The Reading is Magic Festival, a children's digital books festival created during last year’s lockdown and inspired by Cressida Cowell, will return this autumn as a five-day event. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-06-24 03:36:26 UTC ]
The Booksellers Association says it has received a record number of orders for this year's Christmas catalogue, featuring introductions by Hilary Mantel and Cressida Cowell, as the busy autumn period kicks off. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-06 18:42:24 UTC ]
BookTrust has extended Cressida Cowell's tenure at Waterstones Children's Laureate by a year, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-15 17:01:56 UTC ]
An updating list of online treats from bibliophiles including JK Rowling, Simon Armitage and Lynda La Plante to entertain locked-down children and adults • The best arts and entertainment during self-isolationGruffalo artist Axel Scheffler has put out a free new picture book explaining the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-04-09 11:04:32 UTC ]
The Duchess of Cornwall, Dermot O'Leary and Cressida Cowell will lead celebrations for World Book Day 2020 today (Thursday 5th March). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-04 07:51:05 UTC ]
The London Book Fair (LBF) has unveiled its 2020 live podcast programme, featuring authors including David Mitchell, Lynda La Plante, Cressida Cowell, Janne Teller and Abigail Dean. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-02-23 14:18:57 UTC ]
The full programme for this year’s Bookseller Children’s Conference has been revealed, with a packed line-up including Catherine Bell, Cressida Cowell, Alice Burden and Jamila Metran. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-03 21:26:28 UTC ]
Cressida Cowell, author and illustrator of the How to Train Your Dragon series and the Emily Brown picture books, has been crowned the Waterstones Children’s Laureate 2019-2021. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-09 08:31:07 UTC ]
Michael Rosen, Cressida Cowell and David Baddiel are among the children’s writers taking part in Hay Festival’s 2019 schools programme. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Global fast food chain McDonald’s will this year distribute new stories by Cressida Cowell in its Happy Meal packs. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Southbank Centre is expecting 87,000 visitors to this year's event, which will welcome authors and illustrators such as Cressida Cowell, Malorie Blackman, Chris Riddell, Jacqueline Wilson and David McKee. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cressida Cowell’s The Wizards of Once (Hodder Children’s Books) will today be revealed as the winner of the best story prize at the Blue Peter Book Awards, whilst Susan Martineau and illustrator Vicky Barker will pick up the best book with facts award for Real-Life Mysteries (B Small Publishing). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cressida Cowell has won the coveted Ruth Rendell Award 2017 for her “tireless championing of literacy throughout the UK”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Leaving behind her hugely successful How to Train Your dragon series has not been easy for Cressida Cowell. But as she tells Fiona Noble, she has big plans for her latest about wizards and warriors. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
David Tennant will read the audio version of Cressida Cowell’s The Wizard of Once (Hodder Children’s Books). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
DreamWorks Animation, the company behind the highly successful film franchise for Cressida Cowell's How to Train Your Dragon series, has now acquired all adaptation rights to Cowell's forthcoming fantasy adventure series The Wizards of Once. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Costa has announced the judging panels for the 2016 Costa Book Awards, which include writers Nicci Gerrard, Justin Cartwright, Mary Loudon, Andrew O’Hagan and Matthew Dennison, poet, author and vlogger Jen Campbell, and author-illustrator, Cressida Cowell. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette Children’s Group is offering a student the chance to illustrate a picture book by Cressida Cowell, thanks to a new competition. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cressida Cowell, author of the How to Train Your Dragon book series, and Greg Childs, former executive producer for CBBC & Cbeebies, discuss the re-introduction of classic children's TV. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Cressida Cowell will make a free virtual author appearance for schools and libraries on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]