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SUMMARY:Justin Somper Author Event
DESCRIPTION:About Justin\nJustin is the author of 14 books for young people\, including the six VAMPIRATES novels\, which have been published in 35 countries and 25 languages. Cressida Cowell calls VAMPIRATES\, ” a swaggering tale of excitement and adventure that thrills from the first sentence”. \nJustin’s new series PIRATE ACADEMY\, launched by UCLan in March 2024\, is set in the same world as VAMPIRATES\, though both series can be read independently of each other. He’s also the author of two books for young teenagers – ALLIES AND ASSASSINS and its sequel A CONSPIRACY OF PRINCES. Originally from North London\, Justin is currently based in Perth\, Western Australia\, where he enjoys writing the PIRATE ACADEMY adventures\, in between refreshing dips in the Indian Ocean\, inspiring visits to lighthouses and long-overdue sailing lessons. \nDuring the pandemic\, Justin trained as a meditation guide and wellbeing coach\, specialising in Effortless Meditation. He now helps people all over the world to relax and help reduce their stress levels. \nCheck out Justin’s website: vampirates.co.uk \nJustin on X (@JustinSomper) \nJustin on Instagram (@justinsomper) \nJustin on Facebook (@JustinSomperAuthor) \nWhat to expect from the event\nJustin will introduce the world and setting of PIRATE ACADEMY (500 years in the future\, when the oceans have risen and there’s a new golden age of piracy) and talk about how his ideas for the school\, world and characters developed. This will range from the fact that he imported some key characters from VAMPIRATES through to the influence of sailing lessons in Perth\, where he now lives. Justin will discuss how he swapped out the regular school timetable for lessons suitable for young pirates! A reading will be included and Justin is looking forward to answering lots of questions from the pupils. He might also ask some of the audience and find out their ideas on additional lessons for the pirate timetable! \nFocus Book\nThe session will be focused on Justin’s brand new book PIRATE ACADEMY: NEW KID ON DECK\, which was released 7 March 2024. \n \nBuy the book\nIf you’d like to buy the book for your school before or after the event\, we offer a substantial discount on the RRP price. Please email events@wherereadingrocks.com to order books. Orders received 7 days before the event will arrive in time for the event. \nWe can also offer this book at a discounted rate to families PLUS your school will also receive a 5% credit (based on the value of the books sold to families) towards any future book purchases made through Reading Rocks. To enquire about our family discounts email events@wherereadingrocks.com. \nAbout the Book\nBook title: PIRATE ACADEMY: NEW KID ON DECK \nIllustrator: Teo Skaffa  \nThe year is 2507. The oceans have risen. \nA new dawn of piracy has begun. \nJacoby Blunt and Jasmine Peacock are students at the elite Pirate Academy. \nThis is no ordinary school! \nLessons range from Knots Class and Sailing to Combat Workshop… The teachers are all pirate legends… The pressure is always on…. Friendship is everything. \nWhen a new kid\, the mysterious Neo Splice\, arrives\, everything changes FAST. Suddenly the dangers are no longer simply out on the oceans but right here\, amongst them. In the face of real peril\, the students of Barracuda class must put everything they have learned to the test against a ruthless and seemingly unstoppable new enemy. \nWelcome to Pirate Academy – once you step through the door you won’t ever want to leave! \nPublisher: UCLan Publishing
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SUMMARY:Anna Wilson & Harry Woodgate Author & Illustrator Event
DESCRIPTION:About Anna & Harry\nAnna Wilson began her career as a picture book editor at Macmillan Children’s Books\, but quickly turned her attention to writing her own books and has published over 50 books. Her children’s series\, Vlad the World’s Worst Vampire has been translated into thirteen languages. Her latest picture book Grandpa and the Kingfisher was shortlisted for the Wainwright Nature Prize in 2023. As well as writing for young people\, Anna has also published a memoir: A Place for Everything – my mother\, autism and me. It has been reviewed as “a seminal work in this area” by the world expert in autism in women\, Professor Tony Attwood. Anna also has extensive experience in teaching creative writing. She was an Associate Lecturer at Bath Spa University and is currently a tutor for the Arvon Foundation and the HarperCollins Author Academy. She is also a Royal Literary Fund Fellow. \nHarry Woodgate is an award-winning author and illustrator whose books include Grandad’s Camper\, Grandad’s Pride\, Shine Like The Stars\, Timid\, Little Glow\, My First Baking Book and The Very Merry Murder Club. They have worked with clients including Google\, National Book Tokens and the Sunday Times Magazine\, as well as publishers such as Bloomsbury\, Walker Books\, Andersen Press and Simon & Schuster. \nHarry is passionate about writing and illustrating diverse\, inclusive stories that inspire children to be inquisitive\, creative\, kind and proud of what makes them unique. \nTheir debut author-illustrator picture book\, Grandad’s Camper\, won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize for Best Illustrated Book\, Children’s Illustrated Book of the Year at the British Book Awards\, as well as a Stonewall Book Award Honor from the American Library Association. It was also shortlisted for the inaugural Polari Children’s & YA Prize\, and was nominated for the CILIP Yoto Kate Greenaway Award. \nCheck out Anna’s website: annawilson.co.uk \nCheck out Harry’s website: harrywoodgate.com \nAnna on X (@acwilsonwriter) \nAnna on Instagram (@acwilsonwriter) \nHarry on Instagram (@harrywoodgateart) \nWhat to expect from the event\nThis interactive session with both author and illustrator will include a book reading and a fun writing activity with author\, Anna. Then pupils can join in with a draw-along with Harry\, illustrator\, finding out about the illustrations in the book. Pupils will have the chance to ask Anna and Harry their questions\, too. So grab your pencils and imaginations and join this fab event. \nFocus Book\nThe session will be focused on Shine Like the Stars\, written by Anna and illustrated by Harry. \n \nBuy the book\nIf you’d like to buy the book for your school before or after the event\, we offer a substantial discount on the RRP price. Please email events@wherereadingrocks.com to order books. Orders received 7 days before the event will arrive in time for the event. \nWe can also offer this book at a discounted rate to families PLUS your school will also receive a 5% credit (based on the value of the books sold to families) towards any future book purchases made through Reading Rocks. To enquire about our family discounts email events@wherereadingrocks.com. \nAbout the Book\nBook title: Shine Like the Stars \nAuthor: Anna Wilson \nIllustrator: Harry Woodgate \nYou are part of this earth. You grow like the seed. You shine like the stars. Reconnect with the natural world with illustrations from British Book Award and Waterstones Children’s Book Prize-winning Harry Woodgate. \nWe are all connected to the natural world\, and it is connected to us. And just as the stars shine brightly in the night sky\, so can you. Told from the point of view of the natural world\, this exquisite and thought-provoking story from children’s author Anna Wilson invites us to connect with the world around us and achieve our potential. \nPublisher: Andersen Press
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CATEGORIES:Virtual author event
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SUMMARY:Ash Bond Author Event
DESCRIPTION:About Ash\nAsh Bond writes magical stories that have classical myth sprinkled through them like fairy dust. She is now studying for her PhD\, focusing on the relationship between mythology and landscape\, at the University of Bristol. When not reading about myths\, Ash is also a yoga teacher and loves to move – insisting she gets her best ideas when swimming in rivers\, stomping up mountains or doing cartwheels. Peregrine Quinn and the Cosmic Realm is her debut novel (published by Piccadilly Press). \nCheck out Ash’s website: ashbond.co.uk \nAsh on X (@ashbwrites) \nAsh on Instagram (@ashbwrites) \nWhat to expect from the event\nMeet Ash Bond the author of the electrifying middle-grade debut Peregrine Quinn and the Cosmic Realm in this special pre-publication event as she introduces you to the action-packed cosmic world of Peregrine Quinn. \nExpect an author talk where Ash talks about all the classical myths she’s woven into her new series and a creative workshop where you can build your own monster to attack Olympus! \nFocus Book\nThe session will be focused on Ash’s brand new book Peregrine Quinn and the Cosmic Realm\, Released 25 April 2024. \n \nBuy the book\nIf you’d like to buy the book for your school before or after the event\, we offer a substantial discount on the RRP price. Please email events@wherereadingrocks.com to order books. Orders received 7 days before the event will arrive in time for the event. \nWe can also offer this book at a discounted rate to families PLUS your school will also receive a 5% credit (based on the value of the books sold to families) towards any future book purchases made through Reading Rocks. To enquire about our family discounts email events@wherereadingrocks.com. \nAbout the Book\nBook title: Peregrine Quinn and the Cosmic Realm \nAuthor: Ash Bond \nDISCOVER THE PORTAL TO AN INCREDIBLE NEW WORLD IN THIS EPIC MIDDLE-GRADE ADVENTURE. PERFECT FOR FANS OF SKANDAR\, PERCY JACKSON and ARTEMIS FOWL. \nPeregrine Quinn has always loved hearing her godfather Daedalus Bloom’s stories about his life as an immortal\, but that’s all they were – stories. That is\, until the portals that connect the Terran Realm with the Cosmic Realm mysteriously shut down and Daedalus\, the only one who can fix them\, is kidnapped. \nPeregrine is then swept into a nail-biting adventure\, racing through the streets of Oxford\, down the riverways of London and into the Under-Underground. She soon realises that not only are the creatures from her godfather’s stories real\, but they’re shooting at her with laser blasters. \nFortunately she has help from dryad librarian Rowan Strong and Olympus Inc. liaison (and faun) Callimachus Thorn. Together they must fix the portals and rescue Daedalus before an ancient evil rises and chaos takes over. Time is running out and the fate of all the realms is now in Peregrine’s hands . . . \nPublisher: Piccadilly Press
URL:https://wherereadingrocks.com/event/ash-bond-author-event/
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SUMMARY:Liz Flanagan Author Event
DESCRIPTION:About Liz\nLiz Flanagan is an award-winning author who writes for children and young adults. Her books include the Wildsmith series of chapter books\, wonderfully illustrated by Joe Todd-Stanton\, and the exciting Legends of the Sky fantasy series\, as well as the YA novel Eden Summer which was nominated for the Carnegie Medal. \nCheck out Liz’s website: lizflanagan.co.uk \nLiz on X (@lizziebooks) \nLiz on Instagram (@lizziebooks17) \nWhat to expect from the event\nIn this interactive presentation\, Liz will introduce the Wildsmith series\, explain where the ideas came from\, and invite children to take part in a series of creative tasks – imagining a character\, a setting and a super-power. Liz will read from the books before inviting children to use all their story ingredients in a brand new story of their own. \nHere’s an introduction from the author to get your class excited about the event: \n\n\nFocus Books\nThe session will be focused on Liz’s magical Wildsmith book series. \n\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n		\n\nBuy the books\nIf you’d like to buy the book for your school before or after the event\, we offer a substantial discount on the RRP price. Please email events@wherereadingrocks.com to order books. Orders received 7 days before the event will arrive in time for the event. \nWe can also offer this book at a discounted rate to families PLUS your school will also receive a 5% credit (based on the value of the books sold to families) towards any future book purchases made through Reading Rocks. To enquire about our family discounts email events@wherereadingrocks.com. \nAbout the Books\nBook title: Wildsmith: City of Secrets \nIllustrator: Joe Todd-Stanton  \nWhen war threatens her beloved city\, Rowan and her mother must flee to the Dark Forest\, meeting Grandpa and his white wolf Arto for the first time. \nThough she misses her father\, Rowan makes new friends – including a trio of powerful witches. When she rescues a baby dragon from poachers\, she discovers the secret of her own identity. Could Rowan really be a wildsmith? \nFostering a whole clutch of dragons\, the summer speeds by. But when danger threatens\, Rowan and Grandpa must call on all their friends for help. \nBook title: Wildsmith: Into the Dark Forest \nIllustrator: Joe Todd-Stanton \nRowan starts to embrace her gifts as a magical wildsmith who heals and speaks to animals. But saving a young pegasus brings difficult decisions. Danger comes closer than ever\, threatening her family and even Rowan’s own life. When she is betrayed\, which friends can she trust? With her family divided and war still raging\, where does Rowan belong now? \nPublisher: UCLan Publishing
URL:https://wherereadingrocks.com/event/liz-flanagan-author-event/
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SUMMARY:Kael Tudor Author Event
DESCRIPTION:About Kael\nKael Tudor writes books for kids. \nHe began writing his own stories at a young age\, inspired by the books he bought at school fairs and jumble sales. As an adult he still writes stories\, but hopefully does a slightly better job of it. \nKael lives in Swansea\, South Wales. \nCheck out Kael’s website: kaeltudor.com \nKael on X (@kaeltudor) \nKael on Instagram (@kaeltudor) \nWhat to expect from the event\nGet ready for an exhilarating adventure as we dive into a lively book reading\, put our knowledge to the test in a thrilling quiz\, and unleash our artistic sides in a draw-along! Oh\, and did we mention the fun-filled rhyming animal pairs game? But that’s not all – you will will receive an exciting activity pack to complement the event and this delightful book. It’s going to be a blast! \nHere’s an introduction from the author to get your class excited about the event: \n\n\nFocus Books\nThe session will be focused Kael’s new book One Goose\, Two Moose. \n \nBuy the books\nIf you’d like to buy the book for your school before or after the event\, we offer a substantial discount on the RRP price. Please email events@wherereadingrocks.com to order books. Orders received 7 days before the event will arrive in time for the event. \nWe can also offer this book at a discounted rate to families PLUS your school will also receive a 5% credit (based on the value of the books sold to families) towards any future book purchases made through Reading Rocks. To enquire about our family discounts email events@wherereadingrocks.com. \nAbout the Books\nBook title: One Goose\, Two Moose \nIllustrator: Nicola Slater  \nA brilliantly funny book from debut author Kael Tudor filled with hilarious and bright illustrations from Nicola Slater\, the bestselling illustrator of The Leaf Thief. \nOK\, everyone\, line up! \nOne goose\, two moose\, three goose\, four. \nFive goose\, six moose\, seven goose\, more. \nWAIT! \nWelcome to the ice cream shop\, where there’s a goose line\, a moose line and a slightly bossy goose who wants everyone to be IN THE RIGHT LINE\, PLEASE! \nThat sounds easy enough\, doesn’t it? \nThis brilliantly funny picture book perfectly captures the chaos of queueing up\, and features a fun counting element too. \nWitty and original first book in a brand-new series from debut author Kael Tudor \nLaugh-out-loud characters by Nicola Slater\, illustrator of the New York Times bestseller\, The Leaf Thief \nAn engaging story and bright\, fun illustrations make this picture book perfect for fans of OI FROG! and The Squirrels Who Squabbled \nWith a super silly counting element! \nPublisher: Scholastic Publishing
URL:https://wherereadingrocks.com/event/kael-tudor-author-event/
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