The Fearsome Beastie

The Fearsome Beastie makes an impressive appearance in the Writing Magazine

Â “Whereas some scary monsters, like the Gruffalo, carry the comedic flag, others are more seriously scary. After all most children like to be scared to some degree. Giles Paley-Phillips is the author ofÂ The Fearsome Beastie,Â illustrated by Gabrielle Antonini and published by Maverick Arts [Publishing]. It tells the tale of children-gobbling monster and Pete, the little boy who puts an end to the frightful monster, once and for all. ‘Scary monsters… Read More »The Fearsome Beastie makes an impressive appearance in the Writing Magazine

Tamara Small returns in new edition!

Tamara Small and the Monsters’ Ball has returned this July in a shiny new edition with a snazzy new cover! Tamara Small is whisked away in the dead of the night by a hairy monster. But it’s okay… she’s been invited to ‘The Annual Monsters’ Ball’! Â Tamara Small and the Monsters’ BallÂ is the second picture book by Giles Paley Phillips. His other books published by Maverick are… Read More »Tamara Small returns in new edition!

Hedgehugs needs your vote!

We were thrilled when Hedgehugs was announced as a finalist for The People’s Book Prize. Now we are thrilled that the Awards Ceremony this year will be broadcast live on Sky! It is going to be a very fancy affair indeed! Horace and Hattie would love to celebrate a victory on live TV, but to do that they need your vote! Register on the website to vote and leave a… Read More »Hedgehugs needs your vote!

The Fearsome Beastie author appearing on Eggheads!

Giles Paley-Phillips, author of The Fearsome Beastie, Tamara Small and the Monster’s Ball, and Princess Stay Awake, will be appearing on the author edition of Eggheads! Giles and a team of authors will take on the formidable Eggheads, but will they win? Don’t miss the episode on the Monday 2nd February at 6pm.

The Fearsome Beastie – Logo Ideas

To celebrate the making of the CG Animation of ‘The Fearsome Beastie’ the author Giles Paley – Phillips has created and put forward a Lego set idea based on his award winning children’s picture book. To support and vote for the Beastie to become a Lego set please click here To see more about Lego idea on YouTube please click here The animated film has Brian Blessed as The Fearsome… Read More »The Fearsome Beastie – Logo Ideas

The Fearsome Beastie set to scare at the Wigtown Book Festival

GilesÂ Paley-Phillips will be at the Wigtown Book Festival with his book, The Fearsome Beastie, on Saturday 4th October. Tickets to see Giles in the Children’s Marquee at 2:30pm cost Â£3.50 and are available on the Wigtown Book Festival website. To buy Giles’ award-winning book please click here. Enjoy.

Fearsome Beastie is Leaping off the Page. Quick, hide!

Work is well underway on The Fearsome Beastie animation. Slurpy Stories are adapting the terrifying tale with the help of University for the Creative Arts (UCA) Farnham. The estimated completion date is Summer 2014. Click here to read about the process of The Fearsome Beastie moving from the page to animation.

‘Infinity and beyond out of 5’! Praise Indeed for Giles Paley-Phillips.

Some much deserved praise for Giles Paley-Phillips from the kids of Kidzcoolit. You can’t get much better than infinity and beyond out of 5. And we thought 5 was good! Here’s a link to the review.

Nine Maverick Books launched today on CARIBU App

Available today, Caribu, combines childrenâ€™s ebooks with video calling, so families can read a bedtime story to their little ones, even when they are separated. To download the APP ( free on Itunes) please click here You can then start to look at wht books you would like to buy and share with your family and friends anywhere in the world! Enjoy!