My book, The Half Life of Ryan Davis, has been reviewed again (yay!). You can check out the review by the fabulous Bookie Monster here. (BTW I am discovering that some adults are enjoying this book too and have been wondering about its crossover qualities).
I have finally decided on a competition to celebrate reaching 500 posts on this blog. I will give any two of my books (your choice) from the following list (picture books The Were-Nana, The House That Went to Sea, or Made with Love, and novels Jack the Viking and The Half Life of Ryan Davis) as a prize to be posted anywhere in the world to the person who comes up with the best crime writing pseudonym for me. Competition closes March 9th. Please submit your entry in comments to this post. Multiple entries allowed.
March is New Zealand Book Month here in our fair country. I am involved in a number of events some of which I've posted below. To support these events I was encouraged to write educational resources for my new books and while I complained about doing it at the time (sorry Maria), especially as I don't have a teaching background and I have only a small sample size of three to base any understanding of developmental and comprehension levels of children, with the aid of my starry teacher sister Halina I have been able to produce the educational resources and I will be making these available here on the blog. If you are writing for children these are a terrific thing to have to support your books. They give teachers the necessary material to help utilise your books in the classroom which seems a win-win situation all round to me.
Kiwiwrite4kidz and NZ
Book Month present
A trio of events for those
who love children’s books, this March:
- Know Your NZ Children’s
Authors & Illustrators: Test Your knowledge, Win
Prizes -
6pm Tuesday 6th March,
Takapuna Library, Cnr The Strand & Gibbons Rd, Takapuna, Auckland
For more information or to
RSVP mariagill@ihug.co.nz
- Stories Over
Supper: Get the inside scoop on our authors and illustrators –
6.30pm Wednesday 21st March,
Paper Plus, Westfield Shopping Mall, Cnr Glenfield & Downing St, Glenfield
For more information or to
RSVP mariagill@ihug.co.nz
- Stories Over
Supper: Get the inside scoop on our authors and illustrators –
6.30pm Wednesday 28th March,
Paper Plus, Meadowbank Shopping Centre, Cnr St Johns Rd & Gerard Way, Meadowbank, Auckland
For more information or to
RSVP melinda@tale-spin.com
Enjoy a relaxed evening -
Hear from new and established New Zealand Children’s Authors and Illustrators –
Find out about the latest New Zealand children’s books.
Featuring Jill Marshall, Chris Gurney, Maria Gill, Nina Rycroft, Melinda Szymanik and many more.
Find out about the latest New Zealand children’s books.
Featuring Jill Marshall, Chris Gurney, Maria Gill, Nina Rycroft, Melinda Szymanik and many more.