http://www.readingagency.org.uk/ en Copyright 2010 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:34:23 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification We have bound proofs of The Wilding available to reading groups who are happy to write reviews for us. In her second novel Maria McCann returns to 17th-century England, where life is struggling to return to normal after the horrific... http://www.readingagency.org.uk/calendar/2010/03/bound-proofs-available.html Adult All Proofs available Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:33:09 +0000 Posters available for Roald Dahl Funny Prize winner Philip Ardagh's Grubtown Tales series... http://www.readingagency.org.uk/calendar/2010/03/posters-available-for-roald-da.html All Children Poster Available Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:28:48 +0000 CrimeFest is an international convention for people who like to read an occasional crime novel as well as for die-hard fans who read the genre exclusively. The convention draws top crime novelists, readers, editors, publishers and reviewers from around the... http://www.readingagency.org.uk/calendar/2010/02/crimefest-2010.html Adult All Poster Available Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:32:40 +0000 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,... http://www.readingagency.org.uk/calendar/2010/02/derek-landy-skullduggery-pleas.html All Children Event Young people Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:28:26 +0000 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... http://www.readingagency.org.uk/calendar/2010/02/rachel-caine-and-the-morganvil.html Adult All Author Available Young people Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:32:21 +0000 Markus Zusak, author of The Book Thief, will log in from Sydney to talk about his book Fighting Ruben Wolfe. Sign up to take part: http://www.markuszusak.co.uk/... http://www.readingagency.org.uk/calendar/2010/02/join-markus-zusak-in-our-onlin.html Adult All Event Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:29:54 +0000 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,... http://www.readingagency.org.uk/calendar/2010/02/oxford-literary-festival.html Adult All Children Conference / Seminar Event South East Young people Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:34:32 +0000 Karen Campbell is a police officer turned crime writer and is available for library events, reading group sessions and readers' days. She is happy to give solo talks, or take part in a panel event. She lives in Glasgow and... http://www.readingagency.org.uk/calendar/2010/02/karen-campbell-available-for-e.html Adult All Author Available Scotland Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:21:20 +0000 Juliet Archer is a 19th-century mind in a 21st-century body. Actually, some days it's the other way round. She is on a mission to modernise all six of Jane Austen's completed novels, as a series called 'Jane Austen in the... http://www.readingagency.org.uk/calendar/2010/02/jane-austen-in-the-21st-centur.html Adult All Author Available Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:55:49 +0000 NW Libraries will be promoting historical fact and fiction. We are keen to hear from publishers about new History titles coming out in this period and if any authors are available to visit the region... http://www.readingagency.org.uk/calendar/2010/02/pages-ago.html Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:47:11 +0000 The Vice Society - James McCreet An ingenious gothic mystery from the brightest - and darkest - new star in historical crime fiction. 'Full of vividly depicted squalor and grotesquery... Well worth reading' Guardian 'Evoking gaslit streets and alleys where... http://www.readingagency.org.uk/calendar/2010/02/proofs-available---the-vice-so.html Adult All Proofs available Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:14:10 +0000 When William Kamkwamba, a young Malawian, stumbled across a picture of a wind turbine in a book in his local library, he decided to build one himself despite having little resources or technical knowledge. Now, his windmill has brought electricity... http://www.readingagency.org.uk/calendar/2010/02/inspiring-stories-competition.html Adult All General Information Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:18:01 +0000 During the First World War, over 300 young British and Commonwealth soldiers were court marshalled and executed for 'crimes' such as cowardice and desertion. It was a peculiarly British feature of military discipline, given the number of executed German soldiers... http://www.readingagency.org.uk/calendar/2010/02/reading-group-events-for-the-r.html Adult All General Information Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:48:28 +0000 Bounce! Sales and Marketing Ltd in association with the public libraries of Yorkshire and Humberside are proud to announce the inaugural Bounce into Books Yorkshire and Humberside Children's Festival (8-13 February 2010). Read full press release.... http://www.readingagency.org.uk/media/press-releases/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:11:29 +0000 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,... http://www.readingagency.org.uk/calendar/2010/02/changeling-series-trailer.html All Children General Information Poster Available Promotion Young people Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:05:20 +0000