th February: Beech Hill Primary School in Luton Tuesday 28th February: St John Rigby Catholic Primary School in Bedford Wednesday 1st March: St Andrews Lower School (West) in Biggleswade Thursday 2nd March: Surrey Square Primary School in London Friday 3rd March: St… Read More »Author Lou Treleaven to visit schools every day of World Book Day Week!

Author Alice Hemming to visit two schools for World Book Day!

Alice Hemming, author of George and the New Craze, A Gold Star for George and The Black and White Club will be visiting two schools around World Book Day: Wednesday 22nd February She will be participating in the KS1 and KS2 assemblies and running workshops with Year 2 students at Fairlands School in Stevenage Friday 3rd March She will be reading her stories in the library with Early Years and Year… Read More »Author Alice Hemming to visit two schools for World Book Day!

World Book Day Competition!

Happy World Book Day everyone! To celebrate, Kim and Ellie have dressed up as two Maverick characters… Guess who they are for your chance to win your choice of Maverick book! To win all you have to do is: Follow @Maverickbooks on Twitter Like and retweet the competition photo Tweet your guess with the #MaverickWorldBookDay or Reply to the Tweet All entries with the correct titles for both costumes will… Read More »World Book Day Competition!

We’re ever so excited about the new Ever So look!

This month a new character is joining, Julie Fulton‘s Hamilton Shady crowd – Bossy Jonathan Fossy! The fifth book in the Ever So series features Jonathan Fossy who is ever so bossy! Jonathan tells everyone what to do and demands to be listened to. The citizens of Hamilton Shady decide that they have had quite enough of Jonathan’s commanding behaviour and, with the help of some costumes and a pretty… Read More »We’re ever so excited about the new Ever So look!

Maverick World Book Week!

It’s World Book Day next Thursday meaning we have a very exciting and bookish week ahead of us! Our authors will be celebrating World Book Week in force and will be making multiple school visits during the week. Check out the full details on our calendar page. Here is a breakdown of where they will be! Monday 29th February      Tuesday 1st March      Wednesday 2nd March Thursday… Read More »Maverick World Book Week!

Our Submissions are now closed!

We have decided to close our submissions for a short while in order to catch up with the stories we have received. We are hoping that by the time we reopen we will be able to cut down the response time to a short 3 months! Last week we announced that the submissions will be closing and implored all children’s writers out there to get their acts together and submit… Read More »Our Submissions are now closed!