Archive for the ‘Waterstones Children’s Book Prize’ Category

"Er, is it okay to take pictures in here?"

Posted: 20th January 2009 by admin in book promotion, CHANGELING, Getting published, Steve Feasey, Waterstones Children's Book Prize
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The sales assistant looked at me as if I was dangerous. If she had a little red panic button just beneath the lip of the counter, I guessed that she was jabbing at it furiously right now, summoning the bookshop equivalent of ‘the heavies’ to her side. “You want to do what?” she asked me [...]

What a week

Posted: 16th January 2009 by admin in CHANGELING, Changeling reviews, Getting published, Steve Feasey, Waterstones Children's Book Prize
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It’s been a great few days. To have the news about the Waterstone’s Prize announced on Monday gave me such a great high that I was walking around all day grinning at strangers and humming tunelessly to myself (I must have been lucky not to have been sectioned!). In addition, I’ve had some really positive [...]

Changeling Review by Caroline McNulty (the book’s Waterstone’s ‘champion’)

Posted: 12th January 2009 by admin in CHANGELING, Changeling reviews, Macmillan, Steve Feasey, Waterstones Children's Book Prize
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As part of the shortlisting process, Waterstone’s ask somebody from within the company to champion each book. The lovely Caroline McNulty from the Putney branch speaks about Changeling on this video. SPOILER ALERT: Caroline DOES give away aspects of the plot that you may not wish to know.http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=j3ZgPH-Bmtw

Changeling makes the shortlist for the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize

Posted: 12th January 2009 by admin in CHANGELING, Steve Feasey, Waterstones Children's Book Prize, Writing
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The cat is finally out of the bag, and the news that I have had to sit on for some time now has been officially released: Changeling is one of eight books to have made it onto this year’s Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize shortlist. The other books on the list are: How Kirsty Jenkins Stole [...]