Calendar: Young people

Derek Landy, Skullduggery Pleasant Dark Days Tour

Talk, Q&A and public signing to promote the thrilling new instalment in the Skullduggery Pleasant series, Dark Days. For fun and games around the series, check out http://www.skulduggerypleasant.co.uk

8th April 2010 Swords, Dublin, Ireland
10th April 2010 Easons O'Connell St, Dublin, Ireland
20th April - morning Brunel Academy, Bristol
20th April 4pm Waterstones, Broadmead, Bristol
22nd April 2010 11am - 1.30pm Skoke Dameral Community College, Plymouth
22nd April 2010 6.30pm Waterstones Plymouth
23rd April 2010 11am - 1.30pm St John Kitto Community College, Plymouth
23rd April 2010, 4.30pm WHSmith Exeter, Guildhall Shopping Centre
24th April 2010, 12pm Waterstones, Bournemouth
24th April 2010 4pm Waterstones Southampton
25th April 2010 2pm Norrish Central Library, Portsmouth
26th April 2010, 12pm St Andrews High School for Boys, Worthing, Brighton
26th April 2010 4pm Waterstones Brighton
27th April 2010, 10am Peacehaven Community School, East Sussex

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Rachel Caine and The Morganville Vampires

27th May - 25th June 2010

Rachel Caine will be touring the UK to promote the latest in her YA series The Morganville Vampires during the month of June 2010 and is available for library events.

Claire Danvers thought that Morganville, Texas was a sleepy college town, until she discovered it was run by vampires hungry for fresh blood. The series will be eight-strong in May with the release of Kiss of Death. You can read more about the books, Rachel and view extracts by going to: http://www.allisonandbusby.com/book/glass-houses

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Oxford Literary Festival

The young people's programme at the Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival, 20-28 March 2010, includes the chance to meet Anthony Horowitz, Louise Rennison, Philip Pullman, Malorie Blackman, Geraldine McCaughrean, Philip Reeve, Steve Cole, Zizou Corder, Cressida Cowell, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Meg Rosoff, Mal Peet, William Nicholson, Andrew Lane (the author of a new series about Young Sherlock Holmes), star illustrators including Chris Riddell and Axel Scheffler (of The Gruffalo) as well as teen circumnavigator Mike Perham and the captain of the England women's cricket team, and more. Most events take place in Christ Church or Corpus Christi College, or in the Sheldonian.

Highlights of the 270 events on the adult programme include John le Carre, P D James, Ian McEwan, Martin Amis, Hilary Mantel, Victoria Hislop, Anthony Beevor and Jung Chang. Events for young people are £5 or £6

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CHANGELING series trailer

Check out this this brand new trailer for the ferociously fantastic CHANGELING book series by Steve Feasey. CHANGELING is a compelling, spine-chilling adventure series packed full of high-octane adventure and a cast of despicable demons, werewolves and vampires. Book 3, BLOOD WOLF, was published on 5th February and follows on from DARK MOON and CHANGELING.

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Emily Gravett

Join award winning picture book author and illustrator Emily Gravett on Tuesday 16th February 2010 as she talks about her life and reads some of her fantastic books including Monkey and Me. And then become an author yourself as you help her to make up a brand new story! Emily will be at Ridge Avenue Library, Enfield, London (N21 2RH) from 11am and at Palmers Green Library, Enfield, London (N13 4EY) from 2.30pm. Suitable for children aged 4 to 8 and their families. Tickets are free but please book in advance by calling T: 020 8379 2708

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Free Book Giveaway - Amy Green: Summer Secrets

Walker Books are delighted to offer your reading groups FREE reading copies of AMY GREEN: SUMMER SECRETS by Sarah Webb. First come, first served!

Everyone's favourite agony aunt is back solving problems for teen girls everywhere. Teen problem-solving supremos Amy and Clover are trapped in family holiday hell - a week in rainy Ireland with a neurotic aunt, nagging mum, crazy step-dad and irritating cousin. The summer seems set for disaster until Clover gets the chance to interview an American movie star for The Goss magazine. And there's no way she's leaving Amy behind! Look out, US of A-mazing - here they come!

For first chapter sampler, author blog, diary entries, downloads and much, much more, please visit www.askamygreen.com.

For your free copy of Amy Green, please contact Jo.humphreys-davies@walker.co.uk. All we ask in return is that you tell us what you think!

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Free samplers for LEGENDS by ANTHONY HOROWITZ available

Free samplers of LEGENDS by ANTHONY HOROWITZ are available. The samplers contain one story from each of the LEGENDS books; LEGENDS: BATTLES AND QUESTS and LEGENDS: BEASTS AND MONSTERS. The titles wil be published on 7 May 2010 and are suitable for readers aged 9+.

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Proof copies of DREAMING OF AMELIA by JACLYN MORIARTY

Advance proof copies of the stunning new novel by JACLYN MORIARTY (author of FEELING SORRY FOR CELIA) are available.

Perfect for fans of bittersweet, unputdownable novels, DREAMING OF AMELIA tells the story of Amelia & Riley, a glamorous, talented and totally in-love couple who become the obsession of the pupils of Ashbury High School. But all is not as it seems - Amelia and Riley have secrets and everyone at Ashbury is about to find out that the past casts a very long shadow . . .

Suitable for readers aged 11+, publishing 02/04/2010
www.jaclynmoriarty.com

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Beast Quest Activity Packs

In this booklet, you'll find everything you need to hold your own beastly Beast Quest party! Includes poster, games and activities plus special tips on how to add extra grrr power to the day!

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Free copies for teen reading groups

31 January 2010

PEER PRESSURE SUCKS. SO DO VAMPIRES.

To celebrate the publication of FADE OUT, the seventh in the Morganville Vampires series, Allison & Busby are offering 40 free copies of the first book GLASS HOUSES to teen reading groups to introduce them to Morganville, Texas. All we ask is that you read the book and let us know what you think. The best review will receive books 2-7 absolutely free (UK residents only).

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Online Content Available for Your Library Website!

Oxford Children's Books have trailers, games and author video clips to share! We have the following content to offer for your library website:
- Winnie the Witch's Looney Laundry Game
- Dinosaur Cove Fossil Hunting Game
- Trailers for Blade (Tim Bowler's gripping teenage series) and Hero.Com/Villain.Net (Andy Briggs' action-packed series and anti-series for 9+)
- Meet the Author clips for Where I Belong (Gillian Cross, publishing April 2010), The Death Defying Pepper Roux (Geraldine McCaughrean, 2009), Shark Island (David Miller, 2009), Bloodchild (Tim Bowler, 2009).

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LEVIATHAN TRAILER

An amazing trailer for the brand new series by Scott Westerfeld, LEVIATHAN, is online! Click to watch, or we have limited numbers of the trailer on disk that we can send to your library!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_lGmAvH4lM

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SIGNED COPIES OF THE DEMON'S LEXICON

We have ten SIGNED copies of The Demon's Lexicon by debut author Sarah Rees Brennan up for grabs! Drop an email to childrensbooks@simonandschuster.co.uk for a chance to win...

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FALLEN

Proofs available for FALLEN by new author Lauren Kate, an epic battle between Heaven and Hell, with echoes of Paradise Lost, and a story of a love doomed to fail over and over again.
"Sexy and fascinating and scary . . . I loved loved loved it!"--P.C. Cast

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Football Fiction Posters Available

Free A4 posters featuring eight of Tom Palmer's Football Academy and Football Detective stories available. Any amount from 10 to 100+. Also photocopiable samplers of the first of each series for classes and Chatterbooks groups. Free postage.

Contact: info@tompalmer.co.uk
Website for Tom: www.tompalmer.co.uk

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Jenny Valentine Proofs

We have some wonderful proofs of Iggy and Me by Jenny Valentine (winner of the Guadrian Fiction Prize) to give away.
First come first serve!
Age range 6+ yrs

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Emily Gravett's Rabbits

Join award-winning author and illustrator Emily Gravett as she signs copies of her fantastic new picture book THE RABBIT PROBLEM at Waterstone's Brighton.

Emily is the author and illustrator of nine stunning books for children including MONKEY AND ME, DOGS and LITTLE MOUSE'S BIG BOOK OF FEARS.

For more information on Emily and her books visit www.emilygravett.com

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Greetings, Earthlings!

Join top performance poets James Carter and Brian Moses as they wow you with some out-of-this-world poems from their brand new book Greetings, Earthlings! From spaceships to supernovas, black holes to little green men, this collection is packed full of funny and exciting space poems for all the family to enjoy.

This event is free!

The performances will be from 2-2.30pm followed by a book signing and from 4-4.30pm, followed by a book signing.

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CHANGELING by Steve Feasey samplers available

Macmillan Children's Books has samplers available of the second thrilling book in a new series for young people by Steve Feasey. CHANGELING: DARK MOON tells the story of fourteen-year-old Trey Laporte who discovers he is a hereditary werewolf. Suitable for boys and girls aged 11+, this is an action-packed fantasy adventure which will have you gripped from the very first page.

For more information on Steve Feasey and the CHANGELING series, see www.panmacmillan.com/children

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Frank Cottrell Boyce samplers available

Macmillan Children's Books have samplers of COSMIC by Frank Cottrell Boyce available for reading groups. Perfect for girls and boys aged 8-12 and anyone who loves funny, adventure books. COSMIC was shortlisted for the 2009 CILIP Carnegie Medal and the 2008 Roald Dahl Prize. Frank is also the author of FRAMED and MILLIONS.

For more information on Frank and his books visit www.bebo.com/frankcottrellboyce

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Calling all fans of magic and fantasy - review copy of THE ALCHEMYST for reading groups

Random House Children's Books are delighted to offer 30 copies of THE ALCHEMYST by Michael Scott to children's or teenage reading groups. This is the first in Scott's internationally bestselling series; the third and newest book, THE SORCERESS, comes out in July. Catch up with this epic contemporary fantasy series which mixes real figures and events from history with myth, legend and Scott's amazing imagination. Scott is recieving almost 2000 emails from fans per week - isn't it time you read it?

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