Archive for the ‘Author visit’ Category

Persona Non Grata

Posted: 25th January 2010 by admin in Author visit, Blonde Ambition, Blood Wolf, CHANGELING, Dark Moon, Macmillan, Madonna, Scotland, Steve Feasey, The Scottish Book Trust
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I feel like Madonna when the Pope banned her from performing her Blonde Ambition tour in Italy… I’m supposed to be doing some events north of the border with The Scottish Book Trust. I’m really excited about this because Macmillan have told me what a great bunch they are, and I love Scotland. My publicist had booked an old [...]

Author visit to The Albany School

Posted: 15th October 2009 by admin in Albany School, Author visit, CHANGELING, Steve Feasey
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I had a great visit this week to The Albany School in Hornchurch. The entire Year 7 was split into two groups, and I gave a talk on horror characters to both (about ninety students in each group).They were a great bunch: attentive, engaging and full of interesting questions. Afterwards I met up with a [...]

Multiple blog thoughts (sorry, brain is on fast-forward at the mo)

Posted: 4th August 2009 by admin in Author visit, CHANGELING, competitions, Macmillan, Steve Feasey
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I have a new contract. After a short wait and bit of negotiation, I have been offered a new three-book contract with Macmillan for the next two Changeling books and the first book in my new series. It’s great to know that my immediate future is secure, and that I don’t have to go through [...]

School visit with a twist.

Posted: 26th June 2009 by admin in Author visit, school visits
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I love doing school visits. I’ve had a spate of them recently, and once I get over my initial nerves about speaking in front of a potentially hostile crowd of 11-15 year old students, I always have a great time doing them. Now I can understand why some authors don’t enjoy them. They can be [...]

Independent Bookseller’s Week

Posted: 18th June 2009 by admin in Author visit, CHANGELING, IBSW, Independent Bookshop, Newham, Steve Feasey
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On Wednesday I managed to do something that I’d always wanted to do: work in a bookshop. As part of Independent Booksellers’ Week, I worked for the day in Newham Bookshop. Vivian and John, who run the shop, wowed me with their knowledge of all things literary, and I was particularly impressed with John’s tremendous [...]