Showing posts with label Nicki Thornton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nicki Thornton. Show all posts

Friday, 5 April 2013

Space on The Bookshelf; Celebrating Children’s Literature



I'm very excited to announce that today is the launch of a new blog, ‘Space on The Bookshelf’ which is brainchild of Nicki Thornton, Jo Wyton and Me, and is designed to celebrate our shared passion for children’s literature with reviews, views, and much, much more!

We at ‘Space on the Bookshelf’ believe that all children love reading, it’s just that some haven’t found the right one yet. We aim to help them find their breakthrough book, with an array of articles, reviews, and features including our Bookaholics features celebrating the unseen people that work to promote children’s books and literacy, our Going Global series looking at books from overseas, and our monthly 3D Reviews.

The 3D Review  will focus on a single book, where we will be featuring reviews, by one of us blog authors, plus one by a child of the target readership, an spotlight on writing and what makes the book stand out  plus author profile, and author and editor interviews – and of course a book give-away.

Our first Monthly 3D Review is of a very ‘…Big Fat Zombie Goldfish,’ so why not come over and see if you can hook yourself the give-away copy.

We are very excited about Space on the Bookshelf, and we hope you will be too, PRESS HERE to check us out, and if you like what you see please help us spread the word, by linking to the site from Facebook and twitter.


 You can also follow us on Twitter at @BookshelfSpace


Saturday, 12 January 2013

Making The Chicken House – The Times Children’s Fiction Competition 2013 Long-List!

Making The Chicken House – The Times Children’s Fiction Competition 2013 Long-List!

What a great way to start the weekend, waking up to find that I've made the Long-List for The Chicken House The Times Children’s Fiction Competition 2013I'm utterly thrilled that; ‘Through Mortal Eyes,’ is in the long-list of 21!

I'm even more excited to find that I'm amongst friends. My close writing Buddy Nicki Thornton, is also in the long list with her Tweenies (early teenage) mystery novel, ‘The Sleeping Beauty House’, which is an amazing book, with lashing of both mystery and humour.  

Also, fellow SCBWI writer K M Lockwood (Philippa Francis) has made the long-list with her novel ‘Selkies of Scoresby Nab.’  I'm lucky enough to have read the opening of the book a while back so can truly say that it’s a great read that utilises the much overlooked folklore of Britain. 


So I’d like to thank the reader that pulled ‘Through Mortal Eyes’ off the mountain of entries and submitted it for the long-list – Thank you!

Also to send hearty CONGRATULATIONS to all the Long-listers…



ALL THE SKY - S.A. West
BORN LOSERS- Tom Ellen & Lucy Ivison
ELLIE AND THE GHOSTS - Elaine Murphy
FINDING ALICE - Rosemary Appleyard
FRAMED - Joy McCullough-Carranza
LIKE A BROTHER - Wendy E Constance
MOLLY - Katharine Leat
MOON BOY - D.M. Macphail
MR UNUSUALLY'S CIRCUS OF DREAMS - Sharda Dean
PROMISE NOT TO TELL - Rita Piper
THE BOY WITH THE GOLDEN BALLS - Michael Byrne
THE FLIGHT OF THE GRIFFIN - C.M. Gray
THE HAIRY HAND - Robin Bennett
THE PRINCESS AND THE PEACH - Benedict Brown
THE SELKIES OF SCORESBY NAB - K.M. Lockwood
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY HOUSE - Nicki Thornton
THE WITCH OF EDAINE-Hilly Barmby
THROUGH MORTAL EYES - Sally Poyton
VINCENT - Phillip Rudall
WE STOLE OUR BROTHER - Fiona Motherwell
ZACH IN THE MAKING - Kelly McCaughrain

So I'm off to celebrate…