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18/04/2013
Story Queens!

                      A starry line-up of authors join Barrington Stoke at Islington Central Library on 13th May to discuss girls and reading. Held in conjunction with the Islington Word Festival and Books for Keeps, the event is a panel discussion chaired by Nicolette Jones and featuring Meg Rosoff, Sally Nicholls, Karen McCombie, Annie Dalton and Kaye Umansky.

The discussion will be followed by refreshments and a chance to meet the authors, buy books and have copies signed. The event is free but ticketed - call 0131 225 4113. 

Find more info at https://www.facebook.com/events/398927556881531/?ref=22

21/03/2013

Oxford Brookes conference

Big thanks to Ann Disney and team at Oxford Brookes, who invited us along to talk to 120 student teachers about reading for pleasure. The event was made doubly special by the fact it was publication day for A Lily a Rose by Sally Nicholls, and Sally gave a brilliant talk to the students in celebration.

Find out more about A Lily A Rose in our media kit.

21/03/2013

We are 15!

Barrington Stoke celebrates its 15th anniversary in 2013 - not bad for a business model many thought ill-advised when our founders first pitched the idea of books for kids who don't like books! Our birthday sees us welcome back a raft of the best-known authors to have written for us over the years, plus a whole host of new famous faces.

See our birthday media kit for more info.

08/10/2012

In the press!

Barrington Stoke has had a great start to the week with a fantastic feature on the company over at The Telegraph to mark the start of Dyslexia Awareness Week. Our MD Mairi is also guest blogging over at My Red House on ways for parents to help support dyslexic readers at home. And our tiny list of titles for adults has been featured on the wonderful Bookwitch blog. Huge thanks to Martin Chilton at the Telegraph, to Charlotte and all the team at My Red House and to Anne the 'Bookwitch' for their support. Have a great Dyslexia Awareness Week - a brilliant chance to spread the word!

12/09/2012

Calling all booksellers!

Have you got your Little Gems Bookseller Toolkit yet? With advertising poster, customisable event poster, colouring/activity sheets, balloons and bookmarks, it has all you need for storytime with our two gorgeous new titles from Julia Donaldson! Order via GBS (ISBN 9781781121573), contact us to request a copy, or ask your Bounce rep.

30/07/2012

Chris B reads 'Gamer'

We caught up with Chris Bradford recently and he gave us a sneak preview of his fantastic November 2012 teen, Gamer. Watch the video here.

12/07/2012

Girls' reading leaflet

Boys' reading issues get a lot of press, but did you know that girls are just as likely to suffer from dyslexia, and often cloak issues with reading that are no less real than boys'? We've put together a great new leaflet with top tips for engaging girls, including loads of ideas for librarians.

02/07/2012

July Bookseller of the Month

We're proud to announce that our 'Barrington Stoke Bookseller of the Month' award for July goes to Ben Tichner at Waterstones in Birmingham! Pop over to our facebook feed for a photo of Ben's brilliant Dyslexia Awareness display, featuring parent books, fiction and - of course - Barrington Stoke's parent leaflets and other information. Big thanks to Ben, and to Waterstones, for all the support for Barrington Stoke!

11/06/2012

Independent top 50!

Tommy Donbavand's 'Virus' has been picked by The Independent as one of its top 50 summer reads! Joe Craig says 'Learn the name Donbavand – he's quietly become one of the very best children's authors working today. His books dazzle in their pace, imagination and wit.' Well done, Tommy! Buy 'Virus' here.

28/05/2012

New Bookseller award!

We've just launched a 'Barrington Stoke Bookseller of the Month' award and are proud to award the first certificate - and bumper bar of chocolate - to the wonderful Pam Holgate of Pam's Bookend, Great Harwood, Lancs. Pop over to our facebook feed for a peek inside the shop. Pam says: 'We stock all types of books for all ages and we are proud to be an integral part of the community. We offer a warm inviting shop, and love to let children choose their own books—often having mums and dads with their children sat around browsing. We also offer an out-of-print service for those books which customers enjoyed years ago. In addition to this we have hosted a number of local author days both in the shop and at the café two doors away, We also run our own schools book club, regularly meeting in the shop to review books. We also have a monthly feature on Radio Lancashire reviewing favourite reads.' Pam pulled together two amazing launch events for Tommy Donbavand's 'Virus' with Hollins School in Accrington and Pendle Vale Community College in Nelson. Thanks for the support for Barrington Stoke, Pam!

27/04/2012

'Rose' on shortlist!

We are thrilled that 'Rose of No Man's Land' by Anne Perry has been shortlisted for the Young Quills Award. The book tells the inspiring story of a young woman who travels back to the hospital run by Nurse Edith Cavell during World War One. The reviews by young readers on the website show just how seriously they take their task as judges and how much time and effort they put into their very thoughtful reviews.

20/04/2012

'Sam & Ruby' launches in Hackney

Tony Bradman's 'Sam and Ruby's Olympic Adventure' was launched in style on 18th April 2012 at The City Academy in Hackney. The book was written, edited and designed with the support of young people from all over Hackney - one of London 2012's Olympic Boroughs - and representatives from all schools involved attended the event. The young people read from the text, spoke about the rationale behind the jacket they designed for their special 'Hackney edition' and heard from one of the Borough's young Poet Laureates. It was particularly fitting that the launch coincided with the milestone of 100 days until the Games. Barrington Stoke thanks The Learning Trust for making this wonderful project happen, and all the young people for their contributions. STOP PRESS: the first printing of 'Sam and Ruby' has sold out - new copies are due on this site and in bookshops in May!

15/03/2012
Theo competition

                      The new 'Kick!' Magazine (issue 76) has a competition to win copies of our new Theo Walcott biography. Head on down to your newagents and turn to page 40 for a chance to win!
                  

02/03/2012

IPA Nomination

Barrington Stoke has been short-listed for Children's Publisher of the Year in the IPG Awards!

02/03/2012

Tony in Hackney

Author Tony Bradman has been out and about visiting Hackney schools with Sam and Ruby's Olympic Adventure through the Booklinks project.

Sam and Ruby was originally developed in conjunction with young people across Hackney in celebration of London 2012 and so Tony was particularly delighted to be back in the Borough. He visited Brook and Nightingale Schools and was met with some seriously impressive displays of work on the book, from jacket and character designs to book reviews and stories inspired by Sam and Ruby.

Find out more about Booklinks here..