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Jonathan Tulloch on A Winding Road
June - December 2009
Jonathan is available for library events. For more information, click on continue reading.
Jonathan Tulloch's novel examines madness and creativity, love and destruction, the painting of a picture and the lust to own.
For more information, see:
http://www.rbooks.co.uk/product.aspx?id=0224071149
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Joanna Simmons and Jay Curtis on Can I Give Them Back Now?
June - December 2009
Jay and Joanna are available for library events. For more information, click on continue reading.
Can I Give Them Back Now? is a must have for all new parents - a laugh-out-loud book about the darker moments of parenthood.
For more information, see:
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Xinran on China Witness
June - December 2009
Xinran is available for library events and to speak to reading groups about her book. For more information, click on continue reading.
Xinran's magnificent and groundbreaking work of oral history reveals the secret history of 20th-century China.
For more information, see:
http://
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Matt Haig on The Possession of Mr. Cave
June - December 2009
Matt is available for library events and to speak to reading groups about his book. For more information, click on continue reading.
The Possession of Mr. Cave is a dark, disturbing novel about a man who loves his child too much.
For more information, see:
http://
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Free Escape from Shadow Island Proof
Max Cassidy is a normal 14 year old teenager by day, but by night he performs dare devil escapology tricks as he lives up to his nickname the 'half pint Houdini'. When his father mysteriously disappears in South America, and his mother is thrown into gaol accused of his murder, Max realises he must find out the truth. He puts all his skills into practise as he comes face to face with real danger in South America in this fast paced action adventure which is perfect for fans of Charlie Higson and Anthony Horowitz.
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Organised Fun Activity Packs
June - October 2009
We are offering you a complete guide to running your own Organised Fun sessions this summer holiday, it contains games instructions, tips and advice from author Josie and a press release for spreading the word about your own Organised Fun session. We also have a number of games samplers to supplement the sessions.
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Hops and Glory posters and samplers
June - September 2009
We are giving away a number of chapter samplers and posters for Hops and Glory by Pete Brown - Britian's no.1 beer and ale writer.
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RACE TO THE POLE POSTERS
June - August 2009
We are giving away some limited edition A2 posters featuring the top ten bestselling book Race to the Pole
TV presenter Ben Fogle and Olympic gold medal winner James Cracknell are back, but this time with a book about their epic race to the South Pole. This book also coincides with the forthcoming BBC documentary On Thin Ice
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F.E. Higgins Double Samplers
Macmillan Children's Books have double flipbook samplers of F.E. Higgins' THE BONE MAGICIAN and THE EYEBALL COLLECTOR. Perfect for girls and boys aged 8-12 and anyone who loves adventure and fantasy.
If you haven't discovered this author yet, visit www.fehiggins.com.
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Christopher Kelly on Attila The Hun
Sept 2009 - Feb 2010
Known to the Romans as 'the Scourge of God', Attila himself and his crucial role in the fall of Rome are vividly recreated in this brilliant and compelling account.
http://www.rbooks.co.uk/product.aspx?id=1844139158
Christopher is available for library events and talks to reading groups.
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Discuss Paying For It online with author Tony Black
3rd Aug, 7pm
Paying For It author Tony Black is looking forward to discussing his book with reading groups. Register now to join us on 27th July, 7pm:
http://www.rchatrandom.co.uk/
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Nicky Haslam on Redeeming Features
Oct 2009 - Jan 2010
Redeeming Features is a dazzling and witty account of his frenetic life - from the '50s to the present - in London, the souht of France, New York, Arizona and Los Angeles, in a crowd of friends and acquaintances that includes virtually all of the cultural icons of our time.
Nicky is available for library events and talks to reading groups. For more information go to
http://www.rbooks.co.uk/product.aspx?id=0224089714
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Helen Simpson on In-Flight Entertainment
Sept 2009 - Feb 2010
'A masterful contemporary exponent of the genre. Simpson now deserves to be compared with Flannery O'Connor and Alice Munro.' - Observer
Helen is available for library events and talks to reading groups. For more information go to
http://www.rbooks.co.uk/product.aspx?id=0224089641
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Bryan Talbot on Grandville
Sept 2009 - Feb 2010
Inspired by the work of nineteenth-century French illustrator Gérard (who worked under the pseudonym 'Grandville') this steampunk masterpiece tells ths story of detective Inspector LeBrock of Scotland Yard as he stalks a gang of murderers through the heart of Belle Epoque Paris.
Bryan is available for library events and talks to reading groups. For more information go to http://www.rbooks.co.uk/product.aspx?id=0224084887
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Alison Weir on The Lady in the Tower
Sept 2009 - Feb 2010
A compelling story of the last days of one of history's most charismatic, controversial and tragic heroines - Anne Boleyn.
Alison is available for library events and talks to reading groups. For more information go to
http://www.rbooks.co.uk/product.aspx?id=0224063197
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Tim Dee on The Running Sky
Sept 2009 - Feb 2010
The Running Sky is an extraordinary and inspiring book about a lifetime of observing birds.
Tim is available for library events and talks to reading groups.
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Sara Wheeler on The Magnetic North
Sept 2009 - Feb 2010
Smashing through the Arctic Ocean with the crew of a Russian icebreaker, herding reindeer across the tundra with Lapps and shadowing the Trans-Alaskan pipeline with truckers, Sara Wheeler uncovers the brutal reality of the Arctic in The Magnetic North.
Sara is available for library events and talks to reading groups.
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Ian Jack on The Country Formerly Known as Great Britain
Sept - Dec 2009
In this selection from over twenty years of reporting and writing, Ian Jack takes us to a place of which there are now only memories and ruins; but is that of a country whose residual presence can still be found in the strangest corners of the world.
Ian is available for library events and talks to reading groups.
http://www.rbooks.co.uk/product.aspx?id=0224087355
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Brian Keenan on I'll Tell Me Ma
Sept - Dec 2009
I'll Tell Me Ma is a boyhood memoir from the author of 'An Evil Cradling'. Brian is available for library events and talks to reading groups. For more information, go to
http://www.rbooks.co.uk/product.aspx?id=0224062166
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Child psychologist Maureen Myant explores themes of separation and loss in children explored in her new novel The Search
Sept - Dec 2009
The book has already received 5 star reviews from reading groups which will be published in NewBooks Mag. The Search is defintely the book that everybody loves.
The author lives in Scotland but she is will to travel the country. Fore more information, please click on the following link: http://www.almabooks.co.uk/the-search-p-338-book.html
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'The Very Thought of You' is a coming-of-age novel with a love story at its heart, and Rosie Alison will talk about the child witness in fiction
July - Oct 2009
Anyone who loved L.P. Hartley's THE GO-BETWEEN or Ian McEwan's ATONEMENT will fall for this extraordinary coming-of-age novel.
Rosie lives in London but she is prepared to travel to any location for events and talks to reading groups.
To read more about this novel, please click on the following link:
http://www.almabooks.co.uk/the-very-thought-of-you-p-320-book.html
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Peter Doggett on You Never Give Me Your Money
Sept 2008 - Feb 2009
Unique and original, You Never Give Me Your Money is the most important book about The Beatles since Ian MacDonald's 'Revolution in the Head'.
Peter is available for library events and talks to reading groups.
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Ian Mortimer on 1415: Henry V's Year of Glory
Sept - Dec 2009
In 1415: Hnery V's Year of Glory, this celebrated and bestselling medieval biographer turns his pen to King Henry V and the legendary battle of Agincourt.
For more information, see: http://www.rbooks.co.uk/product.aspx?id=0224079921
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Irving Kirsch on The Emperor's New Drugs
Sept - Dec 2009
The Emperor's New Drugs is a journey of discovery and an exposé of the pharmaceutical industry.
For more information see: http://www.rbooks.co.uk/product.aspx?id=1847920837
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Nigerian author Kachi A. Ozumba to talk about his new book The Shadow of a Smile
Sept - Dec 2009
Based on true facts and on author's personal experience at the hands of corrupt officials in Nigeria, The Shadow of a Smile offers a dark and humorous picture of Nigeria, a country striving to consolidate democracy after years of dictatorship and tribal in-fighting
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Posters Available
The Insider's Series bringing factual subjects to life. Great new poster featuring all the popular titles - with a dinosaur on the flip side.
www.templarco.co.uk
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Posters Available
Greenaway shortlisted illustrator Thomas Docherty's new book Big Scary Monster - lovely A3 poster with new title and back list now available.
Ever popular Emma Dodd's new book Miaow Said the Cow - new poster for schools and libraries.
www.templarco.co.uk
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Thomas Docherty and friends
Travel around the world on every conceivable method of transport, just to spend a day at the seaside in 'To the Beach'.
Brave the dangers of the wide ocean and sail to the edge of the world, picking up some friends on the way in 'Little Boat'.
And find out how the little creatures turn the tables on their terrifying neighbour in 'Big Scary Monster'
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Silks posters and bookmarks available
June and July 2009
Posters and bookmarks available for SILKS, the new paperback from bestselling author DICK FRANCIS and his son Felix.
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Proofs of Historical Novels for Reading Groups
June and July 2009
We are offering packs of (imperfect) proofs of our six new historical novels published in the first half of 2009. All the books have been well received by reviewers. One of them (The Sins of the Father by Catherine Hanley) is an Editor's Choice for the August 2009 edition of the Historical Novels Review and two will be in the July 2009 selection for the People's Book Prize. To find out more about the books, please visit http://www.quaestor2000.com
Packs will be sent on a "first-come-first-served" basis.
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Reading group proof selection available
June - July 2009
Pan Macmillan are offering a limited number of packs containing a selection of proofs ideal for reading groups. Packs will include:
Underwater - Elizabeth Diamond
The Crying Tree - Naseem Rakha
In the Heart of the Canyon - Elisabeth Hyde
Carry Me Home - Terri Wiltshire
Packs will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
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Various proofs available
June - July 2009
you're interested in receiving any, please contact
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Saga newsletters available
June - July 2009
Pan Macmillan have a good sized quantity of Issue 2 of our TALES FROM THE HEART newsletter to give away.
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Guernica samplers available
June - July 2009
Samplers available for GUERNICA by Dave Boling - a Richard & Judy Summer Read.
An epic love story set against the backdrop of the destruction of the Basque village of Guernica.
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Posters and bookmarks available - Ann Cleeves
June - July 2009
Posters and bookmarks available for WHITE NIGHTS by Ann Cleeves.
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Escape From Shadow Island is a completely gripping debut novel starring 14 year old Max. He's a normal school boy by day, but by night he performs to sell out audiences as an escapologist. Two years ago Max's father disappeared in South America. His body was never found and Max's mother, was convicted of his murder. When Max discovers her trial was rigged he sets out on a dangerous, reckless and unstoppable journey to uncover the truth. Perfect for all Alex Rider fans - so email me to get your hands on a proof.
Christie Dickason proofs available for reading groups
June - July 2009
Harper Collins has a limited number of proofs available of Christie Dickason's historical novel THE KING'S DAUGHTER on offer to reading groups. Don't delay in requesting your copies today!
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Proofs available for reading groups
June - July 2009
Harper Collins has a limited number of proofs of Tasmina Perry's latest bonkbuster ORIGINAL SIN on offer for book clubs. We are giving away the books on a first come first serve basis, so don't delay in requesting your copies!
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Chrisite Dickason proofs of 'The Kings Daughter' available.
June - July 2009
Harper Collins has a limited number of proofs available of Christie Dickason's historical novel, 'The King's Daughter'.
We ahve a limited number of proofs available, so don't delay in getting your copies!
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Tasmina Perry 'Original Sin' proofs available
June and July 2009
We have a limited number of proofs available of 'Original Sin' the latest sizzling bonkbuster from the international bestseller, Tasmina Perry.
We are giving away proofs for reading groups on a first come first serve basis, so don't delay!
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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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Bookmarks and samplers available - 50 Ways to Find a Lover
June and July 2009
Chapter samplers and bookmarks available for 50 Ways to Find a Lover, the hilarious debut novel from Lucy-Anne Holmes.
Please note: contains adult content!
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Life of Pi - worldwide readalong!
August 2009
Canongate is running a worldwide readalong of 2002 Man Booker Prize-winner Life of Pi in August 2009. Readers can sign up from now onwards at www.lifeofpi.co.uk
to read the book during August as an individual or within their reading group. This is a great opportunity to bring together people from all over the world through literature.
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New James Kelman paperback available
First come, first served early copies of James Kelman's new paperback Kieron Smith, boy available to reading groups. The book The Times called 'a vibrant, beautiful portrait of childhood'.
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid - sampler giveaway
Puffin Books are proud to introduce our brand-new hero, Greg Heffley, in DIARY OF A WIMPY KID.
Laugh-out-loud funny, highly original with comic style illustrations, it is a bestselling phenomenon with over 13 million sales worldwide.
Find out what all the fuss is about and order your free sampler today.
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Puffin Picture Book Boutique
Puffin Picture Books are for EVERY child and EVERY occasion. They'll make you laugh out loud, they'll make you want to share and they'll become your friends.
Find out more about the 2009 program with the Puffin Picture Book Boutique leaflet.
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Sam Miller on Delhi
June and July 2009
Christian is available for library events. For more information, click continue reading.
Delhi is a travel book with a difference - a considered meditation on one man's obsession with one of India's most extraordinary cities.
For more information, see:
http://
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chapter sampler giveaway
June - July 2009
We have a number of chapter samplers for a hilarious new book by Tom Fordyce and Ben Dirs to giveaway
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Picture Book Posters
Orchard Books have a selection of posters featuring their picture book characters, including Mr Pusskins and Katie, to give away.
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Enid Blyton Posters
Hodder Children's Books has a selection of Enid Blyton posters to give away, featuring favourite characters such as the Famous Five and Secret Seven.
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Jacqueline Wilson packs
Jacqueline Wilson's new title, My Secret Diary, is out this month! To celebrate, Random House Children's Books have 25 Jacqueline Wilson packs free to give away.
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FREE Teach Your Granny to Text posters
Free Teach Your Granny to Text and Other Ways to Change the World Poster
Teach Your Granny to Text is the children's sequel to Change the World for a Fiver, the bestseller produced by the global social change movement, We Are What We Do. It's a movement whose aim is to inspire people - in this case children - to use their everyday actions to change the world. Their maxim is: small actions x lots of people = big change. It's not rocket science but it does work! The thirty actions in this book will be fun and easy for children to do but will add up to making a big difference and giving them the responsibility for changing the world, one bit at a time.
Contact jo.humphreys-davies@walker.co.uk
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FREE Amy Green Posters
FREE Amy Green poster
Meet Amy Green - teenage agony aunt extraordinaire!
When Amy's seventeen-year-old Aunt Clover lands a dream job giving advice for teen mag The Goss Amy quickly realizes that this is no ordinary column. Clover - being Clover - doesn't just want to answer her readers' letters, she wants to solve their problems ... personally. From stamping out malicious rumours to handling first kisses and creating the perfect Bebo page, the pair bring happiness to many unhappy girls. But when Amy falls for the cute boy in her art class, she finds she's in need of a little help of her own...
To read an extract, find out more about author Sarah Webb, or to download lots of free stuf, visit www.askamygreen.com
Contact jo.humphreys-davies@walker.co.uk
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FREE Judy Moody Poster with activity sheets
FREE Judy Moody posters with four photocopiable activity sheets on the reverse for you to hold your very own Judy Moody Day! For more way-not-boring fun Judy Moody stuff to do, visit www.judymoody.co.uk
Contact jo.humphreys-davies@walker.co.uk
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Free Lauren Child Posters
Orchard Books have a selection of Lauren Child posters available, featuring characters such as Clarice Bean and Charlie & Lola.
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Free Robert Muchamore Posters
Hodder Children's Books have a selection of CHERUB and Henderson's Boys posters available.
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Exclusive KATE MORTON Author Video
Limited number of copies available of this exclusive author video
Kate Morton is the bestselling author of THE HOUSE AT RIVERTON and THE FORGOTTEN GARDEN
Contact proofs@macmillan.co.uk
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Proof Giveaway - Love Aubrey by Suzanne LaFleur
A beautifully told story that will stay with you forever, LOVE AUBREY is an accomplished debut from an exciting new talent, Suzanne LaFleur.
The must-read of the summer, it will capture hearts everywhere on publication on 26 June.
To receive a FREE PROOF before publication, please contact Hannah Flynn at Puffin Books.
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Find out more about your favourite authors on AuthorsPlace.co.uk!
Welcome to AuthorsPlace, a new website from The Random House Group. We've invited our authors to create their own unique profile pages on AuthorsPlace, the first of which are now live. Find out more about the authors and their books, read interviews, watch videos, browse picture galleries, and talk to them on their blogs and message board.
There will be more authors signing up with AuthorsPlace every week, so check here regularly to see who's new on the site!
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Proofs available
Proofs available
THE LADY AND THE POET by Maeve Haran
A wonderful historical novel about the passionate love affair between poet John Dunne and Ann More.
Please do get in touch with Pan Macmillan with your feedback on the book.
Contact proofs@macmillan.co.uk
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Free A-Z Picture Book Poster
Hodder Children's Books have a brand new A2 A-Z poster, featuring our favourite picture book characters, including Kipper, Felicity Wishes, HIccup and Mr. Croc.
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Dragon care poster available
FREE POSTER AVAILABLE featuring top new guide MY FIRST PET DRAGON.
Author Professor Blink is also willing to visit libraries interested in unusual events for 6 - 9 year olds. NB brings her own pet dragon Picton with her. Visit http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2dqH1kRyhAU&feature=channel_page
to see the Professor in action.
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Melissa Benn on One of Us
January - December 2009
Melissa is available for library events and to speak to reading groups about her book. For more information, click on continue reading.
A dramatic, gripping contemporary novel about the dangerous space between family and political life - Antigone for our times...
For more information see:
http://www.rbooks.co.uk/product.aspx?id=0099507994
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Nicola Monaghan on Starfishing
Feb - December 2009
Nicola is available for library events and to speak to reading groups about her book.
From prize-winning Nicola Monaghan comes a powerful and electric story about risk, dangerous games and destructive passion in a man's world...
For more information see:
http://www.rbooks.co.uk/product.aspx?id=0099507927
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Tom Payne on A History of Fame
January - December 2009
Tom is available for library events and to speak to reading groups about his book.
A fascinating and enlightening account of our relationship with famous people, and how it has evolved through the ages.
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Colin Grant on Negro with a Hat
January - August 2009
Colin is available for library events and to speak to reading groups about his book.
Definitive biography of Marcus Garvey from an exciting and talented new writer
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION FOR THE PAPERBACK EDITION.
For more information see:
http://www.rbooks.co.uk/product.aspx?id=0099501457
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FREE - Vampirates poster packs!
Simon & Schuster have bundles of Vampirates posters (50 copies of one poster design in a pack) to give away to those who email in first! Drop a line to kathryn.mckenna@simonandschuster.co.uk to get your pack now!
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Exclusive Spiderwick Chronicles giveaway!
We have to give away FREE brilliant Spiderwick shelf-talkers for those who email in! See Hogsqueal peering out from your shelves, reading his favourite book series. These are great fun, and we have a limited stock so if you would like one (or more) email kathryn.mckenna@simonandschuster.co.uk with your mailing details and the number you would like to request!
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free activity packs!
We have a number of brilliant activity packs to spark young minds. Themed to particular books from Simon & Schuster, they include word searches, 'spot the difference', colouring sheets and fact sheets (among others!). Firm favourites include our Dinosaurs Love Underpants pack (with template pants included!). We also have The Spiderwick Chronicles, Yuck!, An Awfully Beastly Business, the Corydon series by Tobias Druitt and a "Host Your Own Tea Party" activity park to celebrate the lovely picture book Tea For Ruby by Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York. Email Kathryn.mckenna@simonandschuster.co.uk stating which pack(s) you would like and we'll send them straight out to you!
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Free Spyology pen and Spyology times available to Children's reading groups
To celebrate the publication of the latest Ology books, we have a free secret Spy pen and copy of the Spyology times available for Chatterbooks reading groups. We have 100 to give away on a first come first serve basis. Please contact: Philippa@templarco.co.uk To find out more about Spyology and the other Ology books log onto: www.ologyworld.com
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Jake the Good Bad Dog poster giveaway
Nick and Annette Butterworth's stories of Jake the Good Bad Dog have been newly published, with gorgeous colour illustrations.
For free posters email andrea.reece@catnippublishing.co.uk
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Proof Giveaway - The Lost Island of Tamarind
The first in a magical trilogy about the mysterious island of Tamarind from wonderful new writer, Nadia Aguiar.
Join Maya, Simon and Penny, alone on the ocean waves, after a fierce storm throws their parents from the Pamela Jane into the icy waters below. They now face a wild rescue adventure that will lead them to a truly magical place . . .
Coming in January 2009, Narnia meets Neverland for a new generation of readers!
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Walking the Block: Poetry Reading & Talk
October 2008 to August 2009
Jane Weir is available for events, reading from her poetry collections and/or from her innovative poetic biography 'Walking the Block' on the twentieth century hand block printers and textile artists Phyllis Barron and Dorothy Larcher.
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Free Activity Pack Giveaway
What can you do to help your world? It's a big question but we think we have the answers! Ten Things I Can Do to Help My World is a beautifully simple book by Melanie Walsh, written in a way that pre-schoolers will understand but with an important message that people of all ages must learn. The transforming pages reveal ten things that everybody can do to help conserve their world, from walking to school to growing plants from seed. All will encourage children to look at how their actions will help in saving the planet.
Here we have put together some fun activities that children will love, from making a junk robot to growing cress. Download them here and help to save the world!
http://www.walker.co.uk/bookshelf/10-things.aspx
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Free Scream Street Display Pack Giveaway
Welcome to Scream Street! Spook yourself silly this Halloween with this hilarious new series from Tommy Donbavand for 7-9 year old ghouls and boys who want to scare themselves silly AND laugh their socks off.
To find out more about Scream Street, visit Tommy's spine-chilling website http://screamstreet.co.uk/.
For your free super scary Scream Street window display and activity pack - perfect for Halloween activities - please email jo.humphreys-davies@walker.co.uk
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Anthony Horowitz Poster Giveaway
Welcome to the City of the Dead! Necropolis, the eagerly-awaited fourth book in Anthony Horowitz's bestseliing 'Power of Five' series is out 30 October. For all the latest news, cool downloads and much much more, please visit http://www.powerof5.co.uk/flash.html
For your free Necropolis poster, please email jo.humphreys--davies@walker.co.uk
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Proof Giveaway: Olaf the Viking by Martin Conway
The Vikings are coming! Join the pillaging and plundering with Martin Conway's riotous new adventure...
Olaf is desperate to find his father. It's been a long time since he disappeared, and it could be Olaf's big chance to be a hero. So with the help of a strangely-gifted slave named Loki, a magical war-hammer, and two barmy ravens, Olaf sets off to adventure. Before he knows it, Olaf finds himself caught up not only in the struggles between the Angles and the Vikings, but also between the Norse gods and the giants...
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Proof Giveaway: Blade by Tim Bowler
Contemporary, pacy, and utterly gripping, Blade takes you on a roller-coaster ride through the secret, dangerous life of its unforgettable narrator.
Blade: Playing Dead is the first book in a startlingly compelling new series from Tim Bowler, one of the UK's top writers for teenagers.
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Proof Giveaway: The Meaning of Life
Joanna Nadin's The Meaning of Life is the third instalment of the hilarious, best-selling diaries of Rachel Riley. A compelling read, The Meaning of Life, Rachel's (Not) Doing It Diary, follows another year in the tragically normal life of Rachel Riley as she struggles with boys, school, friendships, family, and GCSE's!
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Poster Giveaway: Dinosaur Cove
Are you ready for the best adventures ever?! Request a Dinosaur Cove poster - the new young fiction series guaranteed to appeal to every child that knows its Tyrannosaurus from its Triceratops.
For more Dino facts and games check out www.dinosaurcove.co.uk
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