World Book Day Video 2022
Here's a brand new video I've made for World Book Day 2022! It's all about reading and writing for pleasure. There's also a sneak peek of my new book TYGER, which will be published later this...
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Happy World Book Day 2022! I'm in favour of anything that celebrates books and reading, so I love World Book Day! I made a video again this year, and it's been amazing to see that go out into...
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TYGER is coming in October!
I have some big news! It's just been officially announced that my new book TYGER will be published this October 2022 by David Fickling Books!It's official! It took me 9 long, hard years to write it,...
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TYGER COVER REVEAL!!!
I am beyond excited to share this with you all at last – Dave McKean's stunning cover for my new book TYGER, which will be published by David Fickling Books this October 2022!Isn't that incredible?!...
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My publishers have been sending proof copies of my new book TYGER out to various readers in the past few weeks – authors, booksellers, teachers, librarians – and it is amazing to see people's reactions...
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TYGER is available to order now!
I have some incredible news. After 9 and a half years of work, we finally sent my new book TYGER to the printers yesterday! This is the final version, fully illustrated by the brilliant Dave McKean,...
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I'm very excited to share a short video about new book TYGER! Watch this if you want to know more about the story and its inspirations:Please do share this video with anyone who wants to know more...
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TYGER early reviews!
There have been some amazing early reviews for my new book TYGER!It was Editor's Choice for October children's books in The Bookseller magazine, where Charlotte Eyre gave it this wonderful review:TYGER...
View ArticleIncredible TYGER artwork!
I've just made a short video of Dave McKean's incredible art on the front, back and spine of TYGER! Please do watch, it's a thing of beauty. And if you'd like to pre-order a copy, you can find all...
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TYGER is published today!
My new book TYGER is finally published today! I think it's my best book yet, and I hope you love it as much as I do. I hope you love Dave McKean's incredible artwork too – I think it's some of the best...
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TYGER - more reviews!
I've been absolutely blown away to see the responses to TYGER! Nine years is a very long time to spend writing a book, but all the hard work feels more than worthwhile when I see responses like...
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TYGER interviews & conversations!
If you'd like to know more about my new book TYGER – I've done quite a few interviews about it lately that you might enjoy.Here's a video of an online event I did with The Blake Society, where I talked...
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Author Visits: East Hunsbury Primary
I'd like to say a huge and heartfelt THANK YOU to Kathryn Pennington, Ruth DeChastelain, and all the amazing students and staff I met when I had the pleasure of visiting East Hunsbury Primary School...
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Author Visits: Parklands Primary
I want to say a massive THANK YOU to legendary Headteacher Chris Dyson, inspirational librarian Aimee Allpress, and all the amazing children and staff I met when I visited Parklands Primary School!I...
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Tyger is Foyles Children's Book of the Year!
Amazing news – Tyger is the Foyles Children's Book of the Year!!!This is an absolutely incredible thing for me. When I was a child, my grandfather would sometimes take me to Foyles on Charing Cross...
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Author Visits: Welton St Mary's
I'd like to say a very big THANK YOU to Paul Gibson-Barton and all the amazing students and staff at Welton St Mary's Academy for the wonderful welcome they gave me when I visited them last week!It...
View ArticleHappy Midwinter!
I just want to wish all my readers Happy Midwinter! My new book Tyger is set at Midwinter, around about now, but in a strange alternate world where there is no Christmas, but there is Midwinter... and...
View ArticleWorld Book Day 2023 - SF Said Reads Tyger!
For World Book Day this year, I've made a video of me reading from my new book TYGER! Here it is – I hope you enjoy it! And if you do, please pass it on to anyone else you know who might enjoy it too!
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Happy World Book Day 2023! This year, I made a World Book Day video of me reading aloud from Tyger, and it's been amazing to see people watching it in classrooms, libraries and homes around the world....
View ArticleTyger wins Children's Book Of The Year at the British Book Awards!
Incredible news - my new book Tyger has just won the Children's Fiction Book Of The Year at the British Book Awards! Congratulations to TYGER by @whatSFSaid, illustrated by @DaveMcKean, winner of Book...
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Competition!
I'm running a competition with BookTrust! We want young people to create pieces of writing and artwork inspired by animals - just as I was inspired to write Varjak Paw and Tyger. There are lots of...
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TYGER PAPERBACK!
I'm so excited to be able to share the TYGER paperback with you – and it's just as beautiful as the hardback! I think Dave McKean's cover is one of the most amazing covers I've ever seen – just look...
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Tyger is Book of the Month in Waterstones & Foyles!
Some amazing news! The Tyger paperback has just been published – and it's been picked as Children's Book of the Month in both Waterstones and Foyles!I love bookshops, they've always been my favourite...
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Author Visits: Children's Bookfest & Rose Green Junior School
I'd like to say a huge THANK YOU to Karen Ison and all the students and staff I met at Rose Green Junior School when I had the pleasure of visiting them last week – and to Georgina Lippiett, Jen Rogers...
View ArticleWorld Book Day 2024
Every year, I am blown away by all the amazing things that people do to celebrate books on World Book Day! I love it - it really is an incredible thing for a writer to see their books being celebrated...
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