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Twitter Interviews!

On the 30th May, Maverick authors Giles Paley-Phillips and Julie Fulton took part in the first ever Maverick Twitter-view, where our twitter followers were able to ask the authors any question they liked. The questions ranged from author related things to what there favourite pizza topping is! If you missed it you can read the interview by clicking here or on the button below! –

Dog Detectives on Facebook!

Hello all!  The Dog Detectives are currently heading full tilt to Portland in Oregon, USA.  We’ve been really busy finishing our US tour and also planning our new book tour in the UK!  Now Poco is quite a whizz on the computer so he’s set us up on Facebook! It will be a great way of keeping everyone up to date on our journey…Also we can share some of our… Read More »Dog Detectives on Facebook!

Julie Fulton at Leeds Waterstone’s!

On Saturday 28th June, Maverick author Julie Fulton did her first book reading of her book ‘Mrs MacCready Was Ever So Greedy’.  Everyone had a fantastic time with Julie reading her story and plenty of colouring in for everyone. If you couldn’t make the event, Julie has more planned over the next month.  To see where they are taking place click here.  Here are some photos from the event (parental permission given): To buy this… Read More »Julie Fulton at Leeds Waterstone’s!

Mrs MacCready Bookbag Review!

“It’s a glorious romp of a book in bright, vibrant colours and written in the sort of rhyme which will have you singing along. It stands several readings, even by an adult, because there’s just so much to notice in the illustrations. Look out for the cat who’s obviously wondering if he’s going to end up on the plate at some point! Forget all about whether we should be making… Read More »Mrs MacCready Bookbag Review!

Another Good Review for Fearsome Beastie

“Well, The Fearsome Beastie. This book started off a bit scary but it rhymed well (so important) and I’m used to story books, so I settled in my chair . After scaring the children The Fearsome Beasite started to cry because he had no one to play with. Ahh, I thought just my cup of tea, children should include everyone not be put off because they look different. But NO!… Read More »Another Good Review for Fearsome Beastie

Mrs MacCready’s Day Out

Well i’ve spruced myself up a bit ready for my debut into the book world tomorrow (a book reading in Leeds!).  I thought what a great excuse to be pampered. So yesterday I popped off to the hairdressers.  Well they are such nice ladies in there.  They offered me a cup of tea and a bit of cake…Well I couldn’t resist and so they offered me more!  So I left… Read More »Mrs MacCready’s Day Out

Maverick Books To Sell in Australia

Maverick Children’s Books in the UK has chosen Alpa Books to represent them in Australia. The books will be distributed by Macmillan from the beginning of August. Maverick was launched in 2009 and has been slowly building its title list of children’s books – they now have 22 titles in publication. The partnership will see some of Maverick’s flagship titles being tested in the Australian market. Andrew Easton, MD of… Read More »Maverick Books To Sell in Australia

Mrs MacCready Book Events

Below are the poster of the planned book readings for Julie Fulton, author of ‘Mrs MacCready Was Ever So Greedy’. Click on the image to zoom in for details:

BBQ a Beastie

Good afternoon!  It’s Gran here!  Last week we did Fearsome Fritters and before that Beastie Stew.  But now summer is on its way I thought I would show you how to….Barbeque a Beastie. Now a Beastie is a bit big to fit onto a barbeque, so get your gran to get out her trusty axe and cut your beastie into bite-size chunks  (or the ribs are good for this recipe too).  Pop… Read More »BBQ a Beastie