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Top Ten Books Dealing With Tough Subjects 29 comments

ChrissiReads wrote 1 week ago: Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s list is top … more →

Tags: Top Ten Tuesday, cat clarke, jojo moyes, katie mcgarry, Alison Rattle, Paula Daly, Tanya Byrne, Dorothy Koomson, R.J. Palacio

Waiting for Gonzo1 comment

bookwitch wrote 1 month ago: Having run out of time for Dave Cousins’ first book, 15 Days Without a Head, I didn’t wa … more →

Tags: Books, Authors, Reading, Review, humour

Waiting For Gonzo, Dave Cousins

fictavia wrote 2 months ago: Title: Waiting For Gonzo Author: Dave Cousins Publisher: OUP Oxford Paperback/Kindle, £6.99 4/5 When … more →

Tags: Review 2, Book, Childrens Fiction, 4/5, Reviewed: March 2013, Published: March 2013, childrens fiction, March 2013, Waiting For Gonzo

Waiting for Gonzo by Dave Cousins

Keris wrote 2 months ago: Meet Oz . . . he’s got a talent for trouble but his heart’s always in the right place (w … more →

Tags: humour, social/family

The Word Tin – where stories come from2 comments

oxfordchildrens wrote 2 months ago: Dave Cousins, author of 15 Days Without a Head and Waiting for Gonzo, shares his story making secret … more →

Tags: Teen Fiction, Posts By Authors, Fiction, Books for Boys, Books for teens, Children's Authors, funny books, teen fiction, writing

15 Days Without A Head

ChrissiReads wrote 4 months ago: How did I get it? I bought it. Synopsis: Fifteen-year-old Laurence Roach just wants a normal life, b … more →

Tags: british-writer, Book Reviews, debut novel, Young-Adult, debut novel, Young Adult, Fifteen Days Without A Head

Review: Fifteen Days Without a Head - Dave Cousins11 comments

jowearsoldcoats wrote 4 months ago: Synopsis from Goodreads. Fifteen-year-old Laurence Roach just wants a normal life, but it’s not easy … more →

Tags: Review, Contemporary, british ya, ya, 2013

Serendipity Viv's UKYA Books of the Year4 comments

Keris wrote 5 months ago: When Keris asked me to pick my favourite UKYA books for 2012, I thought it would be a complete doddl … more →

Tags: Books of the Year 2012, Colin Mulhern, Tanya Byrne, James Dawson, Hayley Long, cat clarke, keris stainton., Zoe Marriott, Claire Merle

Beth Kemp's UKYA Books of the Year

Keris wrote 5 months ago: Hollow Pike by James Dawson I love this book! A creepy and tense thriller with a heady mix of witchc … more →

Tags: Books of the Year 2012, James Dawson, keris stainton., Ruth Warburton, Matt Dickinson

Author Keren David's UKYA Books of the Year2 comments

Keris wrote 5 months ago: So many…it’s really difficult to pick… Two historical books: VIII by H M Castor -  … more →

Tags: Books of the Year 2012, Sophia Bennett, Lydia Syson, H.M.Castor, Jane McLoughlin

Bookwitch bites #92

bookwitch wrote 6 months ago: Thank goodness for these bites where I can complain on a variety of subjects almost every week. Occa … more →

Tags: Books, Authors, theatre, Awards, languages, Travel, Adrian McKinty, Annabel Pitcher, August Strindberg

Wordy Rappinghood2 comments

Lorraine Gouland wrote 7 months ago: Oh, how I hated that song. My sister had the 7″ vinyl single (I fear she still has it) and she … more →

Tags: Musing, struggling writers, The Strawbs, Two Little Boys, Inner Landscapes, Banjul, The Gambia, From the Witchwood, The Hangman and the Papist

15 Days Without a Head by Dave Cousins1 comment

Keris wrote 8 months ago: Fifteen-year-old Laurence Roach just wants a normal life, but it’s not easy when your mum is a depre … more →

Tags: England, social/family

DAVE COUSINS' HAY FEVER HAYLIGHTS!2 comments

hayfeverblog wrote 11 months ago: I’d heard the stories, read the blogs and seen the photos, but this was my first visit to the Hay Fe … more →

Tags: 2012 festival, 15 Days Without a Head, Hay Festival, Korky Paul, Matt Dickinson, Mortal Chaos, oliver jeffers, Starlight Stage, Winnie the Witch

Malaika Rose Stanley's favourite YA books

Keris wrote 1 year ago: Malaika Rose Stanley shares her Top 10 UKYA reads. I mainly write for younger children and pre-teens … more →

Tags: Guest Posts, Top Ten's, Colin Mulhern, Malorie Blackman, Bali Rai, Caroline Green, Keren David, jenny downham, Mal Peet

SCBWI - Is it worth the joining fee?10 comments

V. Kathryn Evans wrote 1 year ago: In a word, Yes. Becky Earl posted on the SCBWI facebook wall asking this question: Will joining SCBW … more →

Tags: Books, Parenting, SCBWI, Stuff, writing, Teri Terry, Becky Earl, Katie Dale

Fifteen Days without a Head by Dave Cousins1 comment

Keris wrote 1 year ago: How far would you go to keep your family together? Meet Laurence: 15 years old and 6 feet tall. He … more →

Tags: England, humour, social/family

The Producers: Tom Allom

Michael Verity wrote 1 year ago: Tom Allom Produced One of Judas Priest's Most Famous Albums, British Steel (CBS Records, 1980) … more →

Tags: the producers, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Def Leppard, Loverboy, Tom Allom, Sabbath Blody sabbath, Doc Holliday, Strawbs

Bookshops are Dangerous places12 comments

V. Kathryn Evans wrote 2 years ago: Miriam signing my book before nipping off on a whirlwind tour of radio and tv stations. This is goin … more →

Tags: writing, Lifestyle, Books, Writing #2, Reading, Jon Mayhew, miriam halalmy, independentn bookshop, hayling island bookshop


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