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Pssssstt…It’s me Boasting Bear! I’ve got some news, you know Nice Bear Naughty Bear? Well it’s just won a Bizziebaby Bronze Award! To read the reviews click here. Bears really are amazing – Of course the second book Please Bear’s Birthday will be a hit as well, i’ll bet my pocket money on it! Looking forward to seeing me in a starring role in Please Bear’s Birthday? Well of course… Read More »Bronze Bizziebaby Award

Well it seems there has been quite alot of high profile stuff on the Maverick website this week.  So I thought I would share with you my favourite event… There is a huge big red circle around the 8th March in my calendar…Why? Well it’s pancake day…One of my favourite dates! It was originally all about eating all your food and then fasting but personally I just like the eating… Read More »Pancake Day 8th March

World Book Day is about sharing books with everyone – as a publisher we try to do this all year round through many events and author book readings.   This World Book day we have some special events taking place  (see events page for more).   MD of Maverick, Steve Bicknell and his wife, Karen are both supporters of one of our local charities, Chestnut Tree House in West Sussex.  This… Read More »World Book Day 2011

So what are you up to this World Book Day?  If you’re parents your morning will probably be spent dressing your children up in weird and bizarre book character costumes.  Perhaps you have spent the last week bent over a gruffalo costume armed with a needle and thread! William, the son of one of the Maverick Team, dressed up as Super Magic Lightning Boy! If not, then take a moment… Read More »World Book Day Tomorrow!

Phew….Been so busy recently, we’ve been doing lots and lots of readings.  Since being on TV it seems that we’re in high demand. Last week we did two book readings for Super Magic Lightning Boy, one at Waterstones George St and the other at Waterstones Ocean Terminal.  It was so much fun and I think everyone really enjoyed themselves.  We’ve got more coming soon!  These are:    Friday 4th March:… Read More »Super Magic Lightning Boy Book Readings

Hi everyone!  It’s the countdown to World Book Day (3rd March) and I’ve been invited along to celebrate at Warrington Waterstones.  There’s going to be lots of different schools taking part.  I can’t wait!  It’s almost an anniversary, as it’s now been about a year since Get Ahead Fred first hit the shops! Those of you who can’t make it to Warrington, you can still make me a new hat… Read More »Fun things to do

It’s Valentine’s Day on Monday and I think I have met the lady dog of my dreams…I met her on the underground, whilst searching for the Ravens during our most recent case (Lost in London).  The only problem is I wasn’t brave enough to find out her number.  I was thinking perhaps I would put one of those ads in the paper…you know one of those lost love ones? Ahhh…Puppy… Read More »Lost Love in London

Tomorrow is a very special day, though not one that everyone would first think of.  No it’s not Pancake Day or Valentine’s day.  Tomorrow is Save Our Libraries day, where people are going to their local libraries to show their support.  Four hundred libraries are being threatened with closure and so the book-loving people of the UK are holding book events to prove the value of libraries to the community.… Read More »Save Our Libraries

The bears are back!  Our first book Nice Bear Naughty Bear sold out on its first print run after becoming the Daily Mail’s You Magazine, Book of the Week.  So all the nice and naughty bears got together and had a really big think…Now how could we be in a new book.  Well Please Bear had this fantastic idea.  He has just had his birthday party and it was so… Read More »The Bears are Back!

Scott was in the spotlight again yesterday (27.1.11) this time on Scottish show – The Hour.  Scott’s son, Super hero Jake also flew onto our screens and then flew off again (he got called out on a super hero mission!) Scott featured alongside the best selling author Julia Donaldson writer of the Gruffalo!  What an afternoon! To watch the interview click here To buy Super Magic Lightning Boy Click here!