Events

Steve, MD of Maverick popped down to Portsmouth on the 19th July to welcome the Dog Detective’s authors as they stepped off the ferry (well cycled off).  Due to a host of people saying different directions, he waited expectantly at the exit where the lorries came off.  Suddenly realising that they weren’t coming he popped into a taxi but then as if my magic two authors and two dogs cycled into… Read More »The Dog Detective Tour Begins!

Giles Paley-Phillips Event at Little Monkey Murals in Bedford Wednesday 10th, 10.00 – 12.30 pm – Katy Dynes, a children’s illustrator, is covering all things “monster”. Inspired by The Fearsome Beastie by talented Author Giles Paley-Phillips, Katy will focus on beasts, monsters and scary creatures – plus the children will be designing a ‘beast’ and how to give it it’s personality. If there’s time, we’ll also be designing people’s reactions to the monsters!… Read More »Event for Giles at Monkey Murals

On the 20th July, the Dog Detectives’ authors, Fin & Zoa will be starting their nine week long tour! Their first event is at Portsmouth Waterstone’s form 11am – 1pm.  To view the poster of the event, click here. After Waterstone’s Fin & Zoa will begin cycling towards the New Forest.  Paco will be having his first ever ride in his brand new trailer, kindly sent to us by DoggyRide… Read More »A Week Today – The Dog Detective Tour Begins!

Scott McIntyre, author of Super Magic Lightning Boy is taking part in lots of book events over the summer.  Here are the dates for a few of them: 16th July – Waterstones Stirling 2nd August – The Avenue Shopping Centre Newton Mearns  13th September – Off the Page Literary Festival  8th November – Imprint Book Festival, East Ayrshire

Author of the Fearsome Beastie, Giles Paley-Phillips, popped over to Eastbourne Waterstone’s at the weekend and did a beastie book signing. The event was a sucess, with the children loving the scary story and it’s main character, the fearsome beastie!  We even had a few children draw their own monsters!  Maverick want to thank the fantastic staff at Eastbourne Waterstone’s for inviting Giles to their store.

Mrs MacCready is already becoming a bit of a celebrity in the cake department.  The book has already inspired some fantastic creations…Here are a few: If you would like to see how Tasha and Milo made the above Mrs MacCready cake, then you can find the recipe on their Bookish Bites blog. If you have made any Mrs MacCready cakes please let us know as we would love to post… Read More »Mrs MacCready Inspired Cakes!

The Dog Detectives authors, Fin & Zoa, are coming to England with the two dogs!  They will be doing a book tour starting from Portsmouth and ending back in London.  You can see a rough route here: They will be book signing enroute at various book stores around the country.  Here are a few of the posters for their first few stops (click to enlarge):

Published World is a local company whose aim is to bring some of the  books from small publishers to schools.  To get the ball rolling they are holding a Road Show, starting at Crawley. – You can find some Maverick books for sale at the event! To find out more about their event, click here for the leaflet!

The Four Little Pigs app is now available on the iTunes store! A collaboration of MSM Studios and Maverick Publishing – this brand new app was published on iTunes yesterday! With follow the words technology, sounds and animations, this is a brilliant app for children to sit down and enjoy. As well as the Four Little Pigs story (which as a book has received fantastic reviews),  there are 10 x… Read More »Four Little Pigs iPad App Live!!!

Author Julie Fulton, donned her chef’s hat again to provide marvelous Mrs MacCready cupcakes for her Waterstone’s book reading at Stratford-Upon-Avon. The event was a huge success and the children loved the story and all the fun activities.