This week the Festive Gift Fair in Birmingham is on and Maverick have a stand (k20). This is a great fair to do a bit of Christmas shopping. Have a look around our stand by watching the video below: And here is Julie Fulton on the stand with her book Mrs MacCready Was Ever So Greedy – she was book signing on Thursday.
London stopped an hour ago at 11am on 11th of the 11th of the 11th and remembered. We stood next to Big Ben and listened to the toll. Some of the greatest writers took part in the World Wars and their work is used to remember – to paint a picture of what it was like. So we’ll leave you with one of the most well known world war poem… Signing… Read More »We will remember them…
“I particularly like the way that bikes and Western Canadian animals (anthropomorphic) come together in this book. I am of course biased toward bicycles and animals, but I think this was a well balanced approach. Many of this type of books get sidetracked by trying to be too many things, this one avoids that by keeping to a single story line and not introducing too many superfluous characters. The illustrations to… Read More »Great Grizzly North Gets Reviewed
You Fearsome Beastie hunters out there might want to head over to the Spirit of Christmas Fair at Olympia, London today. I heard a little rumour that the Beastie is headed in that direction. Why? Well his creators, Giles Paley-Phillips and Gabriele Antonini are going to be there signing copies of the Fearsome Beastie book and I think the Beastie wants to have his turn in the limelight. He’ll be… Read More »Fearsome at the Fair
“Today I am delighted to be the Halloween pit stop of Giles’ blog tour for The Fearsome Beastie! And what better than a story about a scary child-eating monster for your Halloween night read?… …The Fearsome Beastie is a great, fun read. I think some parents will be concerned about the monster’s favourite past time as well as its eventual fate but I think that parents are more of the faint-hearted kind than their offspring,… Read More »Spooky Review from Library Mice
With the clocks now changed, it is definetly going to be a dark and scary night for Halloween. Keep your eyes peeled out for the Fearsome Beastie, as with all the little trick and treaters in costumes out on the street he will blend right in! So if you hear a knock on your door and see some yellow eyes starring through the keyhole, then beware because the Beastie is at your… Read More »Happy Halloween from Maverick Publishing!
With Christmas shopping season fast approaching it’s that time when you have to start looking for presents. Our Dog Detective’s Box Set makes a fantastic Christmas gift…either for one child or for more! If you want to make a difference when buying it, why don’t you pop over to the Canine Partners website, where they have the box set for sale. To buy the box set from Canine Partners, click… Read More »Christmas Gift from Canine Partners
Hello everyone! Mrs MacCready here! As you know Christmas is one of my favourite times of year (on account of the food!) so I start doing everything early, which includes my shopping. I love going to London and seeing the Christmas lights and I love going to the Spirit Christmas Retail Fair…It is perfect place to go to get into the Christmas Spirit Early on in the season. All the… Read More »Spirit of Christmas Next Week!
For you Beastie fans out there the Beastie Tour is in full swing and with Halloween approaching it isn’t suprising that there is a distinctly scccaaarrrryyyy tone to the tour. To take a sneeky peek at the Beastie’s haunts so far, click the links below: – The Book Sniffer – Book Reviews for Mums – BookWenches – The Mile Long Bookshelf – Bookish Bites (the nursery rhyme made me laugh!)… Read More »The Beastie Blog Tour Begineth
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