This was on the cards but is now live. Are they Random Puffins?! Woohoo watch THIS space! Penguin Random House UK has created a single children’s division, led by Francesca Dow. Dow will be MD, Penguin Random House UK Children’s, and will report to Tom...
My good friend Philip Reeve has posted a note on his blog – a new book by Sarah McIntyre There’s a Shark In The Bath By Sarah McIntyre Posted by Philip Reeve on his blog. Another new year, another new look… I’m not supposed to be on the...
This really is a big award. We were selected out of thousands of submissions. Not just children’s but all genres! This is wonderful news! See Trouble With Dad on my eBooks page
Barry Loser sequel I am Still Not a Loser and picture book Monkey Nut win the 2013 Roald Dahl Funny Prize By Martin Chilton, Culture Editor online 1:00PM GMT 10 Dec 2013 Jim Smith’s I Am Still Not a Loser, the second book in the Barry Loser series, has won the...
10 December 2013 The Evening Standard has announced a new, £5,000 prize for a book for young children. Oscar’s First Book Prize is named in tribute to Oscar Ashton, who died aged three and a half of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. He was the son of the...