Mister Whistler is the wonderful new picture book by Margaret Mahy, with stunning illustrations by Gavin Bishop. I absolutely love Mister Whistler and it’s my favourite New Zealand picture book of the year (you can read my review here). Everyone should have this book on their bookshelf!
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A Medal for Leroy is Michael Morpurgo’s latest book. It’s a story of war, love and family secrets from this master storyteller. If you haven’t read a Michael Morpurgobook you don’t know what you’re missing.
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Maddy West and the Tongue Taker is the latest action-packed, magic-filled adventure from New Zealand author Brian Falkner. I’m a huge fan of Brian Falkner and I’ve read nearly all of his books. Maddy West and the Tongue Taker is a great read, especially for fans of his last book, Northwood.
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Take some ordinary teenagers, throw in a billion-dollar biopharmaceuticals company, genetic engineering, morally corrupt scientists and some sexual tension, and you have Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate’s fantastic new book, Eve and Adam.
To celebrate the release of Eve and Adam I’m giving away 2 hardback copies.
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The Crystal Code is the latest book in Richard Newsome’s action-packed Billionaire Series. I absolutely love this series and if you know anyone who loves books packed with action, adventure and mystery you have to push this series on them. Once they’ve read the first chapter they’ll be hooked! You can read my review of The Crystal Code here on the blog.
To celebrate the release of The Crystal Code I’ve got a copy to give away, thanks to the wonderful people at Text Publishing.
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Shrunk! is the wacky, weird and wonderful new book from debut children’s author, F.R. Hitchcock. It’s also one of the first titles published by a fantastic new UK based publisher, Hot Key Books (check out their other fantastic books on their website). You can read my review of Shrunk! here on the blog.
To celebrate this wonderful book I’m giving away 2 copies. All you have to do to get in the draw is add your name and email address in the form below and I’ll chose two lucky winners. Competition closes Wednesday 3 October (International).
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Glenn Wood’s fantastic debut children’s novel, The Brain Sucker, is released this week. To celebrate, I’m having a week of brain-sucking fun, with my review of The Brain Sucker, a video of NZ comedian Jeremy Corbett reading the prologue, and a guest post from Glenn.
Thanks to Walker Books Australia I also have 5 signed copies of The Brain Sucker to give away. All you have to do to get in the draw is enter your name and email address in the form below.
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Would you like to win a set of 6 postcards featuring everybody’s favourite skeleton detective, Skulduggery Pleasant? Derek Landy’s wonderful publishers had a whole heap of these very cool postcards left over after Derek’s tour of NZ so I’m very lucky to have some to give away here on the blog.
If you would like to get your hands on a set, just enter your name and address in the form below and I’ll pick 10 lucky winners on Friday (NZ only). If you’re one of the winners, a set of the postcards will turn up in your letterbox soon.
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Thanks to my wonderful library, Christchurch City Libraries, I was lucky enough to attend some great sessions at the Christchurch Writer’s Festival at the weekend. We’ve all been waiting for the festival to be held in Christchurch for 4 years so it was great to see it go ahead this year. And what a festival it was!
The sessions that I attended related more to writing for children and teens, so I got to meet local authors Kate De Goldi and Jane Higgins, and international authors John Boyne and Joanne Harris. My highlights were interviewing one of my favourite authors, John Boyne, and the Why YA? panel on Sunday. I was blogging like crazy all weekend on the Christchurch City Libraries blog, so for those who couldn’t be there you can read my festival reports and interviews here:
I’m running two giveaways of books I got signed at the festival too if you’d like to enter:
Joanne Harris was one of the amazing authors who spoke at the Christchurch Writer’s Festival over the weekend. I’m a huge fan of her books, particularly her books for younger readers, Runemarks and Runelight.
I have a signed copy of Runelight, the sequel to Runemarks, to give away. All you have to do to get in the draw is enter your name and email address in the form below. Competition closes Friday 7 September (NZ only).
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