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Awards and end of year lists
December is that time of year when people review what they’ve been reading, and it’s been lovely to see Max Counts To A Million turning up in a few lists and awards.

Luton Literature Festival
Luton’s first literature festival is taking place on September 24th. There are workshops, readings and opportunities to meet authors – including Zanib Mian (Planet Omar), Steve Cole (Swarm Rising), and Luton’s own Sharna Jackson (High Rise Mysteries). Check out the list and see if there’s something you want to book in for. I’ll be there…

Greenbelt Festival
Thanks to everyone who came along to the Max Counts to a Million event at the Greenbelt Festival! We had a good turnout at the Ta-Dah! family tent, where we worked out how long it would take to count to a million – with some epic maths. We heard some stories from the book, had…

More Luton library events
I’m doing some more Luton library events this summer! Join me for stories, challenges, games and book-related silliness at the either or both of these: Leagrave Library, Tuesday 16th August, 10:30-11.30 Stopsley Library, Thursday 18th August, 2-3pm Both are free, and suitable for children 7-11ish. If you haven’t read it yet, you could read Max…

Stories in the peace garden
A special one-off event bringing together theatre, storytelling and games, for 5-9 year olds and their families. At the Peace Garden, High Town, Luton. The theatre production includes excerpts of Max Counts to a Million, and there’s a Q+A with me afterwards. Book a free ticket here. Update: The event was great, and it was…

Event at Hitchin Library
During the Easter holidays I’m doing a ‘meet the author’ event at Hitchin library on Thursday 14th, in association with the lovely Next Page Books. Details on Eventbrite. It’s free, it’ll be fun. Come along! And there’s a similar event at Luton Central Library on Monday 11th.
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