Reading Agency calendar entries: Young people

Trailers available: Tamara Drewe

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:35:23 +0000

Jonathan Cape are offering libraries the trailer of the forthcoming film Tamara Drewe, based on the graphic novel of the same name by Posy Simmonds. It's released on September 10th and stars Gemma Arterton, Roger Allam, Dominic Cooper, Luke Evans and Tamsin Greig.

Email Vicki Watson (vwatson@randomhouse.co.uk) stating whether you'd prefer to receive the file via ftp or DVD.

Kate Morton Book Trailer Available

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:48:58 +0000

Macmillan are offering libraries a book trailer of The Distant Hours, the new novel from No 1 bestselling author Kate Morton, author of The House at Riverton.

Email Ellen Wood e.wood@macmillan.co.uk stating whether you'd prefer to receive the file via email or USB stick.

C J Sansom Book Trailer Available

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:07:06 +0000

Macmillan are offering libraries a book trailer for Heartstone, the new Shardlake novel from No 1 Bestselling author C. J. Sansom.

Book synopsis
It's 1545, England is preparing for war but Shardlake is facing a more personal mission when a mission from Queen Catherine Parr takes him into a world of secrets. . .

Please email Ellen Wood e.wood@macmillan.co.uk stating whether you'd prefer to be sent the trailer via email or on a USB stick.

Finding Sky postcards available

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:08:52 +0000

Finding Sky is the fantastic new teen read from Oxford University Press.

When English girl Sky catches a glimpse of bad boy Zed in her new American high school, she can't get him out of her head. He talks to her with his thoughts. He reads her mind. He is the boy she will love for ever.

In this story, there are no vampires, no angels - but soulfinders.

"When a soulfinder speaks telepathically to her partner, it's like all the lights coming on in a building. You lit me up like Vegas."

Discovering your soulmate has never been so dangerous.

Oxford University Press have Finding Sky postcards to give away.

Please contact tradepublicity.uk@oup.com

Ali Sparkes posters available

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:50:56 +0000

Oxford University Press have Ali Sparkes posters to give away.

The poster displays her popular Shapeshifter series, along with Frozen in Time, Dark Summer, and Wishful Thinking. Ali's books are hugely popular among young readers, and Frozen in Time won the Blue Peter Book of the Year 2010.

Age 9+

To get your hands on a copy, please email tradepublicity.uk@oup.com

Ultimate Super Hero Competition!

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:08:57 +0000

Take part in our Ultimate Super Hero competition by telling us all about your hero. What are they like, what are their powers, what do they look like, what makes them a hero?

Create your very own Ultimate Super Hero! Describe the super powers your hero possesses and the characteristics which make them a hero. After determining the characteristics of your super hero show us what they look like by drawing your hero in all their glory, masks and caps and all. Once you have created your Ultimate Super Hero; including image, description and characteristics send it into Raintree for your chance to win the ultimate author visit.

Learn more information from our website http://www.raintreepublishers.co.uk/content/ultimatesuperhero

New library opening in North Yorkshire - authors, illustrators etc wanted

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:51:38 +0000

North Yorkshire County Council is opening a new library in the small community of Starbeck in partnership with day services to adults with learning disabilities. We will be celebrating the new library from January 2011 onwards and are looking for authors, illustrators or publishers who will support us with events, goody bags, or anything else! For more information about the development, please visit our website (www.northyorks.gov.uk/starbeck), our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/starbeckhub), or contact Karen Thornton (karen.thornton@northyorks.gov.uk)

Beswitched proofs

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:12:45 +0000

Calling all reading groups! Scholastic are offering limited proof copies of Beswitched by Kate Saunders for younger reading groups. This hilarious book, described by Eva Ibbotson as "a funny and touching story", tells of Flora, who wakes up on her way to her new school to find she's time-travelled back to a school in 1935! The rules are ridiculous, there are lessons IN Latin and no-one has even heard of an ipod. Flora has to find out why she's been summoned from the future - and how she can get back.

To take advantage of this offer, please email Catherine (calport@scholastic.co.uk)

Where the Streets Had a Name proofs

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:58:26 +0000

Calling all Teen Reading Groups! Scholastic have limited proofs of Randa Abdel-Fattah's fantastic book Where the Streets Had a Name. If you would like copies for your reading group, email Catherine (calport@scholastic.co.uk).

Word Weeks (Havering) - authors wanted

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:53:16 +0000

We are finalising our Word Weeks programme (4-16th October) and are looking for additional authors and events. Something unusual, fun and wacky would be great! We are also seeking more traditional events. We can put authors into schools, reading groups or large events linked with our shopping centres in Romford. We have had sellout events with Jo Brand, Ann Widdecombe and Chris Ryan - and we have Edwina Currie and Martin Bell confirmed for this year's Word Weeks.

Would love to hear from you!

A Web of Air - free proof copies

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:34:30 +0000

Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve was shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2010. Its sequel, A Web of Air, opens two years after Fever has left London with a group of travelling performers. She has found herself on the extraordinary island crater city of Mayda, where buildings ascend the cliffs on funicular rails. Here she learns about a mysterious recluse called Arlo. The secrets of flight have been lost for thousands of years but in this faraway corner of a ruined world, Arlo is building a flying machine. With dangerous enemies fast approaching, Fever and Arlo must work together to try and finish this fantastic invention - before it is destroyed forever.

Limited proofs of this brilliant new novel by master-storyteller Philip Reeve are available for reading groups.

For more information, contact Catherine on calport@scholastic.co.uk

Last Summer of the Death Warriors - free proof copies

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:15:24 +0000

When Pancho arrives at St. Anthony's Home, he knows his time there will be short. If his plans succeed, he'll soon be arrested for the murder of his sister's killer. But then he's assigned to help D.Q., whose brain cancer has slowed neither his spirit nor his mouth.

Together the mis-matched pair embark upon a journey which will open Pancho's eyes - and make him remember why life is worth living.

Limited proofs for reading groups are available for this critically acclaimed novel.

For more information contact Catherine on calport@scholastic.co.uk.

Authors wanted: Darlington Library 125th anniversary event

Mon, 10 May 2010 10:09:25 +0000

Authors are wanted for Darlington Library's 125th anniversary celebration.

Please contact Jeannie Bishop jeannie.bishop@darlington.gov.uk for more details.

Free books for teen reading groups: The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:46:18 +0000

Simon & Schuster are delighted to offer advance free copies of The Chosen One - a powerful and thought-provoking new novel for teens.

Thirteen year old Kyra has grown up in an isolated community with strict rules imposed by 'the Prophet' who leads them. When the Prophet decrees that she is to become the seventh wife of her sixty-year-old uncle Kyra is forced to make a desperate choice.

"A powerful and heartbreaking novel of love and hope" Meg Cabot

Perfect for fans of Meg Rosoff, Jenny Downham and Siobhan Dowd.

FREE READING COPIES FOR YOUR TEEN READING GROUP AVAILABLE