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Guinea Pig Games on Visit Britain.com
When  Visit Britain.com wanted to run an Olympic Games follow-up story  to express our quirky British nature  apparently “Nobody does eccentricity better.” They  chose Maverick Arts Publishing ‘Guinea Pig Games’ calendar as an eccentric sporting calendar for their story! Going fur gold “The Brits love their pets, so it’s no surprise that animals got a slice of the action. The Maverick Arts Club created a wildly popular “Guinea Pig… Read More »Guinea Pig Games on Visit Britain.com
Josuha ‘Going for Gold’ at Waterstones Wimbledon
Go Josuha! A lovely little story from author Angela Mitchell from her book reading event at Waterstones Wimbledon with ‘The Jelly That Wouldn’t Wobble’ When five year old Josuha came into Waterstones, Wimbledon with his mum Antoinette, it was clear that a possible future Olympic sprinter was in our midst. Why? Well, he told me he loved red jelly with oranges for a start, he’d won a gold medal at… Read More »Josuha ‘Going for Gold’ at Waterstones Wimbledon
Bella loves ‘The Fearsome Beastie’
The very popular Bella magazine sells on average over 250,000 copies a week. One of the favorite feature pages is ‘Bella Loves’ where attractive products are recommended. Featured on this weeks page is the People’s Children’s book Prize ‘The Fearsome Beastie’ by Giles Paley-Phillips. Available at Waterstones and many good bookshops and also from our own on line shop
Jelly at Wimbledon
This saturday August 11th, author Angela Mitchell will be at Waterstones, Wimbledon reading her new book, The Jelly That Wouldn’t Wobble. Angela’s book has had some great reviews and children can take part in lots of activities including making their own ‘Jelly Crowns’ All welcome from 11.00 to 3.00
Grandma Bendy Book Readings
Children’s Author Izy Penguin will be reading and signing her new book, ‘Grandma Bendy’ in bookshops during this summer. Saturday August 18th  from 11.00 to 3.00 at Waterstones, Teddington Saturday September 1st  from 11.30 to 1.30 pm at Waterstones, York A great opportunity for children to meet Izy and Grandma Bendy!
Jelly events during August
Children’s author Angela Mitchell will be reading and signing her new book, ‘The Jelly That Wouldn’t Wobble’ in bookshops during August Saturday August 11th  from 11.00 to 3.00 at Waterstones, Wimbledon Thursday August 16th  from 11.00 to 12.00 at THE GOLDEN TREASURY, London SW18 5LT Thursday August 23rd  from 11.00 to 3.00 at BAGS OF BOOKS, LEWES Saturday August 25th  from 11.00 to 1.30… Read More »Jelly events during August
‘This Book deserves to be a Classic!’
An extract of the review from Big Books Little Books This book truly deserves to be a classic. I remember reading Roald Dahl as a child and feeling ‘deliciously scared’ and loving how the ‘bad guys’ always get their comeuppance in the most imaginative ways possible and this book sits in that format perfectly. In a few years time I want to be sitting in front of the tv… Read More »‘This Book deserves to be a Classic!’
Stylist Magazine features Guinea Pig Games
Our Calendar is featured now on the Stylist website To take a peek at ‘Bradley Piggins’ and his sporting stars please click here To buy the calendar from the maverick shop please click here Enjoy