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Welcome to our brand new shop. We have a special offer on all of the children’s jigsaws, buy the puzzle and get the book FREE! Terrific value at £7.99 and a great gift to put away for that special occasion! Ever Earth, Noah’s Ark Shape Sorter.. We have taken off a massive £10.00 on this fantastic toy It has to be first come first serve as we only have limited… Read More »
Tomorrow is a big day for Maverick. Our Maverick Shop is opening with special offers on the day. As a little glimpse into the world of Maverick, our very own social media guru, Natasha Worswich interviewed Steve Bicknell (MD of Maverick) and published on her wellknown blog. To read the interview, click here.
Well there is only two days to go before we open the  online  shop (Friday 30th!). And what’s exciting is that I am not even worried if it rains! But the question is what products are we going to choose for our  special offers on the opening day? It’s quite a challenge… Maybe even a conundrum! All to be revealed on  Friday from 10.00 am.  See you in the shop…… Read More »It’s a Puzzle ?
The London Book Fair is the highlight of our year here at Maverick. We love the buzz of the show, meeting clients and new authors/illustrators. If you are there please come by and say hello. We are stand A670!
 Join the blog tour for Goblin and the Girl written by Neil Irani and illustrated by Park Yun. The blog tour will include reviews and interviews from some of our favourite bloggers! The blog tour starts on 5th April 2012.
Sparkle’s Song by Samantha Hale was released at in February and to celebrate the release we held a blog tour starting on the 1st March and finishing 12th March. Â If you missed the blog tour, here are some links: Readergirlz Princess Reviews Great Minds Read Aloud Bookwenches The Booksniffer Kooky Toon Blog
We are extremely pleased to announce that The Fearsome Beastie by Giles Paley-Phillips has been shortlisted for the People’s Book Prize. “The People’s Book Prize is a national competition aimed at discovering new and unknown works: a truly democratic book prize decided exclusively by the public.” A big well done to Giles.  We will all have our fingers crossed until the winner is announced on 30th May 2012!
Wow what a day! The Beastie book marathon team started at 9am at Seaford Primary School where Giles read to the entire assembly of 400 children, then it was a mad dash to Annecy School, also in Seaford to read to the whole school again, then we zoomed into Chyngton School, to read to read to an entire school of pupils dressed in their favourite book characters. At Cradle Hill… Read More »The World Book Day Beastie Book Marathon!
Steve Bicknell, MD of Maverick Publishing has just met eleven illustrators in Argentina. They are from the same illustration school as Marianna Ruiz Johnson, illustrator of Sparkle’s Song. Steve was blown away by their artwork and through it was awesome experience meeting them all. The school is called Sótano Blanco(which mean’s white cellar) and they all work together, helping each other in their illustrations. When someone graduates they return to… Read More »Maverick Meets Argentinian Illustrators!
Maverick author, Giles Paley-Phillips will be attempting to read his new book The Fearsome Beastie to over 1,000 Sussex school children on 1st March, World Book Day. The book has already come in for critical acclaim and is shortlisted for the Rotherham Children’s Book Award as well as being nominated for THE PEOPLE’S BOOK PRIZE. Taking part in the Beastie Book Marathon is Seaford Primary School where Giles will read… Read More »The Beastie Book Marathon World Book Day 2012
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