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Holly Smale
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Title: The Cassandra Complex
Genre: Contemporary Fiction / Science Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication is Available
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.hollysmale.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HolSmale
Book Blurb::
The sparkling debut adult novel from the author of the much-loved Geek Girl series finds a woman unlucky in both love and career suddenly blessed with the ability to travel back in time.
Cassandra Penelope Dankworth has always had more than her name to contend with. But today is a new low...
This morning, Cassie's boyfriend breaks up with her. By lunchtime, she is fired from her PR job for not being a 'People Person'. This evening, her ex turns up as if nothing happened and Cassie is too relieved to ask questions. She's just glad her longest ever romantic relationship (4 months) is back on track.
Tomorrow, Cassie finds herself being dumped again. By lunchtime, she's being fired. When Cassie realises she is gifted - or perhaps cursed - with the power to travel back in time, she has a chance to do things differently. But will things keep going wrong for her when she has infinite chances to get them right?
Author Bio:
Holly Smale has been writing stories since she was four years old: constructing her own books from cereal boxes and a lot of sticky-tape, then forcing family readers to give her glowing reviews by standing in front of the television.
Her path to publication included teen-modelling, factory-work, PR, teaching in Japan and a chaotic stint as the world's worst waitress, along with a BA in English Literature and an MA in Shakespeare from Bristol University. She uses neither of these qualifications on a daily basis, but still brings them up at parties.
Her debut children's novel, GEEK GIRL, became the No.1 Young Adult title in the UK and won the Waterstones YA Book Prize, selling 3.4 million books in 30 languages. It is currently in development with Netflix.
At the age of 39, Holly was diagnosed as both autistic and dyspraxic. She writes and speaks passionately about neurodiversity and a lot of random topics she's not really qualified to talk about yet does anyway.
Her debut adult novel, THE CASSANDRA COMPLEX (UK)/ CASSANDRA IN REVERSE (US) will be published in Spring/Summer '23 and has already been picked as a BBC Radio2 Book Club selection.
She lives in Hove, England.
Genre: Contemporary Fiction / Science Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication is Available
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Website: https://www.hollysmale.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HolSmale
Book Blurb::
The sparkling debut adult novel from the author of the much-loved Geek Girl series finds a woman unlucky in both love and career suddenly blessed with the ability to travel back in time.
Cassandra Penelope Dankworth has always had more than her name to contend with. But today is a new low...
This morning, Cassie's boyfriend breaks up with her. By lunchtime, she is fired from her PR job for not being a 'People Person'. This evening, her ex turns up as if nothing happened and Cassie is too relieved to ask questions. She's just glad her longest ever romantic relationship (4 months) is back on track.
Tomorrow, Cassie finds herself being dumped again. By lunchtime, she's being fired. When Cassie realises she is gifted - or perhaps cursed - with the power to travel back in time, she has a chance to do things differently. But will things keep going wrong for her when she has infinite chances to get them right?
Author Bio:
Holly Smale has been writing stories since she was four years old: constructing her own books from cereal boxes and a lot of sticky-tape, then forcing family readers to give her glowing reviews by standing in front of the television.
Her path to publication included teen-modelling, factory-work, PR, teaching in Japan and a chaotic stint as the world's worst waitress, along with a BA in English Literature and an MA in Shakespeare from Bristol University. She uses neither of these qualifications on a daily basis, but still brings them up at parties.
Her debut children's novel, GEEK GIRL, became the No.1 Young Adult title in the UK and won the Waterstones YA Book Prize, selling 3.4 million books in 30 languages. It is currently in development with Netflix.
At the age of 39, Holly was diagnosed as both autistic and dyspraxic. She writes and speaks passionately about neurodiversity and a lot of random topics she's not really qualified to talk about yet does anyway.
Her debut adult novel, THE CASSANDRA COMPLEX (UK)/ CASSANDRA IN REVERSE (US) will be published in Spring/Summer '23 and has already been picked as a BBC Radio2 Book Club selection.
She lives in Hove, England.
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Lot 27
£ 16
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Joan Haig
Joan Haig
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Book Title: Tiger Skin Rug
Genre: Middle-grade adventure/magical realism
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids accepted: Global
Website: http://joanhaigbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/joanhaigbooks
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Book blurb:
An old promise. A mysterious tiger. A magical adventure.
Lal and his brother Dilip miss home. They don’t like drizzle, midges, or the tiger skin rug in their creepy new house. All they want is to leave Scotland and go back to India. But that’s before they make friends with Jenny, and before the tiger comes back to life…
The tiger tells them it will take them home in return for their help: it cannot rest until it fulfills an old promise. Can Lal, Dilip and Jenny help it on its quest? Will they get back home? And who is following them?
Silver Winner, ForeWord Indies Book Awards USA. Nominated for the Carnegie Medal.
‘With its sensitivity, sincerity and touches of humor, Tiger Skin Rug is an excellent option for both independent readers and family read alouds.’ – The Wall Street Journal
Author bio:
Joan Haig is an award-winning writer of novels and nonfiction, and a university lecturer in travel writing. She has appeared at major literary festivals, held an author residency with the Scottish Book Trust, and featured in a Publishing Scotland documentary on children’s literature. She lives in the Scottish Borders with her cats and other family.
Genre: Middle-grade adventure/magical realism
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids accepted: Global
Website: http://joanhaigbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/joanhaigbooks
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Book blurb:
An old promise. A mysterious tiger. A magical adventure.
Lal and his brother Dilip miss home. They don’t like drizzle, midges, or the tiger skin rug in their creepy new house. All they want is to leave Scotland and go back to India. But that’s before they make friends with Jenny, and before the tiger comes back to life…
The tiger tells them it will take them home in return for their help: it cannot rest until it fulfills an old promise. Can Lal, Dilip and Jenny help it on its quest? Will they get back home? And who is following them?
Silver Winner, ForeWord Indies Book Awards USA. Nominated for the Carnegie Medal.
‘With its sensitivity, sincerity and touches of humor, Tiger Skin Rug is an excellent option for both independent readers and family read alouds.’ – The Wall Street Journal
Author bio:
Joan Haig is an award-winning writer of novels and nonfiction, and a university lecturer in travel writing. She has appeared at major literary festivals, held an author residency with the Scottish Book Trust, and featured in a Publishing Scotland documentary on children’s literature. She lives in the Scottish Borders with her cats and other family.
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Lot 45
£ 35
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Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Frank Cottrell-Boyce
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Title: The Wonder Brothers
Genre: Children - Fantasy - Adventure
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/c/frank-cottrell-boyce
Twitter: https://twitter.com/frankcottrell_b
Book Blurb:
'A writer of comic genius - he has something of Roald Dahl's magic, but more heart' - Sunday Telegraph
No matter how big the show, family, friendship and adventure shine through in The Wonder Brothers by multi-award-winning author Frank Cottrell-Boyce, illustrated throughout by Steven Lenton.
‘Maybe you don’t believe me. Maybe you don’t believe in magic. I bet you will by the time you’ve heard what happened to us.’
Cousins Middy and Nathan love magic. The on-stage, cape-swirling, bunny-out-of-a-hat kind.
For Middy, it’s all about patience and practice. She uses magic skills to help her out of tricky situations.
Nathan is a show-off and a total danger magnet, he is drawn to the sensation, spectacle and audience.
So when the famous Blackpool Tower dramatically vanishes the night of the Grand Lights Switch-On, showman Nathan announces live on TV that they will magic it back home.
With a stick of rock, a spangly cape, and a bit of misdirection, they end up lost in Las Vegas, home to the grand master of illusion, Perplexion, ‘Legend of Magic’.
Full of tricks, twists and deceptions, the delightful Nathan and Middy will keep you guessing until the very end.
Author Bio:
Frank Cottrell-Boyce is an award-winning author and screenwriter. Millions, his debut children's novel, won the CILIP Carnegie Medal. He is also the author of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again, Cosmic, Framed, The Astounding Broccoli Boy and Runaway Robot. His books have been shortlisted for a multitude of prizes, including the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Whitbread Children's Fiction Award (now the Costa Book Award) and the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth was shortlisted for the 2017 CILIP Carnegie Medal and selected for the inaugural WHSmith Tom Fletcher Book Club.
Frank is a judge for the 500 Words competition and the BBC's One Show As You Write It competition. Along with Danny Boyle, he devised the Opening Ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics. He has written for the hit TV series Dr Who and was the screenwriter for the hit film Goodbye Christopher Robin.
Genre: Children - Fantasy - Adventure
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/c/frank-cottrell-boyce
Twitter: https://twitter.com/frankcottrell_b
Book Blurb:
'A writer of comic genius - he has something of Roald Dahl's magic, but more heart' - Sunday Telegraph
No matter how big the show, family, friendship and adventure shine through in The Wonder Brothers by multi-award-winning author Frank Cottrell-Boyce, illustrated throughout by Steven Lenton.
‘Maybe you don’t believe me. Maybe you don’t believe in magic. I bet you will by the time you’ve heard what happened to us.’
Cousins Middy and Nathan love magic. The on-stage, cape-swirling, bunny-out-of-a-hat kind.
For Middy, it’s all about patience and practice. She uses magic skills to help her out of tricky situations.
Nathan is a show-off and a total danger magnet, he is drawn to the sensation, spectacle and audience.
So when the famous Blackpool Tower dramatically vanishes the night of the Grand Lights Switch-On, showman Nathan announces live on TV that they will magic it back home.
With a stick of rock, a spangly cape, and a bit of misdirection, they end up lost in Las Vegas, home to the grand master of illusion, Perplexion, ‘Legend of Magic’.
Full of tricks, twists and deceptions, the delightful Nathan and Middy will keep you guessing until the very end.
Author Bio:
Frank Cottrell-Boyce is an award-winning author and screenwriter. Millions, his debut children's novel, won the CILIP Carnegie Medal. He is also the author of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again, Cosmic, Framed, The Astounding Broccoli Boy and Runaway Robot. His books have been shortlisted for a multitude of prizes, including the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Whitbread Children's Fiction Award (now the Costa Book Award) and the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth was shortlisted for the 2017 CILIP Carnegie Medal and selected for the inaugural WHSmith Tom Fletcher Book Club.
Frank is a judge for the 500 Words competition and the BBC's One Show As You Write It competition. Along with Danny Boyle, he devised the Opening Ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics. He has written for the hit TV series Dr Who and was the screenwriter for the hit film Goodbye Christopher Robin.
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Lot 55
£ 32
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Evie Woods
Evie Woods
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Book Title: The Lost Bookshop
Genre: Magical Realism
Format: Paperback
Dedication available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids accepted: Eire & UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/evgaughan
Book Blurb:
The Keeper of Stories meets The Lost Apothecary in this evocative and charming novel full of mystery and secrets.
‘The thing about books,’ she said ‘is that they help you to imagine a life bigger and better than you could ever dream of.’
On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found…
For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives.
But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these three unsuspecting strangers will discover that their own stories are every bit as extraordinary as the ones found in the pages of their beloved books. And by unlocking the secrets of the shelves, they find themselves transported to a world of wonder… where nothing is as it seems.
Author Bio:
Evie Woods is the pseudonym of Evie Gaughan, bestselling author of The Story Collector, The Heirloom and The Mysterious Bakery On Rue De Paris. Living on the West Coast of Ireland, Evie escapes the inclement weather by writing her stories in a converted attic, where she dreams of underfloor heating. Her books tread the intriguing line between the everyday and the otherworldly, revealing the magic that exists in our ordinary lives.
Genre: Magical Realism
Format: Paperback
Dedication available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids accepted: Eire & UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/evgaughan
Book Blurb:
The Keeper of Stories meets The Lost Apothecary in this evocative and charming novel full of mystery and secrets.
‘The thing about books,’ she said ‘is that they help you to imagine a life bigger and better than you could ever dream of.’
On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found…
For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives.
But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these three unsuspecting strangers will discover that their own stories are every bit as extraordinary as the ones found in the pages of their beloved books. And by unlocking the secrets of the shelves, they find themselves transported to a world of wonder… where nothing is as it seems.
Author Bio:
Evie Woods is the pseudonym of Evie Gaughan, bestselling author of The Story Collector, The Heirloom and The Mysterious Bakery On Rue De Paris. Living on the West Coast of Ireland, Evie escapes the inclement weather by writing her stories in a converted attic, where she dreams of underfloor heating. Her books tread the intriguing line between the everyday and the otherworldly, revealing the magic that exists in our ordinary lives.
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Lot 77
£ 25
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Emma Bradley
Emma Bradley
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Title 1: The Trouble With Fairies (Arcanium series book #1)
Genre: Teen Fantasy
Format: Paperback with bookmark, postcard and signed sticker
Title 2: The Union Of Shadows (Courts of Faerie series book #1)
Genre: YA Fantasy Romance
Format: Paperback with bookmark, postcard and signed sticker
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://www.emmaebradley.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmmaEBradley
Book 1 Blurb:
As the only fairy in her family, Demi has always dreamed of escaping to Arcanium - the most prestigious of fairy organisations - but when she arrives, she uncovers a plan to overthrow the Queen of Faerie and must embrace her human side to defeat those who want dominion over her new home.
Welcome to Arcanium, elite training for the future of Faerie
(Disclaimer: All initiates join at their own risk. Loss of limbs unlikely. No refunds.)
Book 2 Blurb:
As Lord of the Court of Illusions, Kainen Hemlock is determined to redeem himself after the War of Queens. But having to dodge an arranged marriage wasn't part of the plan.
Reyan Roseglade is determined to keep her head down until she can buy her freedom from service at Kainen's court. But pretending to be his future bride so he doesn't have to marry someone else wasn't what she had in mind.
Then the Holly Queen asks for their help. Reyan agrees to use her shadow-merging gift to investigate a disturbance in the fabric of Faerie, but soon Kainen has his own plans for her future.
Author Bio:
Emma lives on the UK south coast with her husband, her plant collection and a very lazy black Labrador who occasionally condescends to take her out for a walk. Aside from writing and spending far too much time procrastinating on social media, Emma is still waiting for the arrival of her unicorn. Or a tank, she's not fussy.
Genre: Teen Fantasy
Format: Paperback with bookmark, postcard and signed sticker
Title 2: The Union Of Shadows (Courts of Faerie series book #1)
Genre: YA Fantasy Romance
Format: Paperback with bookmark, postcard and signed sticker
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://www.emmaebradley.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmmaEBradley
Book 1 Blurb:
As the only fairy in her family, Demi has always dreamed of escaping to Arcanium - the most prestigious of fairy organisations - but when she arrives, she uncovers a plan to overthrow the Queen of Faerie and must embrace her human side to defeat those who want dominion over her new home.
Welcome to Arcanium, elite training for the future of Faerie
(Disclaimer: All initiates join at their own risk. Loss of limbs unlikely. No refunds.)
Book 2 Blurb:
As Lord of the Court of Illusions, Kainen Hemlock is determined to redeem himself after the War of Queens. But having to dodge an arranged marriage wasn't part of the plan.
Reyan Roseglade is determined to keep her head down until she can buy her freedom from service at Kainen's court. But pretending to be his future bride so he doesn't have to marry someone else wasn't what she had in mind.
Then the Holly Queen asks for their help. Reyan agrees to use her shadow-merging gift to investigate a disturbance in the fabric of Faerie, but soon Kainen has his own plans for her future.
Author Bio:
Emma lives on the UK south coast with her husband, her plant collection and a very lazy black Labrador who occasionally condescends to take her out for a walk. Aside from writing and spending far too much time procrastinating on social media, Emma is still waiting for the arrival of her unicorn. Or a tank, she's not fussy.
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Lot 81
£ 15
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Eve McDonnell
Eve McDonnell
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Title: Elsetime
Genre: Middle-grade (8+) historical fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: Free
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://evemcdonnell.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Eve_Mc_Donnell
Book Blurb:
It’s January 6th 1928, the day before the GREAT FLOOD. There’s a snowstorm and the river is about to burst its banks – fourteen souls will be lost. Can Glory, an orphan with only one hand, her TIME-TRAVELLING friend Needle and their pet CROW change the future? Is there ANYONE among all those people entombed in that snow-shrouded town who will LISTEN? WARNING: Time travel isn’t something you should try unless you are prepared to face the consequences.
Cover and illustrations by Holly Ovenden
WINNER OF THE WELLS FESTIVAL OF LITERATURE BOOK FOR CHILDREN AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPELLBINDING AWARDS AND AWESOME BOOK AWARD
The Irish Examiner: “Expertly crafted.” “Characters splendidly drawn.” “A remarkable debut which features a brilliant and surprising ending.”
The Irish Times: “Rich with historical detail – Elsetime is both classic in tone and original in vision.”
Irish Independent: “Fans of Helena Duggan will love the atmosphere and clever plotting of this debut novel and there’s a terrific twist towards the end. A highly original debut.”
Author Bio:
Eve is a children’s author and artist who lives halfway up a hill in Co Wexford, Ireland. She is the author of middle-grade novels including Elsetime and The Chestnut Roaster, both published by Everything With Words. Eve provides creative writing and crafting workshops to libraries, schools, writing clubs and festivals.
Genre: Middle-grade (8+) historical fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: Free
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://evemcdonnell.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Eve_Mc_Donnell
Book Blurb:
It’s January 6th 1928, the day before the GREAT FLOOD. There’s a snowstorm and the river is about to burst its banks – fourteen souls will be lost. Can Glory, an orphan with only one hand, her TIME-TRAVELLING friend Needle and their pet CROW change the future? Is there ANYONE among all those people entombed in that snow-shrouded town who will LISTEN? WARNING: Time travel isn’t something you should try unless you are prepared to face the consequences.
Cover and illustrations by Holly Ovenden
WINNER OF THE WELLS FESTIVAL OF LITERATURE BOOK FOR CHILDREN AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPELLBINDING AWARDS AND AWESOME BOOK AWARD
The Irish Examiner: “Expertly crafted.” “Characters splendidly drawn.” “A remarkable debut which features a brilliant and surprising ending.”
The Irish Times: “Rich with historical detail – Elsetime is both classic in tone and original in vision.”
Irish Independent: “Fans of Helena Duggan will love the atmosphere and clever plotting of this debut novel and there’s a terrific twist towards the end. A highly original debut.”
Author Bio:
Eve is a children’s author and artist who lives halfway up a hill in Co Wexford, Ireland. She is the author of middle-grade novels including Elsetime and The Chestnut Roaster, both published by Everything With Words. Eve provides creative writing and crafting workshops to libraries, schools, writing clubs and festivals.
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£ 15
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Eve McDonnell
Eve McDonnell
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Title: The Chestnut Roaster
Genre: Middle-grade (10+) historical fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://evemcdonnell.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Eve_Mc_Donnell
Book Blurb:
“Starting on All Fools’ Day, twelve years ago, I remember everything. EVERYTHING. That was a wet Saturday, and that was the day I was born.”
12-year-old Piaf has the ability to, and burden of, remembering everything that has happened since the day she was born. When she discovers everyone in Paris has forgotten the entire last year, 1888, including the disappearance of several gifted children, Piaf and her twin brother Luc embark on a dangerous journey that brings them to the depths of Paris’s underground twin, the Catacombs, to capture the memory thief and find the lost children—but are the two connected? And who dare they trust?
Cover by Holly Ovenden. Internal illustrations by Ewa Beniak-Haremska
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WEEK JUNIOR BOOK AWARDS 2023 – BEST COVER
The Guardian / Observer: CHILDREN’S BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2022 “A pacy feast for the senses, dizzyingly illustrated by Ewa Beniak-Haremska.”
The Times: CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE WEEK. “Fantastique!”
Irish Independent: CHILDREN’S BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2022 “The plot is as clever and twisting as the catacombs themselves. Perfect for fantasy adventure fans.” Sarah Webb
Author Bio:
Eve is a children’s author and artist who lives halfway up a hill in Co Wexford, Ireland. She is the author of middle-grade novels including Elsetime and The Chestnut Roaster, both published by Everything With Words. Eve provides creative writing and crafting workshops to libraries, schools, writing clubs and festivals.
Genre: Middle-grade (10+) historical fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://evemcdonnell.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Eve_Mc_Donnell
Book Blurb:
“Starting on All Fools’ Day, twelve years ago, I remember everything. EVERYTHING. That was a wet Saturday, and that was the day I was born.”
12-year-old Piaf has the ability to, and burden of, remembering everything that has happened since the day she was born. When she discovers everyone in Paris has forgotten the entire last year, 1888, including the disappearance of several gifted children, Piaf and her twin brother Luc embark on a dangerous journey that brings them to the depths of Paris’s underground twin, the Catacombs, to capture the memory thief and find the lost children—but are the two connected? And who dare they trust?
Cover by Holly Ovenden. Internal illustrations by Ewa Beniak-Haremska
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WEEK JUNIOR BOOK AWARDS 2023 – BEST COVER
The Guardian / Observer: CHILDREN’S BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2022 “A pacy feast for the senses, dizzyingly illustrated by Ewa Beniak-Haremska.”
The Times: CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE WEEK. “Fantastique!”
Irish Independent: CHILDREN’S BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2022 “The plot is as clever and twisting as the catacombs themselves. Perfect for fantasy adventure fans.” Sarah Webb
Author Bio:
Eve is a children’s author and artist who lives halfway up a hill in Co Wexford, Ireland. She is the author of middle-grade novels including Elsetime and The Chestnut Roaster, both published by Everything With Words. Eve provides creative writing and crafting workshops to libraries, schools, writing clubs and festivals.
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Lot 83
£ 120
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Gabby Hutchinson Crouch
Gabby Hutchinson Crouch
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The Darkwood Trilogy
Title 1: Darkwood
Genre: Fantasy Comedy Adventure
Format: Paperback
Title 2: Such Big Teeth
Genre: Fantasy Comedy Adventure
Format: Paperback
Title 3: Glass Coffin
Genre: Fantasy Comedy Adventure
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://farragobooks.com/book-series/the-darkwood-series/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scriblit
Book 1 Blurb:
Magic is forbidden in Myrsina, along with various other abominations, such as girls doing maths.
This is bad news for Gretel Mudd, who doesn’t perform magic, but does know a lot of maths. When the sinister masked Huntsmen accuse Gretel of witchcraft, she is forced to flee into the neighbouring Darkwood, where witches and monsters dwell.
There, she happens upon Buttercup, a witch who can’t help turning things into gingerbread, Jack Trott, who can make plants grow at will, the White Knight with her band of dwarves and a talking spider called Trevor. These aren’t the terrifying villains she’s been warned about all her life. They’re actually quite nice. Well… most of them.
With the Huntsmen on the warpath, Gretel must act fast to save both the Darkwood and her home village, while unravelling the rhetoric and lies that have demonised magical beings for far too long.
Book 2 Blurb:
If you go down to the woods today, be sure of a big surprise.
The Battle of Nearby Village is over, and deep in the Darkwood, Gretel and her friends journey into the hostile mountains of the north, seeking new allies in their fight against the huntsmen. There they find Gilde the Bear Witch, along with a Werewolf named Scarlett and a winged man named Hex. Meanwhile, Hansel and Daisy set off on a dangerous trip of their own to the Citadel, where they end up in the middle of a political battle for the future of the whole country.
Can Gretel and her friends persuade Gilde to join forces, or at least stop fighting them at every step? Can Hansel find a way to heal the land’s divisions and make the huntsmen change their ways before disaster strikes them all? And how did Trevor the spider get hold of a wig? Discover the answers to all these questions and more in Such Big Teeth.
Book 3 Blurb:
The tyrannous Huntsmen have declared everyone in one village to be outlaws, since they insist on supporting the magical beings of neighbouring Darkwood. Why won’t they accept that magic is an abomination?
Far from being abominable, the residents of Darkwood are actually very nice when you get to know them, even Snow the White Knight, who can get a bit tetchy when people remind her she’s a Princess.
In order to stop the Huntsmen from wiping out all magical beings, Snow and her friends have to venture into the Badlands of Ashtrie, and seek the support of the Glass Witch – but she has plans of her own, and let’s just say they’re not good ones.
Author Bio:
Gabby Hutchinson Crouch (Horrible Histories, Newzoids, The News Quiz, The Now Show) has a background in satire, and with the global political climate as it is, believes that now is an important time to explore themes of authoritarianism and intolerance in comedy and fiction. The Darkwood Series does so in a funny, engaging way that never loses the warmth of humanity, even as its villainous Huntsmen try to dehumanise their victims as well as anonymising and dehumanising themselves. Drawing on inspiration from other satirical stories set in a magical universe such as Shrek and the Discworld novels, the Darkwood adventures create a world where readers can enjoy more grown-up versions of fairytales, while also holding up a mirror to our own society.
Title 1: Darkwood
Genre: Fantasy Comedy Adventure
Format: Paperback
Title 2: Such Big Teeth
Genre: Fantasy Comedy Adventure
Format: Paperback
Title 3: Glass Coffin
Genre: Fantasy Comedy Adventure
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://farragobooks.com/book-series/the-darkwood-series/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scriblit
Book 1 Blurb:
Magic is forbidden in Myrsina, along with various other abominations, such as girls doing maths.
This is bad news for Gretel Mudd, who doesn’t perform magic, but does know a lot of maths. When the sinister masked Huntsmen accuse Gretel of witchcraft, she is forced to flee into the neighbouring Darkwood, where witches and monsters dwell.
There, she happens upon Buttercup, a witch who can’t help turning things into gingerbread, Jack Trott, who can make plants grow at will, the White Knight with her band of dwarves and a talking spider called Trevor. These aren’t the terrifying villains she’s been warned about all her life. They’re actually quite nice. Well… most of them.
With the Huntsmen on the warpath, Gretel must act fast to save both the Darkwood and her home village, while unravelling the rhetoric and lies that have demonised magical beings for far too long.
Book 2 Blurb:
If you go down to the woods today, be sure of a big surprise.
The Battle of Nearby Village is over, and deep in the Darkwood, Gretel and her friends journey into the hostile mountains of the north, seeking new allies in their fight against the huntsmen. There they find Gilde the Bear Witch, along with a Werewolf named Scarlett and a winged man named Hex. Meanwhile, Hansel and Daisy set off on a dangerous trip of their own to the Citadel, where they end up in the middle of a political battle for the future of the whole country.
Can Gretel and her friends persuade Gilde to join forces, or at least stop fighting them at every step? Can Hansel find a way to heal the land’s divisions and make the huntsmen change their ways before disaster strikes them all? And how did Trevor the spider get hold of a wig? Discover the answers to all these questions and more in Such Big Teeth.
Book 3 Blurb:
The tyrannous Huntsmen have declared everyone in one village to be outlaws, since they insist on supporting the magical beings of neighbouring Darkwood. Why won’t they accept that magic is an abomination?
Far from being abominable, the residents of Darkwood are actually very nice when you get to know them, even Snow the White Knight, who can get a bit tetchy when people remind her she’s a Princess.
In order to stop the Huntsmen from wiping out all magical beings, Snow and her friends have to venture into the Badlands of Ashtrie, and seek the support of the Glass Witch – but she has plans of her own, and let’s just say they’re not good ones.
Author Bio:
Gabby Hutchinson Crouch (Horrible Histories, Newzoids, The News Quiz, The Now Show) has a background in satire, and with the global political climate as it is, believes that now is an important time to explore themes of authoritarianism and intolerance in comedy and fiction. The Darkwood Series does so in a funny, engaging way that never loses the warmth of humanity, even as its villainous Huntsmen try to dehumanise their victims as well as anonymising and dehumanising themselves. Drawing on inspiration from other satirical stories set in a magical universe such as Shrek and the Discworld novels, the Darkwood adventures create a world where readers can enjoy more grown-up versions of fairytales, while also holding up a mirror to our own society.
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Anne Louise Avery
Anne Louise Avery
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Title: Reynard the Fox
Genre: Medieval/Folk tales/Fairy tales/Myth & legend.
Format: Hardback
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Website: https://www.patreon.com/annelouiseavery
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnneLouiseAvery
Book Blurb:
Reynard – a subversive, dashing, anarchic, aristocratic, witty fox from the watery lowlands of medieval East Flanders – is in trouble. He has been summoned to the court of King Noble the Lion, charged with all manner of crimes and misdemeanours. How will he pit his wits against his accusers – greedy Bruin the Bear, pretentious Courtoys the Hound or dark and dangerous Isengrim the Wolf – to escape the gallows?
Reynard was once the most popular and beloved character in European folklore, as familiar as Robin Hood, King Arthur or Cinderella. His character spoke eloquently for the unvoiced and disenfranchised, but also amused and delighted the elite, capturing hearts and minds across borders and societal classes for centuries.
Based on William Caxton’s bestselling 1481 English translation of the Middle Dutch, but expanded with new interpretations, innovative language and characterisation, this edition is an imaginative retelling of the Reynard story. With its themes of protest, resistance and duplicity fronted by a personable, anti-heroic Fox making his way in a dangerous and cruel world, this gripping tale is as relevant and controversial today as it was in the fifteenth century.
"Anne Louise Avery presents the full, complicated glory of the silver-tongued predator and his milieu in Reynard the Fox, a tour de force of storytelling and a beautiful object in itself. A writer and art historian, Ms. Avery deploys a scholar’s fluency with medieval language, literature and religion and a raconteur’s ease with anecdote." - Wall Street Journal
Author Bio:
Anne Louise is a writer and art historian based in Oxford.
Genre: Medieval/Folk tales/Fairy tales/Myth & legend.
Format: Hardback
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Website: https://www.patreon.com/annelouiseavery
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnneLouiseAvery
Book Blurb:
Reynard – a subversive, dashing, anarchic, aristocratic, witty fox from the watery lowlands of medieval East Flanders – is in trouble. He has been summoned to the court of King Noble the Lion, charged with all manner of crimes and misdemeanours. How will he pit his wits against his accusers – greedy Bruin the Bear, pretentious Courtoys the Hound or dark and dangerous Isengrim the Wolf – to escape the gallows?
Reynard was once the most popular and beloved character in European folklore, as familiar as Robin Hood, King Arthur or Cinderella. His character spoke eloquently for the unvoiced and disenfranchised, but also amused and delighted the elite, capturing hearts and minds across borders and societal classes for centuries.
Based on William Caxton’s bestselling 1481 English translation of the Middle Dutch, but expanded with new interpretations, innovative language and characterisation, this edition is an imaginative retelling of the Reynard story. With its themes of protest, resistance and duplicity fronted by a personable, anti-heroic Fox making his way in a dangerous and cruel world, this gripping tale is as relevant and controversial today as it was in the fifteenth century.
"Anne Louise Avery presents the full, complicated glory of the silver-tongued predator and his milieu in Reynard the Fox, a tour de force of storytelling and a beautiful object in itself. A writer and art historian, Ms. Avery deploys a scholar’s fluency with medieval language, literature and religion and a raconteur’s ease with anecdote." - Wall Street Journal
Author Bio:
Anne Louise is a writer and art historian based in Oxford.
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Vashti Hardy
Vashti Hardy
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Title: Serpent of the Sands
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: https://www.vashtihardy.com/landing-ethan
Twitter: https://twitter.com/vashti_hardy
Book Blurb:
When Princess Ganzorig's uncle falls gravely ill, she sneaks out of the Citadel to find a powerful cure, said to be guarded by the Serpent of the Sands. But is it only a story? Is she chasing false hope? But the further Gan travels, the more secrets are revealed - and the more she questions everything she believes...
The fourth adventure in the Brightstorm Chronicles series, but this book can be read on its own!
The story is told from the perspective of Princess Gan, a fan-favourite character from Firesong
Perfect for fans of The Cogheart Adventures, Sky Song, Dragon Mountain, and The Land of Roar
Author Bio:
Vashti Hardy's breathtaking middle grade fantasies are published across the world in several languages. Wildspark won the Blue Peter Book Award ‘Best Story’ in 2020 and the FCBG Children’s Book Awards and Brightstorm was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, Books are My Bag Awards and Leeds Book Award. Brightstorm was also selected for Independent Booksellers Book of the Season and Primary School Book Club Reads.
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.vashtihardy.com/landing-ethan
Twitter: https://twitter.com/vashti_hardy
Book Blurb:
When Princess Ganzorig's uncle falls gravely ill, she sneaks out of the Citadel to find a powerful cure, said to be guarded by the Serpent of the Sands. But is it only a story? Is she chasing false hope? But the further Gan travels, the more secrets are revealed - and the more she questions everything she believes...
The fourth adventure in the Brightstorm Chronicles series, but this book can be read on its own!
The story is told from the perspective of Princess Gan, a fan-favourite character from Firesong
Perfect for fans of The Cogheart Adventures, Sky Song, Dragon Mountain, and The Land of Roar
Author Bio:
Vashti Hardy's breathtaking middle grade fantasies are published across the world in several languages. Wildspark won the Blue Peter Book Award ‘Best Story’ in 2020 and the FCBG Children’s Book Awards and Brightstorm was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, Books are My Bag Awards and Leeds Book Award. Brightstorm was also selected for Independent Booksellers Book of the Season and Primary School Book Club Reads.
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Chris Tetreault-Blay
Chris Tetreault-Blay
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Title: 'It's A Long Way To The Moon'
Genre: Children's Fiction (Ages 2-6 years)
Format: Paperback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/TetreaultBlay
Book Blurb:
Chris Tetreault-Blay's `It's a Long Way to the Moon' is a heart-warming, inspirational rhyming picture book that follows the exploits of a moth with just one dream - to fly to the moon. Along with help from some lovable animal friends, he discovers an easier way to accomplish his goal, and invites children along for the ride. Taking its cues from the works of such greats as Julia Donaldson and Eric Carle, Tetreault-Blay's creation is set to become a classic in itself.
Author Bio:
Being a fan of horror film & fiction, sci-fi and heavy metal, Chris Tetreault-Blay naturally worked towards his own novel whilst writing three different short stories - all of which will have morphed in some way to form what eventually became The Wildermoor Apocalypse trilogy. Upon discovering and taking part in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) 2014, Chris was finally given the chance to bring all of the pieces together to write the first in this series – his debut novel, ‘Acolyte’.
Chris' role as a father and his enjoyment of reading bedtime stories to his children inspired him to finally try his hand at writing a children's book of his own, resulting in his debut offering 'It's A Long Way to The Moon' in 2019. Drawing on Chris' own love of Julia Donaldson and Eric Carle's work, the story follows the adorable Little Brown Moth on his mission to achieve his dream - and fly to the moon!
Chris also became a podcaster during the pandemic, where he is currently the producer and host of four different series, each following one of his passions in life.
Originally hailed from Basingstoke, Chris moved to sunny Devon after graduating from Staffordshire University in 2005, where he lives with his wife and twin children.
Genre: Children's Fiction (Ages 2-6 years)
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TetreaultBlay
Book Blurb:
Chris Tetreault-Blay's `It's a Long Way to the Moon' is a heart-warming, inspirational rhyming picture book that follows the exploits of a moth with just one dream - to fly to the moon. Along with help from some lovable animal friends, he discovers an easier way to accomplish his goal, and invites children along for the ride. Taking its cues from the works of such greats as Julia Donaldson and Eric Carle, Tetreault-Blay's creation is set to become a classic in itself.
Author Bio:
Being a fan of horror film & fiction, sci-fi and heavy metal, Chris Tetreault-Blay naturally worked towards his own novel whilst writing three different short stories - all of which will have morphed in some way to form what eventually became The Wildermoor Apocalypse trilogy. Upon discovering and taking part in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) 2014, Chris was finally given the chance to bring all of the pieces together to write the first in this series – his debut novel, ‘Acolyte’.
Chris' role as a father and his enjoyment of reading bedtime stories to his children inspired him to finally try his hand at writing a children's book of his own, resulting in his debut offering 'It's A Long Way to The Moon' in 2019. Drawing on Chris' own love of Julia Donaldson and Eric Carle's work, the story follows the adorable Little Brown Moth on his mission to achieve his dream - and fly to the moon!
Chris also became a podcaster during the pandemic, where he is currently the producer and host of four different series, each following one of his passions in life.
Originally hailed from Basingstoke, Chris moved to sunny Devon after graduating from Staffordshire University in 2005, where he lives with his wife and twin children.
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Claire Fayers
Claire Fayers
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Title: Tapper Watson and the Quest for the Nemo Machine.
Genre: Children's Sci-fi
Format: Paperback
Dedication: YES
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Website: http://clairefayers.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClaireFayers
Blurb:
Tapper Watson is just an ordinary Erisean boy who loves adventure stories. But when one of his sixty-seven cousins sends him away on a smugglers’ submarine through the River Lethe to other worlds, he just wants to go home again.
On an unscheduled visit to Earth he meets Fern Shakespeare and a talking plant called Morse, and their adventures begin. But chased through worlds by a pair of trigger-happy lobster mobsters in search of the mysterious Nemo Machine, Tapper begins to realise that he might not be so ordinary after all.
Author Bio: Claire Fayers lives in South Wales where she creates mash-up adventures from myth and legend. Tapper Watson is new out this year.
Genre: Children's Sci-fi
Format: Paperback
Dedication: YES
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Website: http://clairefayers.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClaireFayers
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Tapper Watson is just an ordinary Erisean boy who loves adventure stories. But when one of his sixty-seven cousins sends him away on a smugglers’ submarine through the River Lethe to other worlds, he just wants to go home again.
On an unscheduled visit to Earth he meets Fern Shakespeare and a talking plant called Morse, and their adventures begin. But chased through worlds by a pair of trigger-happy lobster mobsters in search of the mysterious Nemo Machine, Tapper begins to realise that he might not be so ordinary after all.
Author Bio: Claire Fayers lives in South Wales where she creates mash-up adventures from myth and legend. Tapper Watson is new out this year.
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Katharine & Elizabeth Corr
Katharine & Elizabeth Corr
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House of Shadows Duology
Title 1: Daughter of Darkness
Genre: Y/A Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Title 2: Queen of Gods
Genre: Y/A Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
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Website: https://corrsisters.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/katharinecorr
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lizcorr_writes
Book 1 Blurb:
The Underworld awaits . . .
Deina is trapped. As one of the Soul Severers serving the god Hades on earth, her future is tied to the task of shepherding the dying on from the mortal world - unless she can earn or steal enough to buy her way out.
Then the tyrant ruler Orpheus offers both fortune and freedom to whoever can retrieve his dead wife, Eurydice, from the Underworld. Deina jumps at the chance. But to win, she must enter an uneasy alliance with a group of fellow Severers she neither likes nor trusts.
So begins their perilous journey into the realm of Hades. . . The prize of freedom is before her - but what will it take to reach it?
From the authors of A THRONE OF SWANS and A CROWN OF TALONS comes a stunning new YA duology set in a world inspired by the mythology of ancient Greece.
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Author Bios:
Katharine and Elizabeth Corr are sisters originally from Essex, now living in Surrey. When they both decided to write novels - on account of fictional people being much easier to deal with than real ones - it was obvious they should do it together. They can sometimes be found in one of their local coffee shops, arguing over which character to kill off next. Katharine and Elizabeth are authors of the enthralling A Throne of Swans duology and the spell-binding trilogy The Witch's Kiss
Stuff Katharine likes: playing instruments badly; dead languages; LOTR; loud pop concerts; the Surrey Hills. Killing off characters.
Stuff Elizabeth likes: sketching, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, cinema, long baths, kitchen discos, Terry Pratchett, Thor, London. Saving characters.
Stuff we both like: YA / non-YA fantasy and science fiction, Star Wars, Star Trek, each other (most of the time).
Title 1: Daughter of Darkness
Genre: Y/A Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Title 2: Queen of Gods
Genre: Y/A Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://corrsisters.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/katharinecorr
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lizcorr_writes
Book 1 Blurb:
The Underworld awaits . . .
Deina is trapped. As one of the Soul Severers serving the god Hades on earth, her future is tied to the task of shepherding the dying on from the mortal world - unless she can earn or steal enough to buy her way out.
Then the tyrant ruler Orpheus offers both fortune and freedom to whoever can retrieve his dead wife, Eurydice, from the Underworld. Deina jumps at the chance. But to win, she must enter an uneasy alliance with a group of fellow Severers she neither likes nor trusts.
So begins their perilous journey into the realm of Hades. . . The prize of freedom is before her - but what will it take to reach it?
From the authors of A THRONE OF SWANS and A CROWN OF TALONS comes a stunning new YA duology set in a world inspired by the mythology of ancient Greece.
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Author Bios:
Katharine and Elizabeth Corr are sisters originally from Essex, now living in Surrey. When they both decided to write novels - on account of fictional people being much easier to deal with than real ones - it was obvious they should do it together. They can sometimes be found in one of their local coffee shops, arguing over which character to kill off next. Katharine and Elizabeth are authors of the enthralling A Throne of Swans duology and the spell-binding trilogy The Witch's Kiss
Stuff Katharine likes: playing instruments badly; dead languages; LOTR; loud pop concerts; the Surrey Hills. Killing off characters.
Stuff Elizabeth likes: sketching, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, cinema, long baths, kitchen discos, Terry Pratchett, Thor, London. Saving characters.
Stuff we both like: YA / non-YA fantasy and science fiction, Star Wars, Star Trek, each other (most of the time).
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Stephanie Burgis
Stephanie Burgis
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The Raven Crown duology.
Title 1: The Raven Heir
Genre: Children - Middle Grade - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Title 2: The Raven Throne
Genre: Children - Middle Grade - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://stephanieburgis.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanieburgis
Book Blurb:
Three magical triplets have spent their childhood hidden away in an enchanted forest by their sorceress mother. When armed soldiers break their mother's spells, they realise that one of them is the new king or queen of a broken kingdom, and it will take all of their powers to save their family and make things right.
Author Bio:
Stephanie Burgis grew up in the USA, but now lives in Wales with her husband and two sons, surrounded by mountains, castles and coffee shops. She writes fun and award-winning MG fantasy adventures, including The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart trilogy, the Improper Adventures of Kat Stephenson trilogy, and The Raven Crown duology.
Title 1: The Raven Heir
Genre: Children - Middle Grade - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Title 2: The Raven Throne
Genre: Children - Middle Grade - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
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Website: http://stephanieburgis.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanieburgis
Book Blurb:
Three magical triplets have spent their childhood hidden away in an enchanted forest by their sorceress mother. When armed soldiers break their mother's spells, they realise that one of them is the new king or queen of a broken kingdom, and it will take all of their powers to save their family and make things right.
Author Bio:
Stephanie Burgis grew up in the USA, but now lives in Wales with her husband and two sons, surrounded by mountains, castles and coffee shops. She writes fun and award-winning MG fantasy adventures, including The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart trilogy, the Improper Adventures of Kat Stephenson trilogy, and The Raven Crown duology.
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Estelle Grace Tudor
Estelle Grace Tudor
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Through The Fairy Door : 5 Book Series
OCTAVIA BLOOM AND THE MISSING KEY.
BEATRICE BLOOM AND THE STAR CRYSTAL.
MARTHA BLOOM AND THE GLASS COMPASS.
FELICITY BLOOM AND THE GOLDEN ARROW.
OTTO BLOOM AND THE ENCHANTED COIN.
Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
*Bonus: Estelle is adding bookmarks to her books for her successful bidder
Twitter: https://twitter.com/E_G_Tudor
Book 1 Blurb: Octavia Bloom and the Missing Key :
One tiny discovery can have enormous consequences...
Almost 10-year-old Octavia Bloom is looking for adventure, but when it comes it's in the shape of a tiny fairy door.
Dragging her reluctant sister and cousins into the mystery, Octavia discovers her family are hiding not ONE but TWO life-changing secrets.
Why is her mother searching for an elusive flower? And does she have what it takes to reunite her fractured family?
Octavia's certain the answers lie behind the fairy door, if only she could just find the key...
Bravery, secrets & magic intertwine in this fantastical adventure.
Book 2 Blurb: Beatrice Bloom and the Star Crystal :
Beatrice Bloom is excited but a bit apprehensive to be heading through the fairy door once again with her sister and cousins. The adventure quickly turns ominous with the arrival of old foes and new enemies who are conspiring to overthrow the throne. Is Beatrice brave enough to embrace magic once more to help her friends? And can she restore the star crystal to its rightful place before time runs out?Beatrice will need all her courage in this new 'Through the Fairy Door' adventure.Courage, friendship and deceit collide in this spellbinding adventure.Continue the magic in this follow up to Octavia Bloom and the Missing Key!
Book 3 Blurb: Martha Bloom and the Glass Compass:
One act of compassion can evoke everlasting change...Martha Bloom has always been the most sensible Bloom child and takes her role as eldest seriously, but even she cannot contain her excitement at an invitation to visit Fairy Land once http://again.An idyllic day visiting the companion class at the new fairy school quickly turns sour when an old nemesis steals something of great importance.Will Martha be able to use the Glass Compass once again to retrieve what was stolen? And can she set an old wrong right?Martha is determined to succeed before they head back home 'Through the Fairy Door'.Integrity, companionship and daring abound in this captivating adventure.
Book 4 Blurb: Felicity Bloom and the Golden Arrow:
One grave misunderstanding put right can lead to forgiveness...
Felicity Bloom has always felt responsible for her younger sister, so when an offer of even greater responsibility comes from Fairy Land she doesn't hesitate.
Celebrations at Castle Enfys abruptly turn to terror when an old adversary threatens the realm once again.
Can Felicity embark on the Blooms' most dangerous quest yet to find a golden arrow? And will she have the courage to face her past and put right her future?
Felicity will need the help of old friends and new to complete this quest and get her family safely back home 'Through the Fairy Door'...
Valour, forgiveness & intrigue unite in this enthralling adventure.
Book 5 Blurb: Otto Bloom and the Enchanted Coin:
One final quest can show the way home...
Otto Bloom has had an interesting start to his life, having been shielded in Fairy Land until a cure for the curse he was under could be found. But now he is back with his family, the Blooms. As a childhood illness makes him feel low, he becomes riddled with doubts about his place within the family. He is caught off guard when an urgent message arrives from Fairy Land.
Feeling like this is his time to be a hero and step up to save his family, Otto makes a rash decision that will have dire consequences for those in Fairy Land and those in the human world too.
Can Otto put aside his doubts and venture on the Blooms’ final quest to procure the mythical enchanted coin needed to activate a legendary weapon? And will he realise that his power and place was within him all along?
Otto will need to believe in himself and the power of family in a bid to finally rid Fairy Land of its darkest threat, before he takes his forever family back home ‘Through the Fairy Door’...
Spirit, family and discovery conclude in this final adventure.
Bio:
When not searching the backs of wardrobes for Narnia, the bottom of the garden for fairies or exploring yet another Castle, Estelle can be found with her nose in a book or a pen in her hand.
Having previously worked at Cardiff Castle, she now writes full time while looking after her four children.
She lives on the beautiful South Wales coast with her husband, children and crazy dog.
She loves to connect with her readers via Twitter or Instagram @through_the_fairy_door_books
OCTAVIA BLOOM AND THE MISSING KEY.
BEATRICE BLOOM AND THE STAR CRYSTAL.
MARTHA BLOOM AND THE GLASS COMPASS.
FELICITY BLOOM AND THE GOLDEN ARROW.
OTTO BLOOM AND THE ENCHANTED COIN.
Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
*Bonus: Estelle is adding bookmarks to her books for her successful bidder
Twitter: https://twitter.com/E_G_Tudor
Book 1 Blurb: Octavia Bloom and the Missing Key :
One tiny discovery can have enormous consequences...
Almost 10-year-old Octavia Bloom is looking for adventure, but when it comes it's in the shape of a tiny fairy door.
Dragging her reluctant sister and cousins into the mystery, Octavia discovers her family are hiding not ONE but TWO life-changing secrets.
Why is her mother searching for an elusive flower? And does she have what it takes to reunite her fractured family?
Octavia's certain the answers lie behind the fairy door, if only she could just find the key...
Bravery, secrets & magic intertwine in this fantastical adventure.
Book 2 Blurb: Beatrice Bloom and the Star Crystal :
Beatrice Bloom is excited but a bit apprehensive to be heading through the fairy door once again with her sister and cousins. The adventure quickly turns ominous with the arrival of old foes and new enemies who are conspiring to overthrow the throne. Is Beatrice brave enough to embrace magic once more to help her friends? And can she restore the star crystal to its rightful place before time runs out?Beatrice will need all her courage in this new 'Through the Fairy Door' adventure.Courage, friendship and deceit collide in this spellbinding adventure.Continue the magic in this follow up to Octavia Bloom and the Missing Key!
Book 3 Blurb: Martha Bloom and the Glass Compass:
One act of compassion can evoke everlasting change...Martha Bloom has always been the most sensible Bloom child and takes her role as eldest seriously, but even she cannot contain her excitement at an invitation to visit Fairy Land once http://again.An idyllic day visiting the companion class at the new fairy school quickly turns sour when an old nemesis steals something of great importance.Will Martha be able to use the Glass Compass once again to retrieve what was stolen? And can she set an old wrong right?Martha is determined to succeed before they head back home 'Through the Fairy Door'.Integrity, companionship and daring abound in this captivating adventure.
Book 4 Blurb: Felicity Bloom and the Golden Arrow:
One grave misunderstanding put right can lead to forgiveness...
Felicity Bloom has always felt responsible for her younger sister, so when an offer of even greater responsibility comes from Fairy Land she doesn't hesitate.
Celebrations at Castle Enfys abruptly turn to terror when an old adversary threatens the realm once again.
Can Felicity embark on the Blooms' most dangerous quest yet to find a golden arrow? And will she have the courage to face her past and put right her future?
Felicity will need the help of old friends and new to complete this quest and get her family safely back home 'Through the Fairy Door'...
Valour, forgiveness & intrigue unite in this enthralling adventure.
Book 5 Blurb: Otto Bloom and the Enchanted Coin:
One final quest can show the way home...
Otto Bloom has had an interesting start to his life, having been shielded in Fairy Land until a cure for the curse he was under could be found. But now he is back with his family, the Blooms. As a childhood illness makes him feel low, he becomes riddled with doubts about his place within the family. He is caught off guard when an urgent message arrives from Fairy Land.
Feeling like this is his time to be a hero and step up to save his family, Otto makes a rash decision that will have dire consequences for those in Fairy Land and those in the human world too.
Can Otto put aside his doubts and venture on the Blooms’ final quest to procure the mythical enchanted coin needed to activate a legendary weapon? And will he realise that his power and place was within him all along?
Otto will need to believe in himself and the power of family in a bid to finally rid Fairy Land of its darkest threat, before he takes his forever family back home ‘Through the Fairy Door’...
Spirit, family and discovery conclude in this final adventure.
Bio:
When not searching the backs of wardrobes for Narnia, the bottom of the garden for fairies or exploring yet another Castle, Estelle can be found with her nose in a book or a pen in her hand.
Having previously worked at Cardiff Castle, she now writes full time while looking after her four children.
She lives on the beautiful South Wales coast with her husband, children and crazy dog.
She loves to connect with her readers via Twitter or Instagram @through_the_fairy_door_books
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Title: The Train To Impossible Places
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Format: Hardback
Package & Posting: FREE
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Website: http://pgbellwriter.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/petergbell
Book Blurb:
"When Suzy hears a strange rattling noise in the middle of the night, she creeps downstairs to find a train roaring through her house. But this is no ordinary train. This is the magical delivery express for the Union of Impossible Places.
Whisked on board by a troll-boy called Wilmot, Suzy's world is turned upside down when she's given the job of delivering a cursed package to the fearsome sorceress, Lady Crepuscula. Except when the mysterious package begs not to be delivered, Suzy discovers the fate of the Impossible Places might just be in her hands..."
Author Bio:
P.G. Bell is a native of south Wales, where he was raised on a diet of Greek mythology, ghost stories and Doctor Who. He's had all sorts of jobs over the years, from lifeguard to roller coaster operator, but all he's ever really wanted to do is write stories for a living. And now he does!
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Format: Hardback
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Website: http://pgbellwriter.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/petergbell
Book Blurb:
"When Suzy hears a strange rattling noise in the middle of the night, she creeps downstairs to find a train roaring through her house. But this is no ordinary train. This is the magical delivery express for the Union of Impossible Places.
Whisked on board by a troll-boy called Wilmot, Suzy's world is turned upside down when she's given the job of delivering a cursed package to the fearsome sorceress, Lady Crepuscula. Except when the mysterious package begs not to be delivered, Suzy discovers the fate of the Impossible Places might just be in her hands..."
Author Bio:
P.G. Bell is a native of south Wales, where he was raised on a diet of Greek mythology, ghost stories and Doctor Who. He's had all sorts of jobs over the years, from lifeguard to roller coaster operator, but all he's ever really wanted to do is write stories for a living. And now he does!
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JJ Arcanjo
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Title: Crookhaven: The School for Thieves
Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://jjarcanjo.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Joelarcanjo
Book Blurb:
13-year-old Gabriel is a brilliant pickpocket, a skill which he uses to keep his often empty belly not quite so empty. And then one day, he's caught.
But instead of being arrested, he is invited by the mysterious Caspian Crook to attend Crookhaven - a school for thieves. At Crookhaven, students are trained in lock-picking, forgery and 'crim-nastics', all with the intention of doing good out in the world, by conning the bad and giving back to the innocent.
But ... can you ever really trust a thief?
Author Bio:
JJ Arcanjo is a half-Portuguese, half-English writer who grew up between the Algarve and Devon. He has a degree in Criminology and Psychology from Aberystwyth University and a Masters in Creative Writing and Publishing from City University, London. He’s published two crime novels for adults.
His debut middle-grade book, CROOKHAVEN: THE SCHOOL FOR THIEVES, was published by Hachette in March 2023. The sequel, THE FORBIDDEN MAZE, was in August 2023.
Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://jjarcanjo.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Joelarcanjo
Book Blurb:
13-year-old Gabriel is a brilliant pickpocket, a skill which he uses to keep his often empty belly not quite so empty. And then one day, he's caught.
But instead of being arrested, he is invited by the mysterious Caspian Crook to attend Crookhaven - a school for thieves. At Crookhaven, students are trained in lock-picking, forgery and 'crim-nastics', all with the intention of doing good out in the world, by conning the bad and giving back to the innocent.
But ... can you ever really trust a thief?
Author Bio:
JJ Arcanjo is a half-Portuguese, half-English writer who grew up between the Algarve and Devon. He has a degree in Criminology and Psychology from Aberystwyth University and a Masters in Creative Writing and Publishing from City University, London. He’s published two crime novels for adults.
His debut middle-grade book, CROOKHAVEN: THE SCHOOL FOR THIEVES, was published by Hachette in March 2023. The sequel, THE FORBIDDEN MAZE, was in August 2023.
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Serina Hartwell
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Title: Hidden
Genre: Urban Fantasy/Paranormal
Format: Hardback
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Website: http://serinahartwell.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SerinaHartwell
Book Blurb::
After standing up to a school bully, Bronte Hughes’s life shatters… along with her reality.
A single act leads to a near-fatal accident, which sets closely guarded wheels in motion, leading her to fall for her best friend, Riley. But when he leaves her, she realises her world isn’t flawless. With everything unravelling around her, the cracks begin to appear. Added to this are the powers she cannot control; wild magic she is not sure she wants in her life. She is an outcast, torn between her need to reconnect with Riley and the overwhelming desire to hide from the world.
Join Bronte’s journey of self-discovery, where she learns a dark secret, her family has worked so hard to conceal from her. Will it save her life... or destroy it forever?
Author Bio::
Did you ever have an itch you couldn’t scratch, a feeling that you’re supposed to be doing something else, something bigger with your life? Something that would touch the souls of the rest of mankind and justify your place amongst them, but you just couldn’t put your finger on what? I spent the best part of 40 years looking for the answer and low and behold, I finished up back where I started - writing. I sometimes question why I didn’t just turn in the opposite direction, I would have got there straight away, but my path led me away from writing when I was just a teenager, because I lacked the confidence to pursue the dream. Reminiscing one day, the thought occurred to me that if I had found writing back then, I wouldn’t have taken the journeys that led me to write The Hidden Saga.
My name is Serina Hartwell. I’m the mother of two wonderful children, who grew up so quickly. I come from an average size town in West Yorkshire, England. The same place where the Bronte sisters were born, and I am from the village in the mill town I write about.
Growing up in an industrial town, and coming from a working-class background, I was surrounded by the mills that were once the life’s blood of the community. Decrepit and falling into disrepair, they still overshadow the place where I lived as a child, serving as a stark reminder that our town once thrived. I watched as one by one, the mills went out of business and closed, serving to inspire my story, while changing the landscape around me.
It was only recently that I found my way back to writing. In August 2010, I had the most intense urge to write. It came from nowhere, so I did the only thing I could, I borrowed my daughter’s laptop. I didn’t even know at the time if I could write. The last creative thing I wrote was at school. I didn’t know if I could connect with the page, let alone complete a book, but one thing is for sure, I haven’t stopped writing since, nor do I intend to. So, allow me to introduce you to my work. May I begin by introducing Bronte Hughes in The Hidden Saga? I hope you enjoy Hidden and the many more to come.
Serina Hartwell – Author of The Hidden Saga
Genre: Urban Fantasy/Paranormal
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: http://serinahartwell.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SerinaHartwell
Book Blurb::
After standing up to a school bully, Bronte Hughes’s life shatters… along with her reality.
A single act leads to a near-fatal accident, which sets closely guarded wheels in motion, leading her to fall for her best friend, Riley. But when he leaves her, she realises her world isn’t flawless. With everything unravelling around her, the cracks begin to appear. Added to this are the powers she cannot control; wild magic she is not sure she wants in her life. She is an outcast, torn between her need to reconnect with Riley and the overwhelming desire to hide from the world.
Join Bronte’s journey of self-discovery, where she learns a dark secret, her family has worked so hard to conceal from her. Will it save her life... or destroy it forever?
Author Bio::
Did you ever have an itch you couldn’t scratch, a feeling that you’re supposed to be doing something else, something bigger with your life? Something that would touch the souls of the rest of mankind and justify your place amongst them, but you just couldn’t put your finger on what? I spent the best part of 40 years looking for the answer and low and behold, I finished up back where I started - writing. I sometimes question why I didn’t just turn in the opposite direction, I would have got there straight away, but my path led me away from writing when I was just a teenager, because I lacked the confidence to pursue the dream. Reminiscing one day, the thought occurred to me that if I had found writing back then, I wouldn’t have taken the journeys that led me to write The Hidden Saga.
My name is Serina Hartwell. I’m the mother of two wonderful children, who grew up so quickly. I come from an average size town in West Yorkshire, England. The same place where the Bronte sisters were born, and I am from the village in the mill town I write about.
Growing up in an industrial town, and coming from a working-class background, I was surrounded by the mills that were once the life’s blood of the community. Decrepit and falling into disrepair, they still overshadow the place where I lived as a child, serving as a stark reminder that our town once thrived. I watched as one by one, the mills went out of business and closed, serving to inspire my story, while changing the landscape around me.
It was only recently that I found my way back to writing. In August 2010, I had the most intense urge to write. It came from nowhere, so I did the only thing I could, I borrowed my daughter’s laptop. I didn’t even know at the time if I could write. The last creative thing I wrote was at school. I didn’t know if I could connect with the page, let alone complete a book, but one thing is for sure, I haven’t stopped writing since, nor do I intend to. So, allow me to introduce you to my work. May I begin by introducing Bronte Hughes in The Hidden Saga? I hope you enjoy Hidden and the many more to come.
Serina Hartwell – Author of The Hidden Saga
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Cassie Oakman
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Title: Brightly Shines the Darkness
Genre: Historical Fantasy
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://cassieoakman.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CassieOakman
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Who is in the best position to guide and protect the village: the elders, who know how wicked men can be, or the priests, who have the ear of the gods?
Dhoban and his sister Serin had expected to have several more years’ training before becoming priests, but when their mentors are killed, far from home, by religious zealots, they do their best to take their places. It troubles the village elders that the spiritual leadership of the community is left in such inexperienced hands, but they hesitate to intervene, for fear of angering the spirits and losing their protection.
When they hear that the fanatics are growing stronger and sweeping closer, the elders realise that they must act: but how can they do that without losing the goodwill of the spirits? And is it, in any case, too late?
Author Bio:
Cassie Oakman was born in Sussex, and after living and studying in Paris, Oxford and various other places, she is now settled in a peaceful village only a few miles from where she grew up. She divides her working life between writing and teaching, and spends her leisure time with her family.
The Skywatchers series is a sequence of novels set in a world where fanatics are using aggression and terror to impose their own religious beliefs. The peaceful moonfollowers and sunservers tread a precarious path between dying for their faiths and betraying their principles. Although there is no way to return to the gentle life that has been swept away from them, an unlikely group of people, from a politician to a dancing slave girl, from a merchant to a retired bard, are summoned together to try to defeat the bigots and bring about a newly tolerant world.
Although set in an imaginary land, far from ours in both space and time, the need to overcome intolerance and create a world order based on something more enlightened than the use or abuse of power, weaves a metaphor that resonates with our own age.
Genre: Historical Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://cassieoakman.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CassieOakman
Book Blurb:
Who is in the best position to guide and protect the village: the elders, who know how wicked men can be, or the priests, who have the ear of the gods?
Dhoban and his sister Serin had expected to have several more years’ training before becoming priests, but when their mentors are killed, far from home, by religious zealots, they do their best to take their places. It troubles the village elders that the spiritual leadership of the community is left in such inexperienced hands, but they hesitate to intervene, for fear of angering the spirits and losing their protection.
When they hear that the fanatics are growing stronger and sweeping closer, the elders realise that they must act: but how can they do that without losing the goodwill of the spirits? And is it, in any case, too late?
Author Bio:
Cassie Oakman was born in Sussex, and after living and studying in Paris, Oxford and various other places, she is now settled in a peaceful village only a few miles from where she grew up. She divides her working life between writing and teaching, and spends her leisure time with her family.
The Skywatchers series is a sequence of novels set in a world where fanatics are using aggression and terror to impose their own religious beliefs. The peaceful moonfollowers and sunservers tread a precarious path between dying for their faiths and betraying their principles. Although there is no way to return to the gentle life that has been swept away from them, an unlikely group of people, from a politician to a dancing slave girl, from a merchant to a retired bard, are summoned together to try to defeat the bigots and bring about a newly tolerant world.
Although set in an imaginary land, far from ours in both space and time, the need to overcome intolerance and create a world order based on something more enlightened than the use or abuse of power, weaves a metaphor that resonates with our own age.
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Title: Blood Gift Chronicles (Book 1 & Book 2)
Genre: Fantasy, YA
Format: Paperbacks
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Website: https://susiewilliamson.blog
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SJW_writer
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Blood Gift Chronicles begins with Return of the Mantra, and The Warder. Both titles won Firebird Book Awards in 2021.
Return of the Mantra – Suni has always known she is different. She and her mother make their living weaving baskets, and selling herbs they harvest secretly at night. Her father abandoned them to work in the tyrannical king’s crystal mines.
Mata follows the old ways of the Mantra, which the king has outlawed. He demands people worship him and the power of the crystals. Mata and Suni keep their beliefs to themselves.
Tragedy strikes, and with no warning, Suni is cut adrift. She sets off to find her father. Will she also find the destiny Mata wanted for her?
The Warder – The King is defeated, the spirit of the Mantra has been restored, Suni is reunited with her father and yet: all is not quite right.
Wanda and his cousin Luna live in the valley beyond the mountains: Luna dreams of dragons while Wanda, gifted with the ability to communicate with animals, struggles with his own shadow. Ntombi blames Wanda for Luna’s condition.
Meanwhile, in the town by the sea, Suni fears for her dear friends, and watches over them with her own gift. Many, including Suni’s father, suffer from a strange affliction. The townspeople blame the Mantra.
Then strangers arrive from the sea, bringing hope: but in this land of gifts and curses, is anything what it seems to be?
Author Bio:
Susie Williamson is an award-winning author, artist and poet. She grew up in the village of Scholes, Holmfirth, in West Yorkshire. She studied at the University of Sheffield and graduated with a BSc Honours in Chemistry, and a PGCE in Secondary School Science. In 1999 she travelled to the Sudan, where she taught English as a Foreign Language in the cities of Omdurman and Khartoum. From there she moved to South Africa, where she taught Adult Basic Education and Training, primarily in a township in Kwazulu Natal.
On her return to the UK, she moved to Devon, where her childhood passion for creative writing was reignited. Among a collection of varied support work roles, she increasingly prioritised her time to write. Her series, Blood Gift Chronicles, encompasses issues that she is passionate about, including wildlife and the environment, community and connectivity, social justice and marginalisation. Inspired by authors such as Ursula Le Guin, Susie reflects society while transporting us from the mundane to the fantastical, through inventive landscapes filled with colour, magic, animism and dragons.
Susie is currently working on the third instalment of her series. She also writes poetry and is a regular face on the Exeter poetry scene. When she’s not writing, she enjoys exploring the Devon surrounds, travelling, lazy bike rides by the river, and painting canvases to steadily fill the white-washed walls of home.
Genre: Fantasy, YA
Format: Paperbacks
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only.
Website: https://susiewilliamson.blog
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SJW_writer
Book Blurb:
Blood Gift Chronicles begins with Return of the Mantra, and The Warder. Both titles won Firebird Book Awards in 2021.
Return of the Mantra – Suni has always known she is different. She and her mother make their living weaving baskets, and selling herbs they harvest secretly at night. Her father abandoned them to work in the tyrannical king’s crystal mines.
Mata follows the old ways of the Mantra, which the king has outlawed. He demands people worship him and the power of the crystals. Mata and Suni keep their beliefs to themselves.
Tragedy strikes, and with no warning, Suni is cut adrift. She sets off to find her father. Will she also find the destiny Mata wanted for her?
The Warder – The King is defeated, the spirit of the Mantra has been restored, Suni is reunited with her father and yet: all is not quite right.
Wanda and his cousin Luna live in the valley beyond the mountains: Luna dreams of dragons while Wanda, gifted with the ability to communicate with animals, struggles with his own shadow. Ntombi blames Wanda for Luna’s condition.
Meanwhile, in the town by the sea, Suni fears for her dear friends, and watches over them with her own gift. Many, including Suni’s father, suffer from a strange affliction. The townspeople blame the Mantra.
Then strangers arrive from the sea, bringing hope: but in this land of gifts and curses, is anything what it seems to be?
Author Bio:
Susie Williamson is an award-winning author, artist and poet. She grew up in the village of Scholes, Holmfirth, in West Yorkshire. She studied at the University of Sheffield and graduated with a BSc Honours in Chemistry, and a PGCE in Secondary School Science. In 1999 she travelled to the Sudan, where she taught English as a Foreign Language in the cities of Omdurman and Khartoum. From there she moved to South Africa, where she taught Adult Basic Education and Training, primarily in a township in Kwazulu Natal.
On her return to the UK, she moved to Devon, where her childhood passion for creative writing was reignited. Among a collection of varied support work roles, she increasingly prioritised her time to write. Her series, Blood Gift Chronicles, encompasses issues that she is passionate about, including wildlife and the environment, community and connectivity, social justice and marginalisation. Inspired by authors such as Ursula Le Guin, Susie reflects society while transporting us from the mundane to the fantastical, through inventive landscapes filled with colour, magic, animism and dragons.
Susie is currently working on the third instalment of her series. She also writes poetry and is a regular face on the Exeter poetry scene. When she’s not writing, she enjoys exploring the Devon surrounds, travelling, lazy bike rides by the river, and painting canvases to steadily fill the white-washed walls of home.
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H S Norup
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Title: Into The Faerie Hill
Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication available: Yes
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Bids accepted: Global
Website: http://hsnorup.com
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The moment Alfred arrives at his granny’s cottage, he feels like he’s being watched. The surrounding forests teem with unfamiliar life—even odd little faerie creatures only Alfred can see. It’s only when free-spirited Saga bursts into his life that he learns to appreciate the strange beauty around him.
But this special world is under threat: Alfred’s dad is working on a project to dig a giant motorway tunnel through the landscape. As he joins Saga in the protests against this project, Alfred draws ever closer to the perilous world of the faerie creatures, following a thread that will lead him deep into mysteries from his family’s past.
Author bio:
H. S. Norup is the award-winning author of Into The Faerie Hill, The Hungry Ghost and The Missing Barbegazi—a Sunday Times Book of the Year in 2018. She grew up in Denmark, where she devoured fairy tales and escaped into books. After living in six different countries, she now resides in Switzerland and writes stories inspired by her travels, set in the borderlands between the real and imaginary worlds. When she’s not writing or reading, she spends her time outdoors either skiing, hiking, swimming or taking photos.
Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication available: Yes
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The moment Alfred arrives at his granny’s cottage, he feels like he’s being watched. The surrounding forests teem with unfamiliar life—even odd little faerie creatures only Alfred can see. It’s only when free-spirited Saga bursts into his life that he learns to appreciate the strange beauty around him.
But this special world is under threat: Alfred’s dad is working on a project to dig a giant motorway tunnel through the landscape. As he joins Saga in the protests against this project, Alfred draws ever closer to the perilous world of the faerie creatures, following a thread that will lead him deep into mysteries from his family’s past.
Author bio:
H. S. Norup is the award-winning author of Into The Faerie Hill, The Hungry Ghost and The Missing Barbegazi—a Sunday Times Book of the Year in 2018. She grew up in Denmark, where she devoured fairy tales and escaped into books. After living in six different countries, she now resides in Switzerland and writes stories inspired by her travels, set in the borderlands between the real and imaginary worlds. When she’s not writing or reading, she spends her time outdoors either skiing, hiking, swimming or taking photos.
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Shauna Lawless
Shauna Lawless
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Title: Children of Gods and Fighting Men
Genre: Historical Fiction - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://shaunalawless.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/shaunaLwrites
Book Blurb:
They think they’ve killed the last of us…
981 AD. The Viking King of Dublin is dead. His young widow, Gormflaith, has ambitions for her son – and herself – but Ireland is a dangerous place and kings tend not to stay kings for long. Gormflaith also has a secret. She is one of the Fomorians, an immortal race who can do fire-magic. She has kept her powers hidden at all costs, for there are other immortals in this world – like the Tuatha Dé Danann, a race of warriors who are sworn to kill Fomorians.
Fódla is one of the Tuatha Dé Danann with the gift of healing. Her kind dwell hidden in a fortress, forbidden to live amongst the mortals. Fódla agrees to help her kin by going to spy on Brian Boru, a powerful man who aims to be High King of Ireland. She finds a land on the brink of war – a war she is desperate to stop. However, preventing the loss of mortal lives is not easy with Ireland in turmoil and the Fomorians now on the rise…
Author Bio:
Shauna Lawless is an avid reader of Irish mythology and folklore. As an Irish woman, she loves that Irish mythology has inspired so many stories over the years, however, she wanted to explore the history and mythology of Ireland in a more authentic way. She lives in Northern Ireland with her family.
Genre: Historical Fiction - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://shaunalawless.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/shaunaLwrites
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They think they’ve killed the last of us…
981 AD. The Viking King of Dublin is dead. His young widow, Gormflaith, has ambitions for her son – and herself – but Ireland is a dangerous place and kings tend not to stay kings for long. Gormflaith also has a secret. She is one of the Fomorians, an immortal race who can do fire-magic. She has kept her powers hidden at all costs, for there are other immortals in this world – like the Tuatha Dé Danann, a race of warriors who are sworn to kill Fomorians.
Fódla is one of the Tuatha Dé Danann with the gift of healing. Her kind dwell hidden in a fortress, forbidden to live amongst the mortals. Fódla agrees to help her kin by going to spy on Brian Boru, a powerful man who aims to be High King of Ireland. She finds a land on the brink of war – a war she is desperate to stop. However, preventing the loss of mortal lives is not easy with Ireland in turmoil and the Fomorians now on the rise…
Author Bio:
Shauna Lawless is an avid reader of Irish mythology and folklore. As an Irish woman, she loves that Irish mythology has inspired so many stories over the years, however, she wanted to explore the history and mythology of Ireland in a more authentic way. She lives in Northern Ireland with her family.
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Kevin Ansbro
Kevin Ansbro
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Title: In the Shadow of Time
Genre: Magical realism, sci-fi, time travel
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://kevinansbro.co.uk
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“I was in Mexico City for three months, and yet returned to England on the same day that I left…”
Through her time-travel research, physicist Dr Sofia Ustinova has attracted the interest of higher beings from a distant galaxy…
Luna, a porcelain-skinned teenager, lives alone in a Danish forest where she guards an astonishing secret…
Pablo, an optimistic shoeshine boy, struggles to earn a living on the sweltering streets of Mexico City…
Meanwhile, Hugo Wilde, a British secret agent, embarks on a mission to kill a Russian assassin, unaware that his life is about to change in ways he could never have imagined…
Author Bio:
I write in the magical realism genre, meshing otherworldliness into the harshness of our real world. I also like to handcuff humour and tragedy to the same radiator.
I'm married (to Julie) and currently live in Norwich, England.
Stuff about me: I'm a foodie and an avid reader who values good manners, love and friendship above all else. I am constantly putting my foot in it, am reputed to have a wicked sense of humour and love to laugh, but sometimes do that 'snorty pig' noise when I do.
I'm also easy-going and extremely friendly. So, come on over for a chat — I'll put the kettle on!
Genre: Magical realism, sci-fi, time travel
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://kevinansbro.co.uk
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Book Blurb:
“I was in Mexico City for three months, and yet returned to England on the same day that I left…”
Through her time-travel research, physicist Dr Sofia Ustinova has attracted the interest of higher beings from a distant galaxy…
Luna, a porcelain-skinned teenager, lives alone in a Danish forest where she guards an astonishing secret…
Pablo, an optimistic shoeshine boy, struggles to earn a living on the sweltering streets of Mexico City…
Meanwhile, Hugo Wilde, a British secret agent, embarks on a mission to kill a Russian assassin, unaware that his life is about to change in ways he could never have imagined…
Author Bio:
I write in the magical realism genre, meshing otherworldliness into the harshness of our real world. I also like to handcuff humour and tragedy to the same radiator.
I'm married (to Julie) and currently live in Norwich, England.
Stuff about me: I'm a foodie and an avid reader who values good manners, love and friendship above all else. I am constantly putting my foot in it, am reputed to have a wicked sense of humour and love to laugh, but sometimes do that 'snorty pig' noise when I do.
I'm also easy-going and extremely friendly. So, come on over for a chat — I'll put the kettle on!
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Kate Sawyer
Kate Sawyer
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Two Book Special
Title 1: The Family
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Hardback
Title 2: The Stranding
Genre: Science Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.mskatesawyer.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KateSawyer
Book 1 Blurb:
Mary has raised her daughters in this house. Watched them play and fight and grow up in this house. Today it is the house where she will get married.
The wedding celebrations have brought the fractured family together for the first time in years:
There is Phoebe and her husband Michael, children in tow.
The young and sensitive Rosie, with her new partner.
Irene, Mary's ex-mother-in-law.
And Emma. There, despite all that has gone before.
Set over the course of an English summer's day and punctuated with memories from the past forty years of love and betrayal, hope and joy, heartbreak and grief, this is the story of a family. Told by a chorus of characters, it is an exploration of the intimacies and transgressions that bring us to where we are, the changes that are brought about by time, and what, despite everything, stays the same.
Book 2 Blurb:
EVERY ENDING
IS A NEW BEGINNING.
Ruth is ignoring the news. Like most people, she has relationship problems, job stress, friends and family who need her. Ruth has a life.
But the news is about to catch up with Ruth, and her problems are going to be swept away...along with the rest of the world.
Only when the comforts and complications of her old existence are gone, does Ruth finally realise how she might be able to live to the fullest.
Author Bio:
Kate was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK where she grew up in the countryside as the eldest of four siblings, after briefly living with her parents in Qatar and the Netherlands.
Kate Sawyer worked as an actor and producer before turning her hand to fiction. She has previously written for theatre and short-film.
Having lived in South London for the best part of two decades with brief stints in the Australia and the USA she has returned to East Anglia
Title 1: The Family
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Hardback
Title 2: The Stranding
Genre: Science Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.mskatesawyer.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KateSawyer
Book 1 Blurb:
Mary has raised her daughters in this house. Watched them play and fight and grow up in this house. Today it is the house where she will get married.
The wedding celebrations have brought the fractured family together for the first time in years:
There is Phoebe and her husband Michael, children in tow.
The young and sensitive Rosie, with her new partner.
Irene, Mary's ex-mother-in-law.
And Emma. There, despite all that has gone before.
Set over the course of an English summer's day and punctuated with memories from the past forty years of love and betrayal, hope and joy, heartbreak and grief, this is the story of a family. Told by a chorus of characters, it is an exploration of the intimacies and transgressions that bring us to where we are, the changes that are brought about by time, and what, despite everything, stays the same.
Book 2 Blurb:
EVERY ENDING
IS A NEW BEGINNING.
Ruth is ignoring the news. Like most people, she has relationship problems, job stress, friends and family who need her. Ruth has a life.
But the news is about to catch up with Ruth, and her problems are going to be swept away...along with the rest of the world.
Only when the comforts and complications of her old existence are gone, does Ruth finally realise how she might be able to live to the fullest.
Author Bio:
Kate was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK where she grew up in the countryside as the eldest of four siblings, after briefly living with her parents in Qatar and the Netherlands.
Kate Sawyer worked as an actor and producer before turning her hand to fiction. She has previously written for theatre and short-film.
Having lived in South London for the best part of two decades with brief stints in the Australia and the USA she has returned to East Anglia
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Bex Hogan
Bex Hogan
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Title: BLACK HEAT
Genre: YA Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
Postage and Packing: Free
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Website: http://bexhogan.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bexhogan
Book Blurb:
Exile. Rebel. Healer. Three underestimated women, destined to be brought together by revenge in this dark and thrilling new YA fantasy.
Marzal - an exiled daughter with a plan for her return.
Rayn - a rebel blacksmith with a blade of blood.
Elena - a gentle midwife with a fiercely protected secret.
Each young woman wants peace for their country, but in times of war, not everyone fights by the same rules. As their countries burn around them, and the stakes of victory rise, each woman will have to decide how far she is willing to go for peace.
But the desire for revenge also burns deep.
Author Bio: Raised on a healthy diet of fantasy and fairy tales, Bex Hogan has spent much of her life lost in daydreams. Writing her stories down was a natural progression and now she enjoys sharing her time between living in the real world and escaping to her imagination. A Cornish girl at heart, Bex now lives in Cambridgeshire with her beautiful family. She is the author of BLACK HEAT, a standalone YA fantasy, and the ISLES OF STORM AND SORROW trilogy, which are YA fantasy adventures set on the high seas (all out now with Hachette Children's Group). Her first fantasy middle grade series, BRONTE TEMPESTRA, is out Feb 2024 with Piccadilly Press.
Genre: YA Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
Postage and Packing: Free
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Website: http://bexhogan.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bexhogan
Book Blurb:
Exile. Rebel. Healer. Three underestimated women, destined to be brought together by revenge in this dark and thrilling new YA fantasy.
Marzal - an exiled daughter with a plan for her return.
Rayn - a rebel blacksmith with a blade of blood.
Elena - a gentle midwife with a fiercely protected secret.
Each young woman wants peace for their country, but in times of war, not everyone fights by the same rules. As their countries burn around them, and the stakes of victory rise, each woman will have to decide how far she is willing to go for peace.
But the desire for revenge also burns deep.
Author Bio: Raised on a healthy diet of fantasy and fairy tales, Bex Hogan has spent much of her life lost in daydreams. Writing her stories down was a natural progression and now she enjoys sharing her time between living in the real world and escaping to her imagination. A Cornish girl at heart, Bex now lives in Cambridgeshire with her beautiful family. She is the author of BLACK HEAT, a standalone YA fantasy, and the ISLES OF STORM AND SORROW trilogy, which are YA fantasy adventures set on the high seas (all out now with Hachette Children's Group). Her first fantasy middle grade series, BRONTE TEMPESTRA, is out Feb 2024 with Piccadilly Press.
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Audrey Burges
Audrey Burges
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Title: The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone
Genre: Magical Realism
Format: Hardback
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Website: https://audreyburges.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Audrey_Burges
Book Blurb:
From her attic in the Arizona mountains, thirty-four-year-old Myra Malone blogs about a dollhouse mansion that captivates thousands of readers worldwide. Myra's stories have created legions of fans who breathlessly await every blog post, trade photographs of Mansion-modeled rooms, and swap theories about the enigmatic and reclusive author. Myra herself is tethered to the Mansion by mysteries she can't understand--rooms that appear and disappear overnight, music that plays in its corridors.
Across the country, Alex Rakes, the scion of a custom furniture business, encounters two Mansion fans trying to recreate a room. The pair show him the Minuscule Mansion, and Alex is shocked to recognize a reflection of his own life mirrored back to him in minute scale. The room is his own bedroom, and the Mansion is his family's home, handed down from the grandmother who disappeared mysteriously when Alex was a child. Searching for answers, Alex begins corresponding with Myra. Together, the two unwind the lonely paths of their twin worlds--big and small--and trace the stories that entwine them, setting the stage for a meeting rooted in loss, but defined by love.
Bio:
Audrey Burges writes novels, humor, short fiction, and essays in Richmond, Virginia. Her presence is tolerated by her two rambunctious children and very patient husband, all of whom have become practiced at making supportive faces when she shouts, "listen to this sentence!" She is a frequent contributor to numerous humor outlets, including McSweeney's, and her stories and essays have appeared in Pithead Chapel, Cease, Cows, and lengthy diatribes in the Notes app on her phone. Audrey was born and raised in Arizona by her linguist parents, which is a lot like being raised by wolves, but with better grammar. She moved to Virginia as an adult but still carries mountains and canyons in her heart, and sometimes, when she closes her eyes, she can still smell ponderosa pines in the sun.
Genre: Magical Realism
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES;
Bids Accepted: USA Only
Website: https://audreyburges.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Audrey_Burges
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From her attic in the Arizona mountains, thirty-four-year-old Myra Malone blogs about a dollhouse mansion that captivates thousands of readers worldwide. Myra's stories have created legions of fans who breathlessly await every blog post, trade photographs of Mansion-modeled rooms, and swap theories about the enigmatic and reclusive author. Myra herself is tethered to the Mansion by mysteries she can't understand--rooms that appear and disappear overnight, music that plays in its corridors.
Across the country, Alex Rakes, the scion of a custom furniture business, encounters two Mansion fans trying to recreate a room. The pair show him the Minuscule Mansion, and Alex is shocked to recognize a reflection of his own life mirrored back to him in minute scale. The room is his own bedroom, and the Mansion is his family's home, handed down from the grandmother who disappeared mysteriously when Alex was a child. Searching for answers, Alex begins corresponding with Myra. Together, the two unwind the lonely paths of their twin worlds--big and small--and trace the stories that entwine them, setting the stage for a meeting rooted in loss, but defined by love.
Bio:
Audrey Burges writes novels, humor, short fiction, and essays in Richmond, Virginia. Her presence is tolerated by her two rambunctious children and very patient husband, all of whom have become practiced at making supportive faces when she shouts, "listen to this sentence!" She is a frequent contributor to numerous humor outlets, including McSweeney's, and her stories and essays have appeared in Pithead Chapel, Cease, Cows, and lengthy diatribes in the Notes app on her phone. Audrey was born and raised in Arizona by her linguist parents, which is a lot like being raised by wolves, but with better grammar. She moved to Virginia as an adult but still carries mountains and canyons in her heart, and sometimes, when she closes her eyes, she can still smell ponderosa pines in the sun.
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Andy Shepherd
Andy Shepherd
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Title: The Ultimate Guide to Growing Dragons
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Yes
Bids Accepted: UK only
Website: http://andyshepherdwriter.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/andyjshepherd
Book Blurb:
Tomas, the boy who grew dragons, is officially the Grand High Dragon Master. He's lived with his dragons - Flicker and Zing - and grown dozens more. He's an expert at caring for the dragonfruit tree. He knows all the tricks for training dragons, nurturing dragonfruit seedlings and defusing dragon poo. So - he has this brilliant idea. He and his friends have got to get all their dragon expertise down, in one easy-to-read place, for them, and anyone else who might find themselves growing dragons!
The only problem is - Tomas's friends Ted, Kat, Kai, Liam and Aura are currently scattered all around the world, from Suffolk to Mexico to China. Perhaps, though, if they can get their heads together, they can figure this all out together, and create the most brilliant ULTIMATE GUIDE ever, together?
Of course, what they don't realise is they still have a lot to learn about dragons!
Author Bio:
Andy Shepherd lives near Cambridge with her husband, her two sons and an absurd number of tiny dragons, and spends her spare time trying to figure out how to move this beautiful city closer to the sea.
Disclaimer: Please note, all dragon-growing is undertaken entirely at the grower’s own risk and Andy cannot be held responsible for any damage your dragon may cause.
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Yes
Bids Accepted: UK only
Website: http://andyshepherdwriter.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/andyjshepherd
Book Blurb:
Tomas, the boy who grew dragons, is officially the Grand High Dragon Master. He's lived with his dragons - Flicker and Zing - and grown dozens more. He's an expert at caring for the dragonfruit tree. He knows all the tricks for training dragons, nurturing dragonfruit seedlings and defusing dragon poo. So - he has this brilliant idea. He and his friends have got to get all their dragon expertise down, in one easy-to-read place, for them, and anyone else who might find themselves growing dragons!
The only problem is - Tomas's friends Ted, Kat, Kai, Liam and Aura are currently scattered all around the world, from Suffolk to Mexico to China. Perhaps, though, if they can get their heads together, they can figure this all out together, and create the most brilliant ULTIMATE GUIDE ever, together?
Of course, what they don't realise is they still have a lot to learn about dragons!
Author Bio:
Andy Shepherd lives near Cambridge with her husband, her two sons and an absurd number of tiny dragons, and spends her spare time trying to figure out how to move this beautiful city closer to the sea.
Disclaimer: Please note, all dragon-growing is undertaken entirely at the grower’s own risk and Andy cannot be held responsible for any damage your dragon may cause.
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Stephen Aryan
Stephen Aryan
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Title: The Judas Blossom
Genre: Historical fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging : FREE
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Website: http://www.stephen-aryan.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveAryan
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1260s Persia:
Hulagu Khan will use any means to fulfil the dreams of his grandfather, Genghis Khan, and create an empire that covers the world.
Temujin, his youngest son, is given a final chance to prove his worth as a warrior. But there is something dangerous rippling under the surface that makes him far more useful.
Kokochin is the last of her tribe. Abandoned in a foreign land after being married off to Hulagu, she is determined to find a purpose, no matter the cost.
Kaivon despises the Mongols for the massacre of his people. But when offered a chance to serve Hulagu he takes it, giving him an opportunity to destroy the Mongols from within.
Family and war collide in this thrilling and bloody reimagining of the Mongol Empire’s invasion of Persia.
Author Bio:
Stephen's first fantasy novel, Battlemage, was published in 2015 and was a finalist for the David Gemmell Morningstar Award for best debut fantasy novel. Battlemage went on to win the inaugural Hellfest Inferno Award in France after a public vote. The sequels, Bloodmage, and Chaosmage were both published in 2016, completing the Age of Darkness trilogy. In 2017 he published Mageborn, the first in a new trilogy, the Age of Dread, with Orbit books. The sequels, Magefall and Magebane were published in 2018 and 2019 respectively, wrapping up his second trilogy. In 2018 he also published Of Gods and Men with Orbit, a digital and audio novella which served as a prequel to Battlemage.
In 2020 Stephen was picked up for a new duology by Angry Robot Books. The story is set in a brand new world. The first novel, The Coward, was published in June 2021 and it received a Starred Review from Publishers Weekly. The sequel, The Warrior, was published in August 2022. In 2022, Angry Robot signed The Judas Blossom, the first instalment in a Persian inspired fantasy trilogy, from Stephen. The first book will be published on 11th July 2023. The Judas Blossom has been described as an “imaginative and sprawling reimagining of the Mongol Empire’s invasion of Persia” following the lives of four characters at the centre of the war. It is an examination of Persian culture, family and war in a stunning, immersive world.
Stephen lives in the West Midlands with his partner and two cats. When he’s not writing novels or podcasting, he can be found drinking real ale, reading books or watching TV.
Genre: Historical fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://www.stephen-aryan.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveAryan
Book Blurb:
1260s Persia:
Hulagu Khan will use any means to fulfil the dreams of his grandfather, Genghis Khan, and create an empire that covers the world.
Temujin, his youngest son, is given a final chance to prove his worth as a warrior. But there is something dangerous rippling under the surface that makes him far more useful.
Kokochin is the last of her tribe. Abandoned in a foreign land after being married off to Hulagu, she is determined to find a purpose, no matter the cost.
Kaivon despises the Mongols for the massacre of his people. But when offered a chance to serve Hulagu he takes it, giving him an opportunity to destroy the Mongols from within.
Family and war collide in this thrilling and bloody reimagining of the Mongol Empire’s invasion of Persia.
Author Bio:
Stephen's first fantasy novel, Battlemage, was published in 2015 and was a finalist for the David Gemmell Morningstar Award for best debut fantasy novel. Battlemage went on to win the inaugural Hellfest Inferno Award in France after a public vote. The sequels, Bloodmage, and Chaosmage were both published in 2016, completing the Age of Darkness trilogy. In 2017 he published Mageborn, the first in a new trilogy, the Age of Dread, with Orbit books. The sequels, Magefall and Magebane were published in 2018 and 2019 respectively, wrapping up his second trilogy. In 2018 he also published Of Gods and Men with Orbit, a digital and audio novella which served as a prequel to Battlemage.
In 2020 Stephen was picked up for a new duology by Angry Robot Books. The story is set in a brand new world. The first novel, The Coward, was published in June 2021 and it received a Starred Review from Publishers Weekly. The sequel, The Warrior, was published in August 2022. In 2022, Angry Robot signed The Judas Blossom, the first instalment in a Persian inspired fantasy trilogy, from Stephen. The first book will be published on 11th July 2023. The Judas Blossom has been described as an “imaginative and sprawling reimagining of the Mongol Empire’s invasion of Persia” following the lives of four characters at the centre of the war. It is an examination of Persian culture, family and war in a stunning, immersive world.
Stephen lives in the West Midlands with his partner and two cats. When he’s not writing novels or podcasting, he can be found drinking real ale, reading books or watching TV.
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Title: The Traitor
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Hardcover
Dedication available: Yes
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids accepted: Global
Website: http://anthonyryan.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/writer_anthony
Book Blurb:
The Traitor concludes the ruthless and gripping epic fantasy series from New York Times bestseller Anthony Ryan, whose books have sold more than a million copies worldwide.
It's been a long journey for Alwyn Scribe. Born a bastard and raised an outlaw, he's now a knight and the most trusted advisor to Lady Evadine Courlain. Together they've won countless battles and helped to bring order to a fractured kingdom.
Yet Evadine is not the woman Alwyn once knew. As puritanical fury increasingly replaces her benevolent faith, Alwyn begins to question what her true motives really are.
As the kingdom braces itself for one final battle, Alwyn's conscience fights its own war with his heart. Now, more than ever, he must decide whose side he's really on.
Author Bio:
Anthony Ryan is the New York Times best selling author of the Raven's Shadow epic fantasy novels. He was born in Scotland in 1970 but spent much of his adult life living and working in London. After a long career in the British Civil Service he took up writing full time after the success of his first novel Blood Song, Book One of the Raven's Shadow trilogy. He is also the author of the Draconis Memoria trilogy, the Raven’s Blade duology, the Seven Swords novella series, and his current series the Covenant of Steel.
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Hardcover
Dedication available: Yes
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Bids accepted: Global
Website: http://anthonyryan.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/writer_anthony
Book Blurb:
The Traitor concludes the ruthless and gripping epic fantasy series from New York Times bestseller Anthony Ryan, whose books have sold more than a million copies worldwide.
It's been a long journey for Alwyn Scribe. Born a bastard and raised an outlaw, he's now a knight and the most trusted advisor to Lady Evadine Courlain. Together they've won countless battles and helped to bring order to a fractured kingdom.
Yet Evadine is not the woman Alwyn once knew. As puritanical fury increasingly replaces her benevolent faith, Alwyn begins to question what her true motives really are.
As the kingdom braces itself for one final battle, Alwyn's conscience fights its own war with his heart. Now, more than ever, he must decide whose side he's really on.
Author Bio:
Anthony Ryan is the New York Times best selling author of the Raven's Shadow epic fantasy novels. He was born in Scotland in 1970 but spent much of his adult life living and working in London. After a long career in the British Civil Service he took up writing full time after the success of his first novel Blood Song, Book One of the Raven's Shadow trilogy. He is also the author of the Draconis Memoria trilogy, the Raven’s Blade duology, the Seven Swords novella series, and his current series the Covenant of Steel.
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A.Y. Chao
A.Y. Chao
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Title: Shanghai Immortal
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Hard Cover
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Website: http://Aychao.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ay_chao
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Set in 1930s China, Lady Jing is half-fox spirit half vampire and all sasshole. When she overhears her fox spirit elders planning to steal a priceless dragon pearl from the King of Hell, she’s all in to expose the two-faced vixens for the bitches they are. But when the King tasks her with babysitting a visiting mortal, the mortal’s unexpected friendship puts her at a crossroads and she must decide what matters more: honour and vengeance or friendship and joy?
Author Bio:
Alice is a Canadian fantasy writer based in the UK. She’s fascinated by the spaces where identity and belonging intersect and explores these in her writing. A recovering lawyer and xiaolongbao enthusiast, she knits to soothe anxiety and has a deep abiding love for Hobonichi planners and kawaii planner stickers.
She lives in London with her historical geo-enthusiast hubby, chatterbox daughter, and sweet rescue pup. She’s grateful for the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. Her debut novel SHANGHAI IMMORTAL is out now from Hodderscape. Find her online at http://aychao.com and on Twitter and Instagram at
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Genre: Fantasy
Format: Hard Cover
Dedication Available: Yes
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Website: http://Aychao.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ay_chao
Book Blurb:
Set in 1930s China, Lady Jing is half-fox spirit half vampire and all sasshole. When she overhears her fox spirit elders planning to steal a priceless dragon pearl from the King of Hell, she’s all in to expose the two-faced vixens for the bitches they are. But when the King tasks her with babysitting a visiting mortal, the mortal’s unexpected friendship puts her at a crossroads and she must decide what matters more: honour and vengeance or friendship and joy?
Author Bio:
Alice is a Canadian fantasy writer based in the UK. She’s fascinated by the spaces where identity and belonging intersect and explores these in her writing. A recovering lawyer and xiaolongbao enthusiast, she knits to soothe anxiety and has a deep abiding love for Hobonichi planners and kawaii planner stickers.
She lives in London with her historical geo-enthusiast hubby, chatterbox daughter, and sweet rescue pup. She’s grateful for the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. Her debut novel SHANGHAI IMMORTAL is out now from Hodderscape. Find her online at http://aychao.com and on Twitter and Instagram at
@ay_chao
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Victoria Williamson
Victoria Williamson
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Title: The Pawnshop of Stolen Dreams
Genre: Folklore - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: http://strangelymagical.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/strangelymagic
Book Blurb:
In a strange little village called Witchetty Hollow, eleven-year-old Florizel is the first to run into the curious visitors who’ve come to open a brand-new Daydream Delicatessen and sack-baby factory. At first, the poor folk of the Hollow are delighted – after all, who has the money to rent a real child from Storkhouse Services these days? But soon the daydreams turn sour. The Delicatessen’s products are expensive, and villagers trading their worldly goods in the newly-opened Pawnshop begin to disappear. With no money for rent payments, the real children of Witchetty Hollow are being reclaimed by Storkhouse Services at an alarming rate. Can Florizel and sack-boy Burble stop the daydream thieves’ evil business before it’s too late to save the Hollow?
Author Bio:
I grew up in Kirkintilloch, north Glasgow, surrounded by hills and books, and started writing adventure stories at an early age, with plots and characters mostly stolen from my favourite novels and TV shows! These days my stories are all my own, featuring the voices of some of the many children I’ve met over the years on my real-life adventures around the world.
I’ve been a teacher for many years, working in all sorts of exciting places from Cameroon, Malawi and China to the UK. I have lots of educational resources available to go with my books, and am very happy to visit schools to talk to students about reading, writing and the issues raised in my books.
Genre: Folklore - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://strangelymagical.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/strangelymagic
Book Blurb:
In a strange little village called Witchetty Hollow, eleven-year-old Florizel is the first to run into the curious visitors who’ve come to open a brand-new Daydream Delicatessen and sack-baby factory. At first, the poor folk of the Hollow are delighted – after all, who has the money to rent a real child from Storkhouse Services these days? But soon the daydreams turn sour. The Delicatessen’s products are expensive, and villagers trading their worldly goods in the newly-opened Pawnshop begin to disappear. With no money for rent payments, the real children of Witchetty Hollow are being reclaimed by Storkhouse Services at an alarming rate. Can Florizel and sack-boy Burble stop the daydream thieves’ evil business before it’s too late to save the Hollow?
Author Bio:
I grew up in Kirkintilloch, north Glasgow, surrounded by hills and books, and started writing adventure stories at an early age, with plots and characters mostly stolen from my favourite novels and TV shows! These days my stories are all my own, featuring the voices of some of the many children I’ve met over the years on my real-life adventures around the world.
I’ve been a teacher for many years, working in all sorts of exciting places from Cameroon, Malawi and China to the UK. I have lots of educational resources available to go with my books, and am very happy to visit schools to talk to students about reading, writing and the issues raised in my books.
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Marie Basting
Marie Basting
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TWO BOOK BUNDLE!
Title 1: My Family and Other Romans
Genre: Funny, historical, adventure.
Format: Paperback
Title: Princess BMX
Genre: Fantasy adventure /alternative fairytale
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://mariebasting.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/riewriting
Book 1 Blurb:
A rip-roaring Roman adventure from the acclaimed author of Princess BMX, Marie Basting
Livi just wants to fit in. So, being catapulted back to Ancient Rome and finding out her mum is a warrior goddess is not part of the plan. As for the rest of the family – her sister is a cyclops, her uncle is building an army, and her role-play, LARP-obsessed dad is now a lava soldier. The fate of the world resting on her shoulders, can Livi embrace her differences and sort this mess out?
• A laugh-out-loud funny family caper full of excitement and heart: perfect for fans of Loki, Horrible Histories and Who Let the Gods Out?
Book 2 Blurb:
A funny, action-packed tale of friendship and bikes, that brings the fairytale bang up to date.
Trust me, the fairy tales have it so wrong. Dingy towers and wicked step-mums are the least of my worries: it’s the boredom that will kill me.
Honestly, apart from the endless supply of cupcakes, being a princess is pretty rubbish. I used to think about locking myself in a tower and throwing away the key. Thank the good goblin I discovered BMX. If it wasn’t for BMX, nothing would have changed …
Author Bio:
When Marie Basting was fifteen, she was told by a careers advisor that girls like her don’t become writers. For a long time, she believed this. But then something magical happened and Marie finally came to realise that girls like her can do anything they want. Her critically-acclaimed debut novel, Princess BMX, published in 2019.
Marie lives in Manchester with her husband, son and a giant, hairy woo-dog called Polly. When she’s not writing, you’ll find her supporting other girls and boys to follow their writing dreams.
Title 1: My Family and Other Romans
Genre: Funny, historical, adventure.
Format: Paperback
Title: Princess BMX
Genre: Fantasy adventure /alternative fairytale
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://mariebasting.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/riewriting
Book 1 Blurb:
A rip-roaring Roman adventure from the acclaimed author of Princess BMX, Marie Basting
Livi just wants to fit in. So, being catapulted back to Ancient Rome and finding out her mum is a warrior goddess is not part of the plan. As for the rest of the family – her sister is a cyclops, her uncle is building an army, and her role-play, LARP-obsessed dad is now a lava soldier. The fate of the world resting on her shoulders, can Livi embrace her differences and sort this mess out?
• A laugh-out-loud funny family caper full of excitement and heart: perfect for fans of Loki, Horrible Histories and Who Let the Gods Out?
Book 2 Blurb:
A funny, action-packed tale of friendship and bikes, that brings the fairytale bang up to date.
Trust me, the fairy tales have it so wrong. Dingy towers and wicked step-mums are the least of my worries: it’s the boredom that will kill me.
Honestly, apart from the endless supply of cupcakes, being a princess is pretty rubbish. I used to think about locking myself in a tower and throwing away the key. Thank the good goblin I discovered BMX. If it wasn’t for BMX, nothing would have changed …
Author Bio:
When Marie Basting was fifteen, she was told by a careers advisor that girls like her don’t become writers. For a long time, she believed this. But then something magical happened and Marie finally came to realise that girls like her can do anything they want. Her critically-acclaimed debut novel, Princess BMX, published in 2019.
Marie lives in Manchester with her husband, son and a giant, hairy woo-dog called Polly. When she’s not writing, you’ll find her supporting other girls and boys to follow their writing dreams.
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M.T. Khan
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Book Title: Nura and the Immortal Palace
Genre: Children MG - Contemporary Fantasy
Format: Hardback
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://mtkhan.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/maeedakhan
Book Blurb:
Nura longs to wear a beautiful red dupatta or to bite into a sweet gulab. But with her mom hard at work in a run-down sweatshop and three younger siblings to feed, Nura must spend her days earning money by mica mining. But it’s not just the extra rupees Nura is after. Local rumor says there’s buried treasure in the mine, and Nura knows that finding it could change the course of her family’s life forever.
Her plan backfires when the mines collapse and four kids, including her best friend, Faisal, are claimed dead. Nura shovels her way through the dirt hoping to find him. Instead, she finds herself at the entrance to a strange world of purple skies and pink seas—a portal to the opulent realm of jinn, inhabited by the trickster creatures from her mother’s cautionary tales. Yet they aren’t nearly as treacherous as her mother made them out to be, because Nura is invited to a luxury jinn hotel, where she’s given everything she could ever imagine.
But there’s a dark truth lurking beneath all that glitter and gold, and when Nura crosses the owner’s son and is banished to the working quarters, she realizes she isn’t the only human who’s ended up in the hotel’s clutches. Faisal and the other missing children are there, too, and if Nura can’t find a way to help them all escape, they’ll be bound to work for the hotel forever.
Author Bio:
M.T. Khan is a speculative fiction author with a penchant for all things myth, science, and philosophy. She focuses on stories that combine all three, dreaming of evocative worlds and dark possibilities.
When she's not writing, M.T. Khan can be found travelling the world or cracking physics equations as she graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Born in Lahore, Pakistan, she currently resides in Toronto, Canada, with a hyperactive cat and an ever-increasing selection of tea.
Genre: Children MG - Contemporary Fantasy
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://mtkhan.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/maeedakhan
Book Blurb:
Nura longs to wear a beautiful red dupatta or to bite into a sweet gulab. But with her mom hard at work in a run-down sweatshop and three younger siblings to feed, Nura must spend her days earning money by mica mining. But it’s not just the extra rupees Nura is after. Local rumor says there’s buried treasure in the mine, and Nura knows that finding it could change the course of her family’s life forever.
Her plan backfires when the mines collapse and four kids, including her best friend, Faisal, are claimed dead. Nura shovels her way through the dirt hoping to find him. Instead, she finds herself at the entrance to a strange world of purple skies and pink seas—a portal to the opulent realm of jinn, inhabited by the trickster creatures from her mother’s cautionary tales. Yet they aren’t nearly as treacherous as her mother made them out to be, because Nura is invited to a luxury jinn hotel, where she’s given everything she could ever imagine.
But there’s a dark truth lurking beneath all that glitter and gold, and when Nura crosses the owner’s son and is banished to the working quarters, she realizes she isn’t the only human who’s ended up in the hotel’s clutches. Faisal and the other missing children are there, too, and if Nura can’t find a way to help them all escape, they’ll be bound to work for the hotel forever.
Author Bio:
M.T. Khan is a speculative fiction author with a penchant for all things myth, science, and philosophy. She focuses on stories that combine all three, dreaming of evocative worlds and dark possibilities.
When she's not writing, M.T. Khan can be found travelling the world or cracking physics equations as she graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Born in Lahore, Pakistan, she currently resides in Toronto, Canada, with a hyperactive cat and an ever-increasing selection of tea.
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Anna Waterworth
Anna Waterworth
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Title: The Girl Who Grew Wings
Genre: Y/A Fantasy Romance
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://annadaybooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/annamwaterworth
Book Blurb::
A triumph' ANN SEI LIN
'This book has it all' ALEXANDRA CHRISTO
In the citadel of Appollis, the Gods bestow single gifts on a chosen few. Icari has always known she's a Healer, while her twin sister, Sephie, is cast as an Embalmer, despite showing early promise as an Alchemist - a secret the sisters keep to themselves for possessing two skills is punishable by death.
While Sephie learns how to wrap the dead, Icari eases the suffering of others, including a charismatic enemy prisoner called Caszeil. And it's to Caszeil that Icari turns when demons rise up from the Underworld and kidnap her sister. With his help, perhaps she can rescue Sephie. Even if this means growing wings - and flying in the face of the devil himself . . .
Author Bio:
Anna grew up and still lives in the North East of England with her partner, 3 kids and 2 cats. She works as a Clinical Psychologist specialising in physical health. She has several pen names including Anna Day and Anna Rainbow, and has been published in 24 countries and long-listed/short-listed for several awards.
Genre: Y/A Fantasy Romance
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://annadaybooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/annamwaterworth
Book Blurb::
A triumph' ANN SEI LIN
'This book has it all' ALEXANDRA CHRISTO
In the citadel of Appollis, the Gods bestow single gifts on a chosen few. Icari has always known she's a Healer, while her twin sister, Sephie, is cast as an Embalmer, despite showing early promise as an Alchemist - a secret the sisters keep to themselves for possessing two skills is punishable by death.
While Sephie learns how to wrap the dead, Icari eases the suffering of others, including a charismatic enemy prisoner called Caszeil. And it's to Caszeil that Icari turns when demons rise up from the Underworld and kidnap her sister. With his help, perhaps she can rescue Sephie. Even if this means growing wings - and flying in the face of the devil himself . . .
Author Bio:
Anna grew up and still lives in the North East of England with her partner, 3 kids and 2 cats. She works as a Clinical Psychologist specialising in physical health. She has several pen names including Anna Day and Anna Rainbow, and has been published in 24 countries and long-listed/short-listed for several awards.
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Emma Finlayson-Palmer
Emma Finlayson-Palmer
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Autumn Moonbeam Duology
Title 1: Autumn Moonbeam: Dance Magic
Title 2: Autumn Moonbeam: Spooky Sleepover (with bookmark and badges.)
Genre: Children's Fantasy
Format: Paperbacks
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Website: https://finlaysonpalmer.wixsite.com/emmafinlayson-palmerlmer
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Book Blurb: AUTUMN MOONBEAM: DANCE MAGIC!
Autumn Moonbeam loves gymnastics and dance, so when Sparkledale Dance Academy have tryouts for their competitive dance team, Black Cats, she thinks it’s the most broom-tastic opportunity ever! Just one problem: Autumn is nervous and worries she won’t make it onto the team. And then she discovers that her nasty neighbor Severina Bloodworth, who is always throwing unpleasant comments her way, is trying out, too.
But with her best friend Batty by her side, can Autumn overcome her shyness, lack of confidence and magical mishaps to be chosen to join Sparkledale Dance Academy? Enchanting, fun, and full of heart, this is a story about growing into yourself, following your dreams, and making new friends along the way. With added stunts and magic, of course!
Book 2 Blurb: AUTUMN MOONBEAM: SPOOKY SLEEPOVER!
It’s Autumn’s first day at Sparkledale Dance Academy. She loves dance and gymnastics so being an official member is a dream come true!
With lots of magical mishaps at the team bonding sleepover, can working together help Autumn and her friends find out who is behind the strange goings on at Sparkledale?
Author Bio:
Emma Finlayson-Palmer is an autistic, working class writer who lives in the West Midlands with her husband and a multitude of children, cats, and chickens. Author of the Autumn Moonbeam series, including Dance Magic and Spooky Sleepover, published by UCLan in 2022. Emma runs #ukteenchat, a writing-themed chat on Twitter, and edits, mentors and reads competition entries for #WriteMentor and also reads flash fiction entries for Retreat West. She’s also one half of Word Witches, as a children’s fiction editor.
Title 1: Autumn Moonbeam: Dance Magic
Title 2: Autumn Moonbeam: Spooky Sleepover (with bookmark and badges.)
Genre: Children's Fantasy
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://finlaysonpalmer.wixsite.com/emmafinlayson-palmerlmer
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FinlaysonPalmer
Book Blurb: AUTUMN MOONBEAM: DANCE MAGIC!
Autumn Moonbeam loves gymnastics and dance, so when Sparkledale Dance Academy have tryouts for their competitive dance team, Black Cats, she thinks it’s the most broom-tastic opportunity ever! Just one problem: Autumn is nervous and worries she won’t make it onto the team. And then she discovers that her nasty neighbor Severina Bloodworth, who is always throwing unpleasant comments her way, is trying out, too.
But with her best friend Batty by her side, can Autumn overcome her shyness, lack of confidence and magical mishaps to be chosen to join Sparkledale Dance Academy? Enchanting, fun, and full of heart, this is a story about growing into yourself, following your dreams, and making new friends along the way. With added stunts and magic, of course!
Book 2 Blurb: AUTUMN MOONBEAM: SPOOKY SLEEPOVER!
It’s Autumn’s first day at Sparkledale Dance Academy. She loves dance and gymnastics so being an official member is a dream come true!
With lots of magical mishaps at the team bonding sleepover, can working together help Autumn and her friends find out who is behind the strange goings on at Sparkledale?
Author Bio:
Emma Finlayson-Palmer is an autistic, working class writer who lives in the West Midlands with her husband and a multitude of children, cats, and chickens. Author of the Autumn Moonbeam series, including Dance Magic and Spooky Sleepover, published by UCLan in 2022. Emma runs #ukteenchat, a writing-themed chat on Twitter, and edits, mentors and reads competition entries for #WriteMentor and also reads flash fiction entries for Retreat West. She’s also one half of Word Witches, as a children’s fiction editor.
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Lorraine Gregory
Lorraine Gregory
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Title: Interdimensional Explorers
Genre: Sci-Fi
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: https://www.lorrainegregoryauthor.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/authorontheedge
Book Blurb:
Nothing exciting ever happens on twelve-year-old Danny’s estate. That is until he falls through a locker in his grandad’s workshop and finds himself in an Interdimensional Lost Property Office! And – even weirder – his new boss is a giant purple squid on a segway!
Now Danny, best mate Modge and annoying cousin Inaaya find themselves in charge of returning alien items to all corners of the universe. But someone – or something – is determined to stop them. And there’s NOTHING these evil aliens won’t stop at to achieve complete multi-dimensional domination . . . even trapping Danny and his friends on a planet a million light years away from Earth.
If the fate of the entire multiverse was in your hands, what would YOU do?
Author Bio:
I'm the daughter of an Indian father and an Austrian mother raised on an East London Council Estate. The local library was my source of all books growing up and I never stopped reading if I could help it.
All that reading led to me writing my own stories throughout my childhood and teens while I dreamed of being a proper author one day. I now live in the countryside surrounded by nature, my family and two very fluffy cats and write fantastical stories for children.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.lorrainegregoryauthor.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/authorontheedge
Book Blurb:
Nothing exciting ever happens on twelve-year-old Danny’s estate. That is until he falls through a locker in his grandad’s workshop and finds himself in an Interdimensional Lost Property Office! And – even weirder – his new boss is a giant purple squid on a segway!
Now Danny, best mate Modge and annoying cousin Inaaya find themselves in charge of returning alien items to all corners of the universe. But someone – or something – is determined to stop them. And there’s NOTHING these evil aliens won’t stop at to achieve complete multi-dimensional domination . . . even trapping Danny and his friends on a planet a million light years away from Earth.
If the fate of the entire multiverse was in your hands, what would YOU do?
Author Bio:
I'm the daughter of an Indian father and an Austrian mother raised on an East London Council Estate. The local library was my source of all books growing up and I never stopped reading if I could help it.
All that reading led to me writing my own stories throughout my childhood and teens while I dreamed of being a proper author one day. I now live in the countryside surrounded by nature, my family and two very fluffy cats and write fantastical stories for children.
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Lucy Strange & Pam Smy
Lucy Strange & Pam Smy
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Bonus: An original signed drawing for The Storm and the Minotaur from the illustrator Pam Smy.
Title: The Storm and the Minotaur
Genre: Y/A - Myths & Legends - Historical Romance
Format: Paperback
(This is a very special edition of the book signed by both Lucy Strange and illustrator Pam Smy at the launch party in August 2023)
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: https://www.lucystrange.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/theLucyStrange
Website: https://www.pamsmy.com
Book Blurb:
Money is scarce in George’s family and so at the age of nine he has to join his father underground, hewing coal in the local mine. It’s far from the dreams George had of continuing his education, and it’s also a dangerous way to earn a living that has already claimed the life of his dad’s older brother.
Not long after he starts work, a summer storm leads to flooding in the mine. Trapped down in the dark, George spots a shadowy figure that seems to be telling George to follow him.
Can a ghost from the past lead him back to safety, or will George meet the same fate as his long-lost uncle?
Superb… an eerie weaving of history and mythology, in the hollow, haunted world of not-so-long ago” Hilary McKay
Author Bio:
Lucy Strange is an award-winning children’s author who lives in the heart of the Kent countryside with her partner and their young son.
Lucy’s books capture elements of classic children’s literature in a style that is engaging and accessible for today’s younger readers. Often inspired by folklore and fairy tales, Lucy combines historical settings with touches of magic and fantasy to create utterly convincing worlds in which anything might happen…
Lucy won the 2014 Montegrappa First Fiction Prize, and has gone on to publish four novels with Chicken House in the UK. Her first novel, The Secret of Nightingale Wood, was published in October 2016 and was the Waterstones Book of the Month, described as ‘startlingly good’ by The Daily Telegraph who placed it at Number 10 in the Top 50 Books of 2016. The US edition was launched in New York at the end of 2017 and was immediately chosen for Amazon’s list of the Best Children’s Books of the Year.
Her second novel, Our Castle by the Sea, was the Independent Booksellers’ Children’s Book of the Month, The Times Children’s Book of the Week, nominated for the Carnegie Medal and shortlisted for the Waterstones Book Prize 2020. Lucy’s books are published by Scholastic in the US and have been translated into many languages including French, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Croatian, Russian, Farsi and Mandarin.
The Ghost of Gosswater was published in 2020 and was the Times Book of the Week and was chosen as one of The Times best children’s books of the year: “a classic gothic novel for beginners.”
Lucy’s latest books for young readers are the folk-horror fairy tale Sisters of the Lost Marsh (2021), which was described by Hilary McKay as her “book of the year”, and The Mermaid in the Millpond (2022). This is a short, dyslexia-friendly novel about friendship and freedom, set during the Industrial Revolution and published by Barrington Stoke.
Before becoming a professional writer, Lucy worked as an English teacher for fifteen years. Having also trained and worked as an actor, Lucy narrates her own audiobooks, winning the 2019 Audie Award for The Secret of Nightingale Wood.
Illustrator Bio:
Pam Smy has illustrated folktales, chapter books, nursery rhyme collections, picture books and novels. She has had 20 years of art school teaching and lecturing experience at Cambridge School of Art and, over this time, has developed an understanding of how to nurture creative process and work through ideas with illustrators. She has a passion for observational drawing and sketchbooks.
Awards:
Nominated for CILIP Greenaway Medal for Lob, written by Linda Newbery, published by David Fickling Books in 2015 for Lob
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, Older Fiction Category, 2018 for Thornhill
Shortlisted for the CILIP Greenaway Medal, 2018 for Thornhill
Shortlisted for the Leeds Book Awards, 2018 for Thornhill
Shortlisted for the Oxfordshire Book Award, 2018 for Thornhill.
Awarded the PictureHooks Invisible Prize, 2020
Title: The Storm and the Minotaur
Genre: Y/A - Myths & Legends - Historical Romance
Format: Paperback
(This is a very special edition of the book signed by both Lucy Strange and illustrator Pam Smy at the launch party in August 2023)
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.lucystrange.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/theLucyStrange
Website: https://www.pamsmy.com
Book Blurb:
Money is scarce in George’s family and so at the age of nine he has to join his father underground, hewing coal in the local mine. It’s far from the dreams George had of continuing his education, and it’s also a dangerous way to earn a living that has already claimed the life of his dad’s older brother.
Not long after he starts work, a summer storm leads to flooding in the mine. Trapped down in the dark, George spots a shadowy figure that seems to be telling George to follow him.
Can a ghost from the past lead him back to safety, or will George meet the same fate as his long-lost uncle?
Superb… an eerie weaving of history and mythology, in the hollow, haunted world of not-so-long ago” Hilary McKay
Author Bio:
Lucy Strange is an award-winning children’s author who lives in the heart of the Kent countryside with her partner and their young son.
Lucy’s books capture elements of classic children’s literature in a style that is engaging and accessible for today’s younger readers. Often inspired by folklore and fairy tales, Lucy combines historical settings with touches of magic and fantasy to create utterly convincing worlds in which anything might happen…
Lucy won the 2014 Montegrappa First Fiction Prize, and has gone on to publish four novels with Chicken House in the UK. Her first novel, The Secret of Nightingale Wood, was published in October 2016 and was the Waterstones Book of the Month, described as ‘startlingly good’ by The Daily Telegraph who placed it at Number 10 in the Top 50 Books of 2016. The US edition was launched in New York at the end of 2017 and was immediately chosen for Amazon’s list of the Best Children’s Books of the Year.
Her second novel, Our Castle by the Sea, was the Independent Booksellers’ Children’s Book of the Month, The Times Children’s Book of the Week, nominated for the Carnegie Medal and shortlisted for the Waterstones Book Prize 2020. Lucy’s books are published by Scholastic in the US and have been translated into many languages including French, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Croatian, Russian, Farsi and Mandarin.
The Ghost of Gosswater was published in 2020 and was the Times Book of the Week and was chosen as one of The Times best children’s books of the year: “a classic gothic novel for beginners.”
Lucy’s latest books for young readers are the folk-horror fairy tale Sisters of the Lost Marsh (2021), which was described by Hilary McKay as her “book of the year”, and The Mermaid in the Millpond (2022). This is a short, dyslexia-friendly novel about friendship and freedom, set during the Industrial Revolution and published by Barrington Stoke.
Before becoming a professional writer, Lucy worked as an English teacher for fifteen years. Having also trained and worked as an actor, Lucy narrates her own audiobooks, winning the 2019 Audie Award for The Secret of Nightingale Wood.
Illustrator Bio:
Pam Smy has illustrated folktales, chapter books, nursery rhyme collections, picture books and novels. She has had 20 years of art school teaching and lecturing experience at Cambridge School of Art and, over this time, has developed an understanding of how to nurture creative process and work through ideas with illustrators. She has a passion for observational drawing and sketchbooks.
Awards:
Nominated for CILIP Greenaway Medal for Lob, written by Linda Newbery, published by David Fickling Books in 2015 for Lob
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, Older Fiction Category, 2018 for Thornhill
Shortlisted for the CILIP Greenaway Medal, 2018 for Thornhill
Shortlisted for the Leeds Book Awards, 2018 for Thornhill
Shortlisted for the Oxfordshire Book Award, 2018 for Thornhill.
Awarded the PictureHooks Invisible Prize, 2020
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Lali A. Love
Lali A. Love
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Title: Portals of Magic: Poetry and Activity Book
Genre: Chidren
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available:
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://authorlalialove.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/laliaristo
Book Blurb:
Come join us for some unicorn fun,
On a journey that’s second to none.
Through portals of light,
We'll take flight with might,
Our adventure has only begun.
What you will find inside the book:
Part 1: A Unicorn’s Quest poetry in limerick format.
Part 2: 40 black and white coloring pages and activities.
• Designs with cute unicorns including an empowering message on each page.
• A nice large format for small hands to enjoy.
Part 3: You’re Portals of Magic acrostic poems to inspire your little star.
The coloring and activity pages will help your child relax and express their creativity, self-regulate their mood and develop their imagination while reading the uplifting rhymes.
Author Bio:
Lali A. Love ™️ is an award-winning author and Amazon bestseller of dark fantasy, science fiction, paranormal thriller, and inspirational poetry. She has received the NYC Big Book Award in Poetry Anthology, a Global e-Book Gold Award, the Elite Choice Gold Award, the Book of Excellence Award, the Queer Indie Lit Youth Gold Awards, and the International Reader’s Favorite Gold and Bronze Awards for quality and powerful storytelling.
Her mission is to empower, enlighten, and entertain her readers by bridging the concepts of metaphysics with gripping storytelling and inspiring poetry.
Lali aspires to write stimulating, thought-provoking, and relevant character-based novels that relate to modern-day issues and invoke an emotional response in her readers.
As an intuitive, alchemist, and energy healer, Lali intends to help elevate levels of consciousness by shining the light on sensitive subject matter to assist individuals in their healing journeys. She is an advocate for self-love, self-actualization, voicing authentic truths, equality, diversity, unity, women, and children.
Genre: Chidren
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available:
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://authorlalialove.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/laliaristo
Book Blurb:
Come join us for some unicorn fun,
On a journey that’s second to none.
Through portals of light,
We'll take flight with might,
Our adventure has only begun.
What you will find inside the book:
Part 1: A Unicorn’s Quest poetry in limerick format.
Part 2: 40 black and white coloring pages and activities.
• Designs with cute unicorns including an empowering message on each page.
• A nice large format for small hands to enjoy.
Part 3: You’re Portals of Magic acrostic poems to inspire your little star.
The coloring and activity pages will help your child relax and express their creativity, self-regulate their mood and develop their imagination while reading the uplifting rhymes.
Author Bio:
Lali A. Love ™️ is an award-winning author and Amazon bestseller of dark fantasy, science fiction, paranormal thriller, and inspirational poetry. She has received the NYC Big Book Award in Poetry Anthology, a Global e-Book Gold Award, the Elite Choice Gold Award, the Book of Excellence Award, the Queer Indie Lit Youth Gold Awards, and the International Reader’s Favorite Gold and Bronze Awards for quality and powerful storytelling.
Her mission is to empower, enlighten, and entertain her readers by bridging the concepts of metaphysics with gripping storytelling and inspiring poetry.
Lali aspires to write stimulating, thought-provoking, and relevant character-based novels that relate to modern-day issues and invoke an emotional response in her readers.
As an intuitive, alchemist, and energy healer, Lali intends to help elevate levels of consciousness by shining the light on sensitive subject matter to assist individuals in their healing journeys. She is an advocate for self-love, self-actualization, voicing authentic truths, equality, diversity, unity, women, and children.
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Annaliese Avery
Annaliese Avery
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Title 1: THE NIGHTSILVER PROMISE
Title 2: THE DOOMFIRE SECRET
Genre: CHILDREN'S FANTASY ADVENTURE
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://annalieseavery.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnnalieseAvery
Book 1 Blurb: THE NIGHTSILVER PROMISE
An epic adventure featuring danger, dragons and a fight against destiny.
"A smart, original, fantasy adventure" Dominique Valente, author of Starfell
"Richly imagined and unputdownable" Vashti Hardy, author of Brightstorm
When Paisley Fitzwilliam is summoned to receive the track of stars that will determine her future, she is filled with hope for the future. But the fate she is dealt throws everything upside down.
Then her mother goes missing and the closely guarded secret around her brother Dax is more at risk than ever before. It seems that the previous metal nightsilver might hold the key. . .
Can Paisley defy her stars and change the course of history?
A breath taking journey through the Floating Boroughs and the dark sewers of London, capital city of the Empire of Albion.
A thrilling fantasy debut with immersive world-building and tons of action!
Perfect for readers of Philip Pullman, Diana Wynne Jones and Cornelia Funke.
The first book in a bold new trilogy, destined to be a future classic.
Book 2 Blurb: THE DOOMFIRE SECRET
The thrilling sequel to Annaliese Avery's epic debut THE NIGHTSILVER PROMISE. Featuring danger, dragons and a fight against destiny.
When Paisley Fitzwilliam escapes the clutches of the Dark Dragon, she has just one thing on her mind - getting her brother Dax back from the icy Northern Realms, where he was whisked away by the fierce and mysterious dragon riders, the Krigare. It's clear that Paisley's track is unique, but with the Dark Dragon and the King's Guard now on her trail, she faces danger at every turn. To rescue her brother and keep the Heart Stone from the clutches of the Dark Dragon, Paisley must harness her power and seek new and dangerous alliances. . .
The next instalment in a thrilling fantasy series with immersive world-building and tons of action!
Author Bio:
Annaliese Avery has spent most of her life surrounded by stories, both at work as a library manager and at home writing them. She holds an MA in Creative Writing and has worked as a children's book editor and creative writing workshop leader for both young writers and adults. In January 2020, Annaliese was shortlisted for the SCBWI Undiscovered Voices anthology.
Title 2: THE DOOMFIRE SECRET
Genre: CHILDREN'S FANTASY ADVENTURE
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://annalieseavery.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnnalieseAvery
Book 1 Blurb: THE NIGHTSILVER PROMISE
An epic adventure featuring danger, dragons and a fight against destiny.
"A smart, original, fantasy adventure" Dominique Valente, author of Starfell
"Richly imagined and unputdownable" Vashti Hardy, author of Brightstorm
When Paisley Fitzwilliam is summoned to receive the track of stars that will determine her future, she is filled with hope for the future. But the fate she is dealt throws everything upside down.
Then her mother goes missing and the closely guarded secret around her brother Dax is more at risk than ever before. It seems that the previous metal nightsilver might hold the key. . .
Can Paisley defy her stars and change the course of history?
A breath taking journey through the Floating Boroughs and the dark sewers of London, capital city of the Empire of Albion.
A thrilling fantasy debut with immersive world-building and tons of action!
Perfect for readers of Philip Pullman, Diana Wynne Jones and Cornelia Funke.
The first book in a bold new trilogy, destined to be a future classic.
Book 2 Blurb: THE DOOMFIRE SECRET
The thrilling sequel to Annaliese Avery's epic debut THE NIGHTSILVER PROMISE. Featuring danger, dragons and a fight against destiny.
When Paisley Fitzwilliam escapes the clutches of the Dark Dragon, she has just one thing on her mind - getting her brother Dax back from the icy Northern Realms, where he was whisked away by the fierce and mysterious dragon riders, the Krigare. It's clear that Paisley's track is unique, but with the Dark Dragon and the King's Guard now on her trail, she faces danger at every turn. To rescue her brother and keep the Heart Stone from the clutches of the Dark Dragon, Paisley must harness her power and seek new and dangerous alliances. . .
The next instalment in a thrilling fantasy series with immersive world-building and tons of action!
Author Bio:
Annaliese Avery has spent most of her life surrounded by stories, both at work as a library manager and at home writing them. She holds an MA in Creative Writing and has worked as a children's book editor and creative writing workshop leader for both young writers and adults. In January 2020, Annaliese was shortlisted for the SCBWI Undiscovered Voices anthology.
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Book Title: THE IMMORTAL GAMES
Genre: YA ROMANTASY ADVENTURE
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: https://annalieseavery.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnnalieseAveryBook
Book Blurb:
An explosive new romantasy YA, perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and Lore. Every Lunar Eclipse signifies the beginning of the Immortal Games: An epic set of games played by the Gods of Olympus, with randomly-selected humans as their Tokens. The stakes are high for the Gods who covet entertainment and glory above all else. For the Tokens, it's about survival. 17-year-old Ara seeks revenge. Revenge on the Gods for allowing her older sister to die in the Games. And now she is consumed with one ambition only - to find a weapon powerful enough to kill a God. But when Ara is plucked from the clutches of death by Hades, God of the Underworld, she realises that she has become a Token herself in the brutal games. Coached by the only God who has never won the games, the odds are stacked against her. Hades is the outcast of the Gods, who selects a Token who is already about to die to give them a second chance at life. But he soon realises that Ara does not fear death, just as she does not fear him. And when a wager offers Hades unimaginable power should his Token win, the games take on a new meaning. As the Games progress, Hades teaches Ara the value of life and living. Ara - still grieving the loss of her sister - teaches Hades compassion. And with Tokens slowly succumbing to the quests, Ara must put aside her rage if she is to survive!
Author Bio:
Annaliese Avery has spent most of her life surrounded by stories, both at work as a library manager and at home writing them. She holds an MA in Creative Writing and has worked as a children's book editor and creative writing workshop leader for both young writers and adults. In January 2020, Annaliese was shortlisted for the SCBWI Undiscovered Voices anthology. The Nightsilver Promise was her debut middle-grade novel, and the first in a thrilling, new fantasy trilogy. And The Immortal Games is her debut book for YA readers.
Genre: YA ROMANTASY ADVENTURE
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://annalieseavery.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnnalieseAveryBook
Book Blurb:
An explosive new romantasy YA, perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and Lore. Every Lunar Eclipse signifies the beginning of the Immortal Games: An epic set of games played by the Gods of Olympus, with randomly-selected humans as their Tokens. The stakes are high for the Gods who covet entertainment and glory above all else. For the Tokens, it's about survival. 17-year-old Ara seeks revenge. Revenge on the Gods for allowing her older sister to die in the Games. And now she is consumed with one ambition only - to find a weapon powerful enough to kill a God. But when Ara is plucked from the clutches of death by Hades, God of the Underworld, she realises that she has become a Token herself in the brutal games. Coached by the only God who has never won the games, the odds are stacked against her. Hades is the outcast of the Gods, who selects a Token who is already about to die to give them a second chance at life. But he soon realises that Ara does not fear death, just as she does not fear him. And when a wager offers Hades unimaginable power should his Token win, the games take on a new meaning. As the Games progress, Hades teaches Ara the value of life and living. Ara - still grieving the loss of her sister - teaches Hades compassion. And with Tokens slowly succumbing to the quests, Ara must put aside her rage if she is to survive!
Author Bio:
Annaliese Avery has spent most of her life surrounded by stories, both at work as a library manager and at home writing them. She holds an MA in Creative Writing and has worked as a children's book editor and creative writing workshop leader for both young writers and adults. In January 2020, Annaliese was shortlisted for the SCBWI Undiscovered Voices anthology. The Nightsilver Promise was her debut middle-grade novel, and the first in a thrilling, new fantasy trilogy. And The Immortal Games is her debut book for YA readers.
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P.R. Moffitt & T. A. Moffitt
P.R. Moffitt & T. A. Moffitt
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Two Book Special
Title 1: The Lady of Larnwick's Fable
Title 2: The Winter Women
Genre: Historical Fantasy and High Fantasy
Format: Paperbacks/e,books
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://brokencrowns.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PatriciaMoffit6
Book 1 Blurb:
The Fable Begins...
In a land where magic has slowly been ground into dust, elves and orcs still manage to dwell amongst men. Whilst Erosil is home to many kingdoms, Man’s Lands dominate all they see as foreign. Estron, Jacarcia, and the isle of Scarron are ruled by two siblings born of the most powerful human dynasty: the Whitehammers.
The Whitehammer king in the west is dead and his troubled daughter is seen as unfit to rule his realm. Her brothers and their council of Jacarcian nobles worry about the allegiances she has made through her marriage.
The Whitehammer queen in the east has problems of her own. Her oldest son is far from ready to take the throne, and she is rumoured to be planning to bypass him in favour of her more capable children.
Bonds will be broken, intrigue will thrive, and the ones who love will love no more.
The Lady of Larnwick's fable is told, and the ears of Erosil are drawn to its final recital.
Book 2 Blurb
The Fable Continues...
The former Queen of Jacarcia has been handed over to her sister-in-law in retribution for her brother’s murder. Now her fate lies with the Winter Women of old. As she discovers the depths of her magical gifts, her kinsman embarks on a journey to find the last dragon eggs.
The newly married King of Jacarcia finds love with a beautiful woman. Their dalliance sends shockwaves from The Pearl City to Broken Storm Harbour. The nomads of Jacarcia, however, soon pose a greater threat than any affair of the heart.
The battles of the Kingmaker War have resolved nothing, and the Whitehammer siblings are more distant than ever. The crown of Estron has lost its prestige, and voices to the north and south call for greater independence from the new king’s rule.
In a time of empires and thrones, where magic is real, and power and position are key, the shadows of the past haunt the future.
A queen will rise, a king will fall, and the Winter Women will reign again!
The King of Jacarcia knows my name,
His shattered heart is full of blame;
He whispers love to shelter woes,
The cold and wind of Larnwick blows.
The treble tide across the sea,
The pain of birth he will not see;
The island’s witch no longer waits,
She chants and wails, her wretched hate.
The spring of the Goddess will come;
The summer of the Daughter will burn the sons;
The harvest of the meek will shed their skins;
The winter women will reign again.
Author P.R. Moffitt Bio:
I am an author and publisher, currently writing book six in The Broken Crown Series and studying for a BA in Creative Writing & Publishing.
I have been writing since I was fourteen but did not publish my first book until thirty-five years later.
All the books in the Broken Crown series are set in the fictional world of Erosil. Many creatures live in the world, including Men, Elves, Orcs and Dragons, as well as other creatures that you may not have heard of before.
Author Thomas A Moffitt Bio:
Thomas has been writing since he was seven and published his first book at the age of fifteen, The Erosion of Erosil (part one of The Burnt Throne). Seven years later, he has written three further books to add to The Burnt Throne Saga.
This is all while working towards a Master's Degree in Classics.
Title 1: The Lady of Larnwick's Fable
Title 2: The Winter Women
Genre: Historical Fantasy and High Fantasy
Format: Paperbacks/e,books
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://brokencrowns.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PatriciaMoffit6
Book 1 Blurb:
The Fable Begins...
In a land where magic has slowly been ground into dust, elves and orcs still manage to dwell amongst men. Whilst Erosil is home to many kingdoms, Man’s Lands dominate all they see as foreign. Estron, Jacarcia, and the isle of Scarron are ruled by two siblings born of the most powerful human dynasty: the Whitehammers.
The Whitehammer king in the west is dead and his troubled daughter is seen as unfit to rule his realm. Her brothers and their council of Jacarcian nobles worry about the allegiances she has made through her marriage.
The Whitehammer queen in the east has problems of her own. Her oldest son is far from ready to take the throne, and she is rumoured to be planning to bypass him in favour of her more capable children.
Bonds will be broken, intrigue will thrive, and the ones who love will love no more.
The Lady of Larnwick's fable is told, and the ears of Erosil are drawn to its final recital.
Book 2 Blurb
The Fable Continues...
The former Queen of Jacarcia has been handed over to her sister-in-law in retribution for her brother’s murder. Now her fate lies with the Winter Women of old. As she discovers the depths of her magical gifts, her kinsman embarks on a journey to find the last dragon eggs.
The newly married King of Jacarcia finds love with a beautiful woman. Their dalliance sends shockwaves from The Pearl City to Broken Storm Harbour. The nomads of Jacarcia, however, soon pose a greater threat than any affair of the heart.
The battles of the Kingmaker War have resolved nothing, and the Whitehammer siblings are more distant than ever. The crown of Estron has lost its prestige, and voices to the north and south call for greater independence from the new king’s rule.
In a time of empires and thrones, where magic is real, and power and position are key, the shadows of the past haunt the future.
A queen will rise, a king will fall, and the Winter Women will reign again!
The King of Jacarcia knows my name,
His shattered heart is full of blame;
He whispers love to shelter woes,
The cold and wind of Larnwick blows.
The treble tide across the sea,
The pain of birth he will not see;
The island’s witch no longer waits,
She chants and wails, her wretched hate.
The spring of the Goddess will come;
The summer of the Daughter will burn the sons;
The harvest of the meek will shed their skins;
The winter women will reign again.
Author P.R. Moffitt Bio:
I am an author and publisher, currently writing book six in The Broken Crown Series and studying for a BA in Creative Writing & Publishing.
I have been writing since I was fourteen but did not publish my first book until thirty-five years later.
All the books in the Broken Crown series are set in the fictional world of Erosil. Many creatures live in the world, including Men, Elves, Orcs and Dragons, as well as other creatures that you may not have heard of before.
Author Thomas A Moffitt Bio:
Thomas has been writing since he was seven and published his first book at the age of fifteen, The Erosion of Erosil (part one of The Burnt Throne). Seven years later, he has written three further books to add to The Burnt Throne Saga.
This is all while working towards a Master's Degree in Classics.
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P. R. Moffitt & Thomas A. Moffitt
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Gabriela Houston
Gabriela Houston
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The Wind Child Duology
Title 1: The Wind Child
Title 2: The Storm Child
Genre: Upper MG Adventure Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://gabrielahouston.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GabrielaHouston
Book Blurb:
Featuring a colourful Slavic cast of tempestuous gods and frightening monsters, this is a story about friendship, and how far you would go - and what you would sacrifice - to avoid saying goodbye to someone you love.
No human has ever returned from Navia, the Slavic afterlife. But twelve-year-old Mara is not entirely human - she is the granddaughter of Stribog, the god of winter winds, and she’s determined to bring her beloved father back from the dead. So she and her best friend (and bear-shifter) Torniv set out on an epic journey to defy the gods and rescue her father. They will have to face forest lords, enchanted goddesses, the stormy seas, and the villainous Baba Latingorka. And little do they know of the terrible forces they have set in motion - for the world is full of darkness, and Mara will have to rely on her wits to survive.
Author Bio:
Gabriela Houston was born and raised in Poland, brought up on a diet of mythologies and fairy tales. She spent her summers exploring the woods, foraging and animal tracking with her family. At 19, Gabriela moved to London to study English Literature and obtained a Masters degree in literatures of modernity. She has worked for as an assistant editor and as a freelance writer.
She writes family and community-centres novels for adults and children, drawing inspiration from Slavic folklore. Gabriela lives in London with her husband, children and two cats.
Title 1: The Wind Child
Title 2: The Storm Child
Genre: Upper MG Adventure Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://gabrielahouston.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GabrielaHouston
Book Blurb:
Featuring a colourful Slavic cast of tempestuous gods and frightening monsters, this is a story about friendship, and how far you would go - and what you would sacrifice - to avoid saying goodbye to someone you love.
No human has ever returned from Navia, the Slavic afterlife. But twelve-year-old Mara is not entirely human - she is the granddaughter of Stribog, the god of winter winds, and she’s determined to bring her beloved father back from the dead. So she and her best friend (and bear-shifter) Torniv set out on an epic journey to defy the gods and rescue her father. They will have to face forest lords, enchanted goddesses, the stormy seas, and the villainous Baba Latingorka. And little do they know of the terrible forces they have set in motion - for the world is full of darkness, and Mara will have to rely on her wits to survive.
Author Bio:
Gabriela Houston was born and raised in Poland, brought up on a diet of mythologies and fairy tales. She spent her summers exploring the woods, foraging and animal tracking with her family. At 19, Gabriela moved to London to study English Literature and obtained a Masters degree in literatures of modernity. She has worked for as an assistant editor and as a freelance writer.
She writes family and community-centres novels for adults and children, drawing inspiration from Slavic folklore. Gabriela lives in London with her husband, children and two cats.
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Tom Moorhouse
Tom Moorhouse
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Title: The Rising
Genre: Children's Fiction (animal fantasy)
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://tom-moorhouse.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Authologist
Book Blurb:
When their uncle Sylvan pays an unexpected visit, bringing with him a terrible warning, young water voles Kale and Strife have no idea that their world is about to change for ever.
Soon they'll be running for their lives as a new danger threatens to destroy everything and everyone they care about.
Kale and Strife will need all their strength and courage to survive their journey into the unknown. But the shadows are full of enemies, and still more surprises lie in wait . . . will they ever make it back home again?
This thrilling follow-up to the highly-acclaimed novel, The River Singers, will transport readers into a vivid world of riverbank creatures, where excitement and danger are never far away. Now available in a beautiful paperback edition, containing the original beautiful black and white illustrations by Simon Mendez.
Author Bio:
Tom Moorhouse is an author of children’s fiction and adult non-fiction. His debut novel The River Singers (2013) won the 2015 Quality Fiction NSTBA award, was nominated for the 2015 Carnegie Medal, longlisted for the 2015 UKLA and 2014 Branford Boase awards, and shortlisted for the 2016 Stockton Children's Book of the Year. Its sequel The Rising was published in 2014. Trickster (2016), nominated for the 2016 Carnegie Medal. He has also written four books for younger readers (the A Race for Toad Hall series). His adult books are Elegy for a River and Ghosts in the Hedgerow. His work has been translated into seven languages, with the French translation of The River Singers winning Le Prix LibbyLit for junior fiction in 2014.
Genre: Children's Fiction (animal fantasy)
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://tom-moorhouse.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Authologist
Book Blurb:
When their uncle Sylvan pays an unexpected visit, bringing with him a terrible warning, young water voles Kale and Strife have no idea that their world is about to change for ever.
Soon they'll be running for their lives as a new danger threatens to destroy everything and everyone they care about.
Kale and Strife will need all their strength and courage to survive their journey into the unknown. But the shadows are full of enemies, and still more surprises lie in wait . . . will they ever make it back home again?
This thrilling follow-up to the highly-acclaimed novel, The River Singers, will transport readers into a vivid world of riverbank creatures, where excitement and danger are never far away. Now available in a beautiful paperback edition, containing the original beautiful black and white illustrations by Simon Mendez.
Author Bio:
Tom Moorhouse is an author of children’s fiction and adult non-fiction. His debut novel The River Singers (2013) won the 2015 Quality Fiction NSTBA award, was nominated for the 2015 Carnegie Medal, longlisted for the 2015 UKLA and 2014 Branford Boase awards, and shortlisted for the 2016 Stockton Children's Book of the Year. Its sequel The Rising was published in 2014. Trickster (2016), nominated for the 2016 Carnegie Medal. He has also written four books for younger readers (the A Race for Toad Hall series). His adult books are Elegy for a River and Ghosts in the Hedgerow. His work has been translated into seven languages, with the French translation of The River Singers winning Le Prix LibbyLit for junior fiction in 2014.
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Bea Fitzgerald
Bea Fitzgerald
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Title: Girl Goddess Queen
Genre: Fantasy - Young Adult
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/beafitzgerald
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bea_a_Bea
Book Blurb:
To hell with love, this goddess has other plans...
Thousands of years ago, the gods told a lie: how Persephone was a pawn in the politics of other gods. How Hades kidnapped Persephone to be his bride. How her mother, Demeter, was so distraught she caused the Earth to start dying.
The real story is much more interesting.
Persephone wasn't taken to hell: she jumped. There was no way she was going to be married off to some smug god more in love with himself than her.
Now all she has to do is convince the Underworld's annoyingly sexy, arrogant and frankly rude ruler, Hades, to fall in line with her plan. A plan that will shake Mount Olympus to its very core.
But consequences can be deadly, especially when you're already in hell . . .
Author Bio:
Bea Fitzgerald is an author and content creator. She has worked in publishing for a number of years and has a degree in English Literature from the University of Reading, where she also studied several classes in Ancient History. Bea is passionate about stories and fascinated by the way they endure and resonate through centuries and generations. When she's not writing, she's entertaining her followers on TikTok and Instagram with her mythology-themed comedy account https://www.instagram.com/chaosonolympus/ . Girl, Goddess, Queen is her debut novel.
Genre: Fantasy - Young Adult
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/beafitzgerald
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bea_a_Bea
Book Blurb:
To hell with love, this goddess has other plans...
Thousands of years ago, the gods told a lie: how Persephone was a pawn in the politics of other gods. How Hades kidnapped Persephone to be his bride. How her mother, Demeter, was so distraught she caused the Earth to start dying.
The real story is much more interesting.
Persephone wasn't taken to hell: she jumped. There was no way she was going to be married off to some smug god more in love with himself than her.
Now all she has to do is convince the Underworld's annoyingly sexy, arrogant and frankly rude ruler, Hades, to fall in line with her plan. A plan that will shake Mount Olympus to its very core.
But consequences can be deadly, especially when you're already in hell . . .
Author Bio:
Bea Fitzgerald is an author and content creator. She has worked in publishing for a number of years and has a degree in English Literature from the University of Reading, where she also studied several classes in Ancient History. Bea is passionate about stories and fascinated by the way they endure and resonate through centuries and generations. When she's not writing, she's entertaining her followers on TikTok and Instagram with her mythology-themed comedy account https://www.instagram.com/chaosonolympus/ . Girl, Goddess, Queen is her debut novel.
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J Taylor
J Taylor
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Two Book Bonanza
Title 1: A Moment on the Lips
Title 2: A Moment on the Lips at Christmas
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.jtaylorwrites.co.uk
Social media links: @jtayauthor
Book 1 Blurb:
The funny, uplifting debut, that's soon to be a television adaptation! Five unlikely friends and a year that’ll change everything. ABOUT A MOMENT ON THE LIPS:
ETTA has had enough. At 5 ft 3 and size 20, she is determined to make a change. A change for herself, her daughter, and to show her ex, Robert, that she is, in fact, not only good enough for him but, in fact, far too good.JENNA is being driven mad by her mother-in-law’s critical and overbearing personality. And with her wedding fast approaching, she’s determined to regain control of her body and the big day.VAL is feeling lost and in shock after her husband of thirty years has upped and left her. Why? Good question. Val has no idea, but she’s determined to find out.NICKY has been on a downward spiral since her divorce. Struggling to move on and lonely with only her cats for company, food has become her best friend.YANA has new life in England. Despite marital bliss being everything she’d hoped for, Yana misses her family back in Russia and has developed some new habits that even her new husband isn't unaware of. Together they improve their lives and discover that it's never too late to strive towards the life you've always wanted.
Book 2 Blurb:
Gavin and Stacey meets National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation meets The Holiday
A Moment on the Lips at Christmas
Join Etta on a funny and feel-good festive getaway. Because an A Moment on the Lips Christmas may not be a perfect Christmas, but it's definitely one you don’t want to miss.
Now I don’t want to sound ungrateful, but I just have to say this: For. Fu*k. F**king. Sake.
From: Pamela Wilson
PamelaWilsonlovesCorgis@gmail.com
To: Etta1991@icloud.com
Date: 20 Dec 2021 13:43
Subject: Very exciting news! Prompt response required!
Dear Family and Friends,
We cordially invite you to join us at Midwinter Lodge from 27 December to 2 January, in the glorious wilderness of the Scottish Highlands, for a Christmas and New Year’s break to remember.
Midwinter is an extremely luxurious hunting lodge that sleeps eighteen comfortably and is featured in April 2020 Your Home magazine. Facilities include open fires, Aga, private river access, and manicured grounds with a fire pit. Small dogs are allowed in the house. Outdoor shoes are not.
This break is a gift from us to you. NO financial contribution is required. RSVP WITHIN 24 HOURS as we need the final numbers for the Ocado shop. Transport via executive coach included.
We look forward to hosting you! Let’s make some memories!
Festive love and peace,
Pamela and Gillian
Author Bio:
J Taylor is the eleven times Amazon Select All-Stars award-winning author of the bestselling ‘A Moment on the Lips’ series.
Jamie loves to find funny in the familiar. She writes the kind of books you reach for when you've had a bad day: Laugh-out-loud stories of friendship, strong, capable women, and love in all its forms. Her bestselling debut, ‘A Moment on the Lips’, is currently in development for television adaptation and continues to sell in high volume worldwide.
Title 1: A Moment on the Lips
Title 2: A Moment on the Lips at Christmas
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.jtaylorwrites.co.uk
Social media links: @jtayauthor
Book 1 Blurb:
The funny, uplifting debut, that's soon to be a television adaptation! Five unlikely friends and a year that’ll change everything. ABOUT A MOMENT ON THE LIPS:
ETTA has had enough. At 5 ft 3 and size 20, she is determined to make a change. A change for herself, her daughter, and to show her ex, Robert, that she is, in fact, not only good enough for him but, in fact, far too good.JENNA is being driven mad by her mother-in-law’s critical and overbearing personality. And with her wedding fast approaching, she’s determined to regain control of her body and the big day.VAL is feeling lost and in shock after her husband of thirty years has upped and left her. Why? Good question. Val has no idea, but she’s determined to find out.NICKY has been on a downward spiral since her divorce. Struggling to move on and lonely with only her cats for company, food has become her best friend.YANA has new life in England. Despite marital bliss being everything she’d hoped for, Yana misses her family back in Russia and has developed some new habits that even her new husband isn't unaware of. Together they improve their lives and discover that it's never too late to strive towards the life you've always wanted.
Book 2 Blurb:
Gavin and Stacey meets National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation meets The Holiday
A Moment on the Lips at Christmas
Join Etta on a funny and feel-good festive getaway. Because an A Moment on the Lips Christmas may not be a perfect Christmas, but it's definitely one you don’t want to miss.
Now I don’t want to sound ungrateful, but I just have to say this: For. Fu*k. F**king. Sake.
From: Pamela Wilson
PamelaWilsonlovesCorgis@gmail.com
To: Etta1991@icloud.com
Date: 20 Dec 2021 13:43
Subject: Very exciting news! Prompt response required!
Dear Family and Friends,
We cordially invite you to join us at Midwinter Lodge from 27 December to 2 January, in the glorious wilderness of the Scottish Highlands, for a Christmas and New Year’s break to remember.
Midwinter is an extremely luxurious hunting lodge that sleeps eighteen comfortably and is featured in April 2020 Your Home magazine. Facilities include open fires, Aga, private river access, and manicured grounds with a fire pit. Small dogs are allowed in the house. Outdoor shoes are not.
This break is a gift from us to you. NO financial contribution is required. RSVP WITHIN 24 HOURS as we need the final numbers for the Ocado shop. Transport via executive coach included.
We look forward to hosting you! Let’s make some memories!
Festive love and peace,
Pamela and Gillian
Author Bio:
J Taylor is the eleven times Amazon Select All-Stars award-winning author of the bestselling ‘A Moment on the Lips’ series.
Jamie loves to find funny in the familiar. She writes the kind of books you reach for when you've had a bad day: Laugh-out-loud stories of friendship, strong, capable women, and love in all its forms. Her bestselling debut, ‘A Moment on the Lips’, is currently in development for television adaptation and continues to sell in high volume worldwide.
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£ 15
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Thiago de Moraes
Thiago de Moraes
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Title: Old Gods New Tricks
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Canada Only/ UK Only
Website: http://thiagodemoraes.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tibolota
Book Blurb:
Trixie dos Santos is obsessed with trickster gods, so when the world is plunged into darkness, she knows who can bring back the light. Loki, Maui and the Monkey King join her on the hugest adventure, but can Trixie keep these maverick saviours in line?
Shining a light on epic myths from cultures across the world, Old Gods New Tricks is at once a heart-racing and fascinating read. Full of heart and humour, it has the potential to spark a lifelong interest in folklore and legends. Thiago's distinctive artwork brings these tricksy gods to life, creating a truly unique and unforgettable package.
Author Bio:
Thiago de Moraes spends most of his time in a tiny shed at the bottom of his garden, writing and illustrating books, comics and bits of old cardboard boxes. He enjoys telling all sorts of stories, from novels to non-fiction. Many of his books are inspired by his passion for myths and folklore from cultures around the world.
He has won the Sheffield Children’s Book Award, was longlisted for the Klaus Flugge Prize and twice nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal. His books have been translated into over 20 languages, with surprisingly few complaints so far.
Thiago is 90% beard, dangerously fond of bacon and lives in England with his wife, kids and a pet tortoise called Nibbles.
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Canada Only/ UK Only
Website: http://thiagodemoraes.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tibolota
Book Blurb:
Trixie dos Santos is obsessed with trickster gods, so when the world is plunged into darkness, she knows who can bring back the light. Loki, Maui and the Monkey King join her on the hugest adventure, but can Trixie keep these maverick saviours in line?
Shining a light on epic myths from cultures across the world, Old Gods New Tricks is at once a heart-racing and fascinating read. Full of heart and humour, it has the potential to spark a lifelong interest in folklore and legends. Thiago's distinctive artwork brings these tricksy gods to life, creating a truly unique and unforgettable package.
Author Bio:
Thiago de Moraes spends most of his time in a tiny shed at the bottom of his garden, writing and illustrating books, comics and bits of old cardboard boxes. He enjoys telling all sorts of stories, from novels to non-fiction. Many of his books are inspired by his passion for myths and folklore from cultures around the world.
He has won the Sheffield Children’s Book Award, was longlisted for the Klaus Flugge Prize and twice nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal. His books have been translated into over 20 languages, with surprisingly few complaints so far.
Thiago is 90% beard, dangerously fond of bacon and lives in England with his wife, kids and a pet tortoise called Nibbles.
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Thomas Taylor
Thomas Taylor
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Title: Mermedusa
Genre: Fantasy - Magical, Mystery Adventure.
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: UK Onky
Website: https://www.thomastaylor-author.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThomasHTaylor
Book Blurb:
It’s Midwinter once again, and Eerie-on-Sea has been invaded by a famous podcast crew, determined to uncover all the secrets of Eerie, especially the famous legend of the fearsome Malamander. But Herbie and Violet are faced with a new mystery, one that threatens to shake the town to its very core. Is the Deepest Secret of Eerie-on-Sea about to be revealed?
Author Bio:
Author and Illustrator Thomas Taylor is best known for his Eerie-on-Sea mysteries. As an illustrator he created to cover art for the first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. He lives on the south coast of England.
Genre: Fantasy - Magical, Mystery Adventure.
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Onky
Website: https://www.thomastaylor-author.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThomasHTaylor
Book Blurb:
It’s Midwinter once again, and Eerie-on-Sea has been invaded by a famous podcast crew, determined to uncover all the secrets of Eerie, especially the famous legend of the fearsome Malamander. But Herbie and Violet are faced with a new mystery, one that threatens to shake the town to its very core. Is the Deepest Secret of Eerie-on-Sea about to be revealed?
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Author and Illustrator Thomas Taylor is best known for his Eerie-on-Sea mysteries. As an illustrator he created to cover art for the first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. He lives on the south coast of England.
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Lot 562
£ 20
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Natalie Hibberd
Natalie Hibberd
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Two Book Special
Title 1: Inside Out
Title 2: Family Ties
Genre: Young Adult - Science Fiction
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.nataliehibberdauthor.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NatalieHibberd
Book 1 Blurb: Inside Out
In a divisive world of mistrust and murder, there's only one thing that matters growing up: you're either in The Inside or The Outside.
While the Insiders appear pampered and privileged, the Outsiders know only harsh realities. Believing themselves to be needlessly deprived of everything the Insiders have, the younger generation channel their rage into a terrorist group called The Freedom Fighters, a group intent on overthrowing the Inside at any cost. Now the Insiders must watch as the world they love collapses around them while the government resort to increasingly desperate tactics to try and contain the Outside threat. When the latest initiative catapults one of the young into the heart of the war, everything is pushed to breaking point.
Book 2 Blurb: Family Ties
In a divisive world of mistrust and murder, there's only one thing that matters growing up: you're either in The Inside or The Outside. In a desperate attempt to regain control of a flailing society, the Inside government have deployed an unlikely spy, sixteen year old Layna, to work her way into the heart of Outside resistance group - the Freedom Fighters. Having ingratiated herself with the top-ranking soldiers, Layna is discovering that the hardest part of her job is only just beginning.
Back on The Inside, the teenage residents are learning to juggle jealousy, heartache and potentially explosive secrets. Little do they know, the pangs of adolescence are about to be joined by far more adult concerns. Storm clouds are gathering on the horizons of this fractured world, and when lightning strikes, nothing will ever be the same.
In the long-awaited sequel to the award-winning Inside Out the stakes have been raised and all those involved are about to learn that danger is closer to home than any of them can imagine.
Author Bio:
Natalie Hibberd has wanted to be an author since she was two years old and wrote the first draft of my debut novel - Inside Out - between the ages of twelve and fourteen. She achieved her dreams of publication in spite of both Cerebral Palsy and Depression. She lives in Hampshire with her mum, dad and right-hand dog Cleo.
Title 1: Inside Out
Title 2: Family Ties
Genre: Young Adult - Science Fiction
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.nataliehibberdauthor.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NatalieHibberd
Book 1 Blurb: Inside Out
In a divisive world of mistrust and murder, there's only one thing that matters growing up: you're either in The Inside or The Outside.
While the Insiders appear pampered and privileged, the Outsiders know only harsh realities. Believing themselves to be needlessly deprived of everything the Insiders have, the younger generation channel their rage into a terrorist group called The Freedom Fighters, a group intent on overthrowing the Inside at any cost. Now the Insiders must watch as the world they love collapses around them while the government resort to increasingly desperate tactics to try and contain the Outside threat. When the latest initiative catapults one of the young into the heart of the war, everything is pushed to breaking point.
Book 2 Blurb: Family Ties
In a divisive world of mistrust and murder, there's only one thing that matters growing up: you're either in The Inside or The Outside. In a desperate attempt to regain control of a flailing society, the Inside government have deployed an unlikely spy, sixteen year old Layna, to work her way into the heart of Outside resistance group - the Freedom Fighters. Having ingratiated herself with the top-ranking soldiers, Layna is discovering that the hardest part of her job is only just beginning.
Back on The Inside, the teenage residents are learning to juggle jealousy, heartache and potentially explosive secrets. Little do they know, the pangs of adolescence are about to be joined by far more adult concerns. Storm clouds are gathering on the horizons of this fractured world, and when lightning strikes, nothing will ever be the same.
In the long-awaited sequel to the award-winning Inside Out the stakes have been raised and all those involved are about to learn that danger is closer to home than any of them can imagine.
Author Bio:
Natalie Hibberd has wanted to be an author since she was two years old and wrote the first draft of my debut novel - Inside Out - between the ages of twelve and fourteen. She achieved her dreams of publication in spite of both Cerebral Palsy and Depression. She lives in Hampshire with her mum, dad and right-hand dog Cleo.
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Lot 568
£ 65
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A.F. Steadman
A.F. Steadman
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Two Book Special
Title 1: SKANDAR AND THE UNICORN THIEF
Genre; Children - Middle Grade - Fantasy
Format: Hardback ( First Edition )
Title 2: SKANDAR AND THE PHANTOM RIDER
Genre; Children - Middle Grade - Fantasy
Format: Hardback ( First Edition )
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.rcwlitagency.com/authors/steadman-annabel
Twitter: https://twitter.com/annabelwriter
Book Blurb:
Signed and dedicated first edition hardback copies of the first two books in the internationally bestselling Skandar series set in a world of elemental magic, unlikely heroes and bloodthirsty unicorns.
Author Bio:
A.F. Steadman grew up in the Kent countryside, getting lost in fantasy worlds and scribbling stories in notebooks. Before focusing on writing, she worked in law, until she realized that there wasn't nearly enough magic involved.
Title 1: SKANDAR AND THE UNICORN THIEF
Genre; Children - Middle Grade - Fantasy
Format: Hardback ( First Edition )
Title 2: SKANDAR AND THE PHANTOM RIDER
Genre; Children - Middle Grade - Fantasy
Format: Hardback ( First Edition )
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.rcwlitagency.com/authors/steadman-annabel
Twitter: https://twitter.com/annabelwriter
Book Blurb:
Signed and dedicated first edition hardback copies of the first two books in the internationally bestselling Skandar series set in a world of elemental magic, unlikely heroes and bloodthirsty unicorns.
Author Bio:
A.F. Steadman grew up in the Kent countryside, getting lost in fantasy worlds and scribbling stories in notebooks. Before focusing on writing, she worked in law, until she realized that there wasn't nearly enough magic involved.
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Lot 660
£ 25
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Jennifer Saint
Jennifer Saint
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Title: Atalanta
Genre: Myths & Fairy Tales
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
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Website: https://www.jennifersaint.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jennysaint
Book Blurb:
The bestselling author of Ariadne and Elektra brings the formidable Atalanta and her adventures amidst the Argonauts to vivid life in another sweeping re-imagining of Greek myth.
When a daughter is born to the King of Arcadia, she brings only disappointment.
Left exposed on a mountainside, the defenceless infant Atalanta, is left to the mercy of a passing mother bear and raised alongside the cubs under the protective eye of the goddess Artemis.
Swearing that she will prove her worth alongside the famed heroes of Greece, Atalanta leaves her forest to join Jason's band of Argonauts. But can she carve out her own place in the legends in a world made for men?
Author Bio:
Jennifer Saint grew up reading Greek mythology and was always drawn to the untold stories hidden within the myths. After thirteen years as a high school English teacher, she wrote ARIADNE which tells the legend of Theseus and the Minotaur from the perspective of Ariadne - the woman who made it happen. Jennifer Saint is now a full-time author, living in Yorkshire, England, with her husband and two children
Genre: Myths & Fairy Tales
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.jennifersaint.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jennysaint
Book Blurb:
The bestselling author of Ariadne and Elektra brings the formidable Atalanta and her adventures amidst the Argonauts to vivid life in another sweeping re-imagining of Greek myth.
When a daughter is born to the King of Arcadia, she brings only disappointment.
Left exposed on a mountainside, the defenceless infant Atalanta, is left to the mercy of a passing mother bear and raised alongside the cubs under the protective eye of the goddess Artemis.
Swearing that she will prove her worth alongside the famed heroes of Greece, Atalanta leaves her forest to join Jason's band of Argonauts. But can she carve out her own place in the legends in a world made for men?
Author Bio:
Jennifer Saint grew up reading Greek mythology and was always drawn to the untold stories hidden within the myths. After thirteen years as a high school English teacher, she wrote ARIADNE which tells the legend of Theseus and the Minotaur from the perspective of Ariadne - the woman who made it happen. Jennifer Saint is now a full-time author, living in Yorkshire, England, with her husband and two children
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Lot 675
£ 11
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Millie Hardy-Sims
Millie Hardy-Sims
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Book Title: The Chronicles of Álfara: The Lights of the North
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only/Global
Website: http://www.milliehardysims.uk
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/milliehardysimsauthor
Book Blurb:
The world of Heimur has been calm for centuries. The darkness was once banished and the races created by the gods live in harmony. That is, until Álfara begins to dream of mysterious lights in the northern skies that seem to be calling her name. That, and her unusual friendship with a Banvaenn boy - a mortal - who may just be the destiny everyone has been searching for. Alfara is a Ljosalfar, a light elf. She is part of a long line of Ljosalfar descending from the great Einar, who once banished darkness from the world. Now the darkness is rising again, and Alfara must do all she can to stop it. With help of her human friend Nikkel and a few other magical companions, she journeys North to ask the ancient guardians for guidance.
"And so our story truly begins, with a Ljósálfar child who had been raised on the Legend of Kollungr and Einar, told the story as just that, and raised to not ask further questions. Or so her parents wished. Álfara, however, was not the type of Ljósálfar child to let stories simply be stories."
An epic fantasy dive into how Father Christmas came to be, and why he works with elves.
Author Bio:
Born in Lincoln, UK, and moved to the Lake District in 2004, Millie has been writing stories her whole life. Whether it was short stories about television programmes, or creating stageplays, Millie has always been one with words.
As of 2022, Millie became a published author with her debut novel: The Chronicles of Álfara, Book 1, The Lights of the North, which takes inspiration from her Danish family members and Scandinavian mythology. Fantasy is her favourite genre, having grown up reading almost exclusively fantasy and all of the escapism with which it comes. Amongst her favourites, she credits The Lord of the Rings; The Chronicles of Prydain; and The Guardians of Childhood as her biggest influences when writing.
In her spare time, Millie teaches budding young writers the basics of putting together a novel in the hopes that one day they will be able to achieve their dreams, too.
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only/Global
Website: http://www.milliehardysims.uk
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/milliehardysimsauthor
Book Blurb:
The world of Heimur has been calm for centuries. The darkness was once banished and the races created by the gods live in harmony. That is, until Álfara begins to dream of mysterious lights in the northern skies that seem to be calling her name. That, and her unusual friendship with a Banvaenn boy - a mortal - who may just be the destiny everyone has been searching for. Alfara is a Ljosalfar, a light elf. She is part of a long line of Ljosalfar descending from the great Einar, who once banished darkness from the world. Now the darkness is rising again, and Alfara must do all she can to stop it. With help of her human friend Nikkel and a few other magical companions, she journeys North to ask the ancient guardians for guidance.
"And so our story truly begins, with a Ljósálfar child who had been raised on the Legend of Kollungr and Einar, told the story as just that, and raised to not ask further questions. Or so her parents wished. Álfara, however, was not the type of Ljósálfar child to let stories simply be stories."
An epic fantasy dive into how Father Christmas came to be, and why he works with elves.
Author Bio:
Born in Lincoln, UK, and moved to the Lake District in 2004, Millie has been writing stories her whole life. Whether it was short stories about television programmes, or creating stageplays, Millie has always been one with words.
As of 2022, Millie became a published author with her debut novel: The Chronicles of Álfara, Book 1, The Lights of the North, which takes inspiration from her Danish family members and Scandinavian mythology. Fantasy is her favourite genre, having grown up reading almost exclusively fantasy and all of the escapism with which it comes. Amongst her favourites, she credits The Lord of the Rings; The Chronicles of Prydain; and The Guardians of Childhood as her biggest influences when writing.
In her spare time, Millie teaches budding young writers the basics of putting together a novel in the hopes that one day they will be able to achieve their dreams, too.
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