Archive for July, 2011

1. Get up nice and early, make yourself comfortable in your favourite writing place and turn on your computer. 2. Check your email for exciting news from your agent or publisher. 3. Look at the notes you made the previous day. 4. Put the kettle on and make coffee/tea. 5. Go back to your desk [...]

September 30th Bath Festival of Children’s Literature A horror extravaganza with some of the best writers in the genre. http://www.bathkidslitfest.org.uk/stevefeasey.aspx

Check out the new Polish book cover.

YouTube video describing this year’s challenge.

On Sunday I drove up to Derby (well, Matlock really) to do a couple of talks at the Big Book Bash. This is an annual event put on by Derby County Council to promote reading and love of books to children in care. Why more local authorities don’t have events like this is utterly beyond [...]

Keep Calm and Carry On

Posted: 15th July 2011 by admin in Uncategorized
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Good article from The Bookseller about the difficulties faced by children’s authors at the moment. http://www.thebookseller.com/news/childrens-publishing-haemorrhaging-talent.html

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Posted: 11th July 2011 by admin in e-books
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The other day I looked over my daughter’s shoulder while she was online and saw she was on YouTube watching pop wannabees banging out ‘bedroom ballads’. What I saw made me smile. I think most of us did that kind of thing when we were younger (the only difference now is that the i-generation think [...]

New Look Blog

Posted: 9th July 2011 by admin in blog, Steve Feasey, Uncategorized
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I’ve tinkered, tweeked and twiddled with my blog to bring you an all-new look. Let me know what you think.  

I thought I should post a list of public events (with links) that I’ll be taking part in over the next few months: July 17th The Derbyshire Big Book Bash. The Big Book Bash enables young people in residential or foster care and their carers to meet top children’s authors and take part in a [...]

Hello world!

Posted: 4th July 2011 by admin in Uncategorized

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