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Go to Facebook Princess Smartypants or tweet @HRHSmartypants to get 3 free signed Princess Smartypants Books. Send in your ideas for titles for Princess Smartypants’ new chapter books on Totaloonian Tales all about the totally loonie things that happen each day...

Happy Christmas

Don’t forget to enter our Chilling Christmas Tale Competition by creating a short story of no more than 2500 words. 1st prize – Your work published & read aloud by Babette Cole on our website & receive a signed copy of one of Babette Cole’s books...

Sarah commissioned Fetlocks Hall when she was at Bloomsbury

Odedina steps down as Hot Key m.d. Published November 10, 2014 on The Bookseller. By Charlotte Eyre Sarah Odedina is stepping down from her role as m.d. of Hot Key Books with immediate effect. Bonnier, which owns Hot Key, made no comment on Odedina’s departure...

The winner of Babette’s limited edition print is…

The winner of Babette’s limited edition print for War Child was Mrs L Blake of Middlesex. James Rabbit and the Giggleberries, published last July is already making a profit for Mabecron Books.Lots of love and thanks to you all.

The Guardian are calling it The New Beatrix Potter

The Hot Gossip now is we just had the booksellers report and James Rabbit and the Giggleberries has sold 2,000 copies in one month since publication on July 12 so that is pretty good going!  Bookbrunch say I have pulled a Rabbit out of the Hat! Sadly no Roald Dahl...