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Wednesday, 30 January 2013

North of Nowhere Children's Writing Competition with Guardian Books

Children aged 8-13 are invited to enter Orion Children's Books' 'North of Nowhere Creative Writing Competition', in association with Guardian Children's Books. They could win a fantastic digital camera, £100 worth of books for their school and have their story published on the Guardian Children's Books website, too!

ABOUT NORTH OF NOWHERE

The sleepy village of Porthaven hides a mystery. Mia's grandad has vanished, and nobody knows why. Local girl Dee appears to have secrets of her own, too.

Can Mia solve the mystery and find her grandad before time and tide wash away his future forever?

A night of storms.
A lifetime of secrets.
A week to find the truth.


ENTER THE CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION

To enter the creative writing competition, read the opening lines of 'North of Nowhere' (below) and use them as a starting point for a story of your own, up to a maximum of 500 words:

"I need to write it all down. That's the only way I'll believe it's true. Spring half term. All those incredible, impossible things. Did they really happen?

I've tried a hundred times to tell myself that they couldn't have done, that none of it is possible. And I'm right; none of it is possible.

But that doesn't change the fact that it is true. Everything did happen, exactly as I'm going to tell it now ..."


For some great advice or extra inspiration before you start, check out Liz Kessler's top ten writing tips. Simply go to www.lizkessler.co.uk and click on the keyboard!

Send your story, along with your name, address, age and contact telephone number, to:
North of Nowhere Competition
Orion Children's Books
Orion House
5 Upper St. Martin's Lane
London
WC2H 9EA

or email your story to competitions@orionbooks.co.uk with 'North of Nowhere Story' as the subject line.

Full Competition Terms & Conditions here. Closing date: 28th March 2013.

Friday, 28 September 2012

Our Recommended Reads September 2012

Check out the reviews section of our website for the latest recommended reads - from children's fiction to poetry and classic reads we're sure there is something for everyone. We also welcome your reviews too - email them to 'Reviews' at info@bookapoet.co.uk and we'll let you know when we use it!

Below are the titles we recommended during September 2012. You can read our reviews and recommendations at:  http://www.bookapoet.co.uk/book_reviews/book_reviews/september_2012/
‘Make Your Own T-Rex’ (Dorling Kindersley Books)
‘Ravenwood’ by Andrew Peters (Chicken House)
‘Feathers in the Wind’ by Sally Grindley (Bloomsbury)
‘Pigeon Poo’ by Elizabeth Baguley and Mark Chambers (Little Tiger Press)
‘Bunny Starts School’ by Mike Byrne (Caterpillar Books)
'Operation Bunny' by Sally Gardner (Orion Books)
‘Fantastic Mr Dahl’ by Michael Rosen (Puffin)
‘The Hex Factor’ by Harriet Goodwin (Stripes Publishing)
‘Nurse Diddy: The Chicken Pox Party’ by Libby Weaver (Bumpkin Books)
‘Pozza and the Wuzativs’ by Julian Kendell and Alistair Hunt (Barny Books)
‘Emily Windsnap and the Land of the Midnight Sun’ by Liz Kessler (Orion Books)
‘My First Wife’ by Jakob Wassermann (Penguin Modern Classics)
‘500 Shakespearean Sonnets’ by Ryan J W Smith (Duckpaddle Publishing)
 












October's recommended reads will start to appear on the website from next week. A selection of reviews will be published here too, as well as on our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/BookaPoet) and links from our Twitter account (@bookapoet).