Watch Philip Reeve’s trailer for his fantastic
new books - A WEB OF AIR

Watch the trailer on YouTube

Philip Ardagh and His Henry's House Roadshow

When: Sat 1st May 2.00pm – 2.45pm

Where: The Library at the Lantern, Shrewsbury

Age: 5–8 years old

Tickets: £4.

Come and see Philip Ardagh and his Henry's House Roadshow at Shrewsbury Bookfest on the 1st May. For more information go to: www.shrewsburybookfest.co.uk .

Horrible Histories visits the British Museum!

Meet Martin Brown, the illustrator of the Horrible Histories series, and find out how he draws his figures from history.

Find out more at www.britishmuseum.org

Ways to Live Forever the movie is currently being filmed in Newcastle

Starring Emilia Fox, Ben Chaplin and Robbie Kay as Sam, it is set for release in 2010. See photos of author Sally Nicholls on set with the cast! www.sallynicholls.com

• Find out more above the movie www.waystoliveforever.com
• Read all about the book www.waystoliveforever.com

Horrible Histories TV
nominated for two children’s BAFTAs

The horribly hilarious Horrible Histories CBBC TV series has been nominated for two British Academy’s Children’s Awards in the Writer and Factual categories. The winners will be announced on Sunday 29 November. C’mon Horrible Histories!

Horrible Histories™ Terrible Trenches Exhibition at the Imperial War Museum

18 July 2009 - 31 October 2010

Now you can relive the terrors of the trenches at the nasty new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum. Discover all the dire details of life in the blood and mud of the First World War trenches... from both sides of the barbed wire.

Don't miss out - book your tickets now!

Philip Reeve
Philip Reeve has been busy up and down the country promoting his fantastic new book Fever Crumb.

Here he is at Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival and with the children at Warwick School.

Here’s a lovely bit of STICK MAN news!

New Ark Playgroup in Peterborough has had great fun creating their own stick men. The children walked around their garden and forest with an eco artist, collecting bits and pieces to help them make a whole family of stick people. They loved giving them all names and finding a place in the forest for them to live.

Read more about Stick Man, click here.

Best Book With Facts:
Horrible Geography Handbooks: Planet in Peril by Anita Ganeri, illustrated by Mike Phillips

Most Fun Story with Pictures:
Fleabag by Helen Stephens

The winning author and/or illustrator in each category will be awarded a special Blue Peter Book Award Trophy on screen. In addition, an extract from each of the nine shortlisted titles will be dramatised on the programme.
The winner of the Blue Peter Book Awards will be announced on World Book Day, 5th March 2009.

GLEN DIMPLEX NEW WRITERS AWARD

Sally Nicholls and Dinah Capparucci attended the Glen Dimplex New Writers Award for which Ways to Live Forever and Aliens Don’t Eat Dogfood were shortlisted for, respectively.

Ways to Live Forever won the children’s category and went on to win the overall prize and Sally was named the Glen Dimplex New Writer of the Year 2008 and won €25,000 in prize money.

For more information please follow this link to the Irish Writers Centre website: http://www.newwritersawards.ie