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...
If anyone wants to order any signed books for Christmas presents please let us know NOW as they have to be ordered from the publishers. “Babette’s Studio Gnomes” have no more left in the studio owing to currant demand. Books take a few days to get...
Merry Christmas from Babette! Welcome to my on line exhibition and sale the Merriest Christmas Illustrations ever. The pages are long ones and has some super original illustrations just for you. BUT, these are original illustrations – NOT cards: First come first...
06 November 2013 Wattpad, the social reading platform, was seven years old yesterday (5 November), and marked the occasion with Wattpad Stories, profiles of seven people who have used the platform. The site has recorded more than 25 million uploads. After posting...
Dear Dame Babette I just wanted to thank you personally for coming to the bookshop on Thursday and making it such a success. I wanted to let you know that we have had great feedback from the people who attended! Thank you for your enthusiastic support of the bookshop...
Philip Reeve Blog Posted: 31 Oct 2013 03:08 AM PDT The last stop on my busy long weekend, after the YLG conference and BristolCon, was back in Birmingham, where they have a fantastic new library, known in the children’s book world as ‘McIntyre’s...
