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.
I’m doing two local library events during the Easter holidays. We’ll do some readings, some little activities, some Q+A stuff, all family friendly and suitable for all ages. Both are free and you can drop in on the day. Come along!
Event one is at Luton Central Libary on Monday 11th of April:
Event two is at Hitchin Central Library, details here.
Max Counts to a Million is on tour this week – a blog tour. What’s a blog tour, you may ask? It’s when a series of bloggers pass the baton from one to the next, taking it in turns to write about something. It gets you a series of perspectives on the same thing, a diversity of content from relevant enthusiasts.
In this case, it’s some of Britain’s finest teachers, librarians and children’s book champions.
I’ll round up all the links at the end of the week:
Thanks to everyone who took part, and for celebrating Max and Operation Million!
It’s coming up on two years since the beginning of the Covid-19 lockdown. To mark the occasion, on Wednesday 16th March, The Book Fairies hid copies of Max Counts to a Million around the country.
You know about the Book Fairies, right? They’re real and everything. Look, here is evidence of their activity:
Books were left in cafes, playgrounds, outside schools, at a swimming pool, a children’s hospital, and one in the capable hands of a statue in London.
I joined the fairies too, with copies left at the Luton bus interchange for children heading home on the bus after school.
If you love books and want to share them, you can be a book fairy too.
Two competitions you can enter to win a copy of Max Counts to a Million…
Good luck!
Nice to discover that Nicolette Jones has named Max Counts to a Million as her children’s book of the week in the Sunday Times.
“Written clearly and straightforwardly, this novel is amusing, observant and truthful , and likely to take the edge off any child’s anxiety about the virus.”
A big thank you to Wenlock Junior School, Luton, for hosting a launch party assembly for Max Counts to a Million.
The book is dedicated to all the students and staff at the school, in recognition of the challenges of the pandemic over the last couple of years, and to say thank you for all that the school has done.
Wenlock students were also among the book’s first readers, with two classes reading the book out loud last year when it was still in draft form. They get a thank you in the acknowledgements.
That’s two good reasons to launch the book at Wenlock, and so thank you for having me. And congratulations to the two winners who guessed closest to the number of letters contained in the book!
Max Counts to a Million is in shops from today. I went to check, and yep. There it is. On the table no less, alongside its sibling books also out this spring.
Published by Nosy Crow, it’s the story of a boy who counts to a million during lockdown. It’s funny, it’s moving, and it’s perfect for reading aloud and reflecting on all that we’ve been through in the last couple of years.
You can of course buy it online from all the usual places. I recommend buying it from an unusual place. Specifically, Zebedee’s Bookshop, which is run by my children.
News: my long-running blog, Make Wealth History, won the Green and Eco category at the UK Blog Awards 2016.
Studio interview for Sky News, talking about advertising and public space for the launch of Art Everywhere.
Jeremy Williams