Visits to Cambridge and The Middle of Nowhere

The wonderful Phil Reeve, author of children’s astonishing novels like Mortal Engines, Goblins and his latest Oliver and the Seawigs, has just been made an Honorary Doctor of Anglia Ruskin University. From Phil Reeve’s Blog: Posted: 05 Oct 2013 10:38 AM...

Brain Storming session for James Rabbit and the Giggleberries.

Ron Johns, publisher at Mabecron Books (Twitter) visited Babette for a Brain Storming session for James Rabbit and the Giggleberries. He left in giggles and his car blew up on the way home.  See my tweets absolutely  Hill-hare-ious!  I said it’s a pity he did...

Goblins, Tree Elves, Dragons and Cloud Maidens

My friend, Phil Reeve, who lives up on Dartmoor where there are lots of Goblins, Tree Elves, Dragons and Cloud Maidens has had a big success with GOBLINS which is now taking the USA by storm! It is going to be an animated film as well. I am reading the book at the...

Walker announces Entertainment imprint

27 September 2013 Walker Books is to group all its media-related and media-inspired publishing under a new imprint, Walker Entertainment. The imprint will be known as Candlewick Entertainment in the US, with Australia carrying both lines. Walker Entertainment reports...

David Fickling appoints Phil Earle

25 September 2013 Phil Earle is to move from Bloomsbury in January to join the newly independent David Fickling Books as Sales and Marketing Director. Earle has been with Bloomsbury since 2012, having joined from Simon & Schuster. His first publishing role was...

Five women line up for Short Story Award

23 September 2013 The shortlist for the BBC National Short Story Award 2013, announced live on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row on Friday (20 September), features five stories all written by women, “a great example of how female writers are leading the field with...