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M. G. Leonard

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M G Leonard Ltd
November 8, 2022

M. G. Leonard on Down The Rabbit Hole Podcast

M G Leonard Ltd
November 8, 2022

It was a real joy to chat with Katya Balen and my old friend Sam Sedgman about my favourite season, Autumn, on the wonderful children’s fiction podcast Down The Rabbit Hole. Grab a hot chocolate and a blanket and have a listen.

Newer PostCover Reveal for the third book in The Twitchers series: CLUTCH
Older PostThe Ice Children
  • February 2026
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    • Feb 16, 2026 Cover Reveal for Book Four in the Time Keys Series Feb 16, 2026
  • December 2025
    • Jan 29, 2026 2026 is the National Year of Reading Jan 29, 2026
    • Jan 2, 2026 10th Anniversary Edition of Beetle Boy coming in 2026 with additional material Jan 2, 2026
  • November 2025
    • Dec 12, 2025 The Adventures of Portly the Otter is chosen as one of ten Titles not to miss in March 2026 Dec 12, 2025
  • October 2025
    • Nov 26, 2025 What’s your favourite Roald Dahl book? BBC Radio 5Live interview Nov 26, 2025
    • Nov 21, 2025 Cover Reveal for THE ADVENTURES OF PORTLY THE OTTER Nov 21, 2025
  • September 2025
    • Oct 10, 2025 Cover Reveal for Book Three in the Time Keys Series Oct 10, 2025
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    • Sep 22, 2025 HUNT FOR THE GOLDEN SCARAB - A Waterstones Paperbacks of the Year Sep 22, 2025
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    • Jul 5, 2025 Harper Collins Authors Party at the V&A Jul 5, 2025
    • Jul 5, 2025 Podcast from the Riverbank - research and a chat with David Oakes Jul 5, 2025
    • Jul 1, 2025 Untold Tales from The Wind in the Willows by M. G. Leonard Jul 1, 2025
  • May 2025
    • Jun 10, 2025 I am a Podcast Guest on Before the Applause Jun 10, 2025
    • Jun 10, 2025 M. G. Leonard at Hay Festival 2025 Jun 10, 2025
  • April 2025
    • May 11, 2025 I am a Podcast Guest on Writer's Routine May 11, 2025
    • May 2, 2025 FEATHER - shortlisted for Best Crime Novel for Children 2024 May 2, 2025
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    • Mar 23, 2025 Golden Scarab Bestseller Mar 23, 2025
    • Mar 6, 2025 World Book Day 2025 Mar 6, 2025
  • January 2025
    • Feb 27, 2025 Cover Reveal for Time Keys 2 Feb 27, 2025
    • Feb 16, 2025 Hunt for the Golden Scarab is a Bestseller! Feb 16, 2025
    • Feb 1, 2025 Waterstones Children's Book of the Month! Feb 1, 2025
  • October 2024
    • Nov 26, 2024 Signed Independent Bookshop Edition of Hunt for the Golden Scarab with sprayed edges Nov 26, 2024
    • Nov 1, 2024 The Ice Children is Blackwells Book of the Month Nov 1, 2024
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    • Sep 10, 2024 Trees A Crowd Podcast Interview Sep 10, 2024
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    • Mar 8, 2024 Come with me to The Island of Brilliant! Mar 8, 2024
    • Mar 7, 2024 World Book Day 2024 Mar 7, 2024
  • December 2023
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    • Jan 29, 2024 Wicked Writers: Be the Change writing competition Jan 29, 2024
    • Jan 12, 2024 The Twitchers Museum Adventure! Jan 12, 2024
    • Jan 2, 2024 My Beetles crawled into the Observer! Jan 2, 2024
  • November 2023
    • Dec 23, 2023 The Ice Children is Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week Dec 23, 2023
    • Dec 14, 2023 Adventures on Trains to become a film franchise! Dec 14, 2023
    • Dec 6, 2023 M. G. Leonard to appear on BBC's The Big Scottish Book Club this Christmas Dec 6, 2023
  • October 2023
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    • Oct 23, 2023 My time at Setanta Records Oct 23, 2023
    • Oct 9, 2023 The Wild Things show on Cotswolds Radio Oct 9, 2023
    • Oct 8, 2023 Cover Reveal for FEATHER Oct 8, 2023
    • Oct 8, 2023 M. G. Leonard Audiobooks Available on Spotify Oct 8, 2023
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    • Oct 6, 2023 The Week Junior Book Awards Oct 6, 2023
  • July 2023
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    • Aug 18, 2023 A German Puppet Show of The Tale of a Toothbrush Aug 18, 2023
    • Aug 13, 2023 An Introduction to The Wind in the Willows Aug 13, 2023
    • Aug 11, 2023 Brilli-ANT! New exhibition at The Story Museum Aug 11, 2023
    • Aug 10, 2023 Spark is shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize 2023! Aug 10, 2023
    • Aug 9, 2023 Beetles of the World Aug 9, 2023
    • Aug 9, 2023 The White Ravens Festival, Germany, 2023 Aug 9, 2023
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  • June 2023
    • Jul 13, 2023 Spark longlisted for the James Cropper Wainwright Prize 2023 Jul 13, 2023
    • Jul 7, 2023 Spark wins the Staffordshire Libraries Young Teen Fiction Award 2023. Jul 7, 2023
    • Jul 4, 2023 The Ice Children hardback cover reveal Jul 4, 2023
  • April 2023
    • May 26, 2023 The Ice Children is shortlisted for Audiobook of the Year by The Week Junior May 26, 2023
  • February 2023
    • Mar 25, 2023 TWITCH wins the Alexander Palace Biblio-Buzz Children's Book Prize 2023 Mar 25, 2023
    • Mar 17, 2023 Spark is shortlisted for the CrimeFest award 2023 Mar 17, 2023
    • Mar 2, 2023 World Book Day 2023 Mar 2, 2023
  • January 2023
    • Feb 7, 2023 Murder on the Safari Star is nominated for an Edgar! Feb 7, 2023
  • November 2022
    • Dec 19, 2022 End of Year Surprises! Dec 19, 2022
  • October 2022
    • Nov 28, 2022 Cover Reveal for the third book in The Twitchers series: CLUTCH Nov 28, 2022
    • Nov 8, 2022 M. G. Leonard on Down The Rabbit Hole Podcast Nov 8, 2022
  • September 2022
    • Oct 28, 2022 The Ice Children Oct 28, 2022
    • Oct 23, 2022 Into The Red Oct 23, 2022
    • Oct 23, 2022 Book launch for The Arctic Railway Assassin Oct 23, 2022
  • August 2022
    • Sep 16, 2022 Spark Book Launch Sep 16, 2022
    • Sep 9, 2022 The Twitchers series will be a four part seasonal quartet Sep 9, 2022
    • Sep 4, 2022 The Highland Falcon Thief is nominated for the 2023 Sakura Medal in Japan Sep 4, 2022
  • July 2022
    • Aug 9, 2022 Cromwell Bottom Open Day 2022 Aug 9, 2022
  • May 2022
    • Jun 26, 2022 The Highland Falcon Thief wins the FCBG Younger Readers Award. Jun 26, 2022
    • Jun 23, 2022 TWITCH is long-listed for the James Cropper Wainwright Prize 2022 Jun 23, 2022
    • Jun 23, 2022 Audible commissions a winter fairytale from M. G. Leonard! Jun 23, 2022
    • Jun 8, 2022 THE TWITCHERS book 2 is called SPARK Jun 8, 2022
  • April 2022
    • May 14, 2022 TWITCH wins Best Crime Fiction Novel for Children 2022 May 14, 2022
    • May 11, 2022 The Highland Falcon Thief wins Belgium's Young Jury Prize! May 11, 2022
    • May 5, 2022 Cover Reveal for The Arctic Railway Assassin May 5, 2022
    • May 4, 2022 PRIX ENFANTAISIE - Le vol du Highland Falcon May 4, 2022
  • February 2022
    • Mar 15, 2022 Twitch shortlisted for the CRIMEFEST 2022 awards! Mar 15, 2022
    • Mar 3, 2022 World Book Day 2022 Mar 3, 2022
  • January 2022
    • Feb 26, 2022 Sabotage on the Solar Express steams into Bestseller list. Feb 26, 2022
  • December 2021
    • Jan 19, 2022 Kidnap on the California Comet is nominated for an EDGAR award Jan 19, 2022
  • November 2021
    • Dec 30, 2021 Yuletide Ponderings 2021 Dec 30, 2021
    • Dec 10, 2021 Research trip to the Arctic for Adventures on Trains book six Dec 10, 2021
    • Dec 9, 2021 Podcast Appearances 2021 Dec 9, 2021
    • Dec 8, 2021 COP26, the HYDROFLEX and meeting the PRIME MINISTER Dec 8, 2021
  • October 2021
    • Nov 8, 2021 Twitch is nominated for the Carnegie Medal 2022 Nov 8, 2021
  • September 2021
    • Oct 29, 2021 M. G. Leonard teams up with Network Rail for COP26 Transport Day Oct 29, 2021
  • August 2021
    • Sep 16, 2021 Twitch WINS the Sainsbury’s Children’s Fiction Book of the Year! Sep 16, 2021
  • July 2021
    • Aug 31, 2021 Twitch is shortlisted for the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book of the Year 2021 Aug 31, 2021
    • Aug 5, 2021 COVER REVEAL for SABOTAGE ON THE SOLAR EXPRESS Aug 5, 2021
  • June 2021
    • Jul 26, 2021 TITLE REVEAL - The fifth Adventures on Trains book is called Sabotage on the Solar Express Jul 26, 2021
    • Jul 26, 2021 Children's Writers' and Artists' Yearbook 2022 Jul 26, 2021
  • May 2021
    • Jun 23, 2021 TWITCH - inaugural read of the new Scouts Book Club Jun 23, 2021
    • Jun 21, 2021 It's Insect Week 2021, AND Independent Bookshop Week! Jun 21, 2021
    • Jun 15, 2021 M. G. Leonard is Lauren Lavern's #Supernature guest on BBC6Music Jun 15, 2021
    • Jun 8, 2021 Twitch flies into bookshops and is spotted as The Times Children's Book of the Week! Jun 8, 2021
  • April 2021
    • May 27, 2021 Recording the audiobook for Twitch May 27, 2021
    • May 14, 2021 Highland Falcon Thief WINS Children's Book of the Year! May 14, 2021
    • May 6, 2021 This week M. G. Leonard is The Story Museum's Story Hero! May 6, 2021
  • March 2021
    • Apr 13, 2021 The Highland Falcon Thief is shortlisted for the UKLA Award Apr 13, 2021
  • February 2021
    • Mar 19, 2021 The Highland Falcon Thief is shortlisted for Children's Book of the Year Mar 19, 2021
    • Mar 18, 2021 Cover Reveal! - Danger at Dead Man's Pass Mar 18, 2021
    • Mar 4, 2021 World Book Day 2021 Mar 4, 2021
  • January 2021
    • Feb 12, 2021 TWITCH - Cover Reveal! Feb 12, 2021
    • Feb 10, 2021 Murder on the Safari Star rockets into the top ten Children's Bestseller Chart! Feb 10, 2021
    • Feb 1, 2021 Murder on the Safari Star is Blackwells Children's Book of the Month Feb 1, 2021
  • December 2020
    • Jan 30, 2021 Murder on the Safari Star is The Times Children's Book of the Week! Jan 30, 2021
    • Jan 21, 2021 WIN a signed set of 3 books in the Adventures on Trains series plus a bumper selection of art & drawing materials from STAEDTLER Jan 21, 2021
  • November 2020
    • Dec 28, 2020 Watch M. G. Leonard on Ellie Harrison’s BBC Countryfile Best Of Compilation Dec 28, 2020
    • Dec 10, 2020 Taiwanese trailer for The Tale of a Toothbrush Dec 10, 2020
    • Dec 7, 2020 The Highland Falcon Thief wins Woman & Home Childrens Book Award Dec 7, 2020
    • Dec 3, 2020 The Highland Falcon Thief is the Children's Book of the Month in all independent bookshops Dec 3, 2020
  • October 2020
    • Nov 18, 2020 Bid for ALL of my books, through the Books to Nourish Auction in aid of FareShare Nov 18, 2020
    • Nov 16, 2020 Macmillan announce books 5 & 6 in Adventures on Trains series Nov 16, 2020
    • Nov 10, 2020 The Highland Falcon Thief WINS the Books Are My Bag Reader Awards 2020 - Children's Fiction Nov 10, 2020
  • September 2020
    • Oct 31, 2020 ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’ Writer Tom MacRae, Buccaneer Media Join Nevision’s ‘Beetle Boy’ Adaptation Oct 31, 2020
    • Oct 21, 2020 YouTube Adventures on Trains event with Hornby Oct 21, 2020
    • Oct 19, 2020 BBC TEACH do a Live Lesson based on The Tale of a Toothbrush Oct 19, 2020
    • Oct 6, 2020 AWARDS! Short lists and long lists Oct 6, 2020
    • Oct 3, 2020 Cover Reveal for Murder on the Safari Star Oct 3, 2020
  • August 2020
    • Sep 16, 2020 Twitch - My first solo fiction in 3 years is coming in summer 2021 Sep 16, 2020
    • Sep 15, 2020 Kidnap on the California Comet steams into the Children's Bestseller List Sep 15, 2020
    • Sep 4, 2020 Hornby partnership for Adventures on Trains Sep 4, 2020
    • Sep 4, 2020 Kidnap on the California Comet is here! Sep 4, 2020
  • June 2020
    • Jul 18, 2020 Title of Book 3 in the Adventures on Trains series Jul 18, 2020
    • Jul 1, 2020 M. G. Leonard invites you to come on a Bug Hunt Jul 1, 2020
    • Jul 1, 2020 CLPE Creates FREE Teaching Notes for The Tale of a Toothbrush Jul 1, 2020
  • May 2020
    • Jun 22, 2020 Rex the Rhinoceros Beetle has arrived for National Insect Week! Jun 22, 2020
    • Jun 18, 2020 No #Insectinction Campaign Jun 18, 2020
    • Jun 8, 2020 Plastic Monsters to highlight #WorldOceansDay Jun 8, 2020
    • Jun 6, 2020 M. G. Leonard becomes Vice President of insect charity Buglife Jun 6, 2020
  • April 2020
    • May 17, 2020 M. G. Leonard reads Chapter One of Beetle Boy May 17, 2020
    • May 5, 2020 Homeschool Resources May 5, 2020
  • March 2020
    • Apr 25, 2020 The Book of Hopes Apr 25, 2020
    • Apr 2, 2020 A peculiar publication day for The Tale of a Toothbrush Apr 2, 2020
  • February 2020
    • Mar 13, 2020 Cover Reveal for Kidnap on the California Comet Mar 13, 2020
    • Mar 6, 2020 Dressing Up for World Book Day 2020 Mar 6, 2020
    • Mar 6, 2020 World Book Day - Share A Story Event in Middlesborough Mar 6, 2020
  • January 2020
    • Feb 7, 2020 The Highland Falcon Thief steams into the Children's Bestseller list Feb 7, 2020
    • Feb 1, 2020 The Highland Falcon Thief is Waterstones Children's Book of the Month Feb 1, 2020
  • December 2019
    • Jan 19, 2020 PUBLICATION DATE brought forward to 30 January Jan 19, 2020
  • November 2019
    • Dec 30, 2019 COVER REVEAL for Rex the Rhinoceros Beetle Dec 30, 2019
    • Dec 29, 2019 Article on research for the Beetle Books Dec 29, 2019
    • Dec 14, 2019 Bookseller makes The Highland Falcon Thief it's Book of the Month Dec 14, 2019
  • September 2019
    • Oct 25, 2019 Suitcase Trains Oct 25, 2019
    • Oct 23, 2019 COVER REVEAL for The Highland Falcon Thief Oct 23, 2019
  • August 2019
    • Sep 28, 2019 COVER REVEAL for THE TALE OF A TOOTHBRUSH Sep 28, 2019
    • Sep 7, 2019 The Highland Falcon Thief proof copies arrive! Sep 7, 2019
  • May 2019
    • Jun 21, 2019 Battle of the Beetles wins Your Choice category at STEAM book prize. Jun 21, 2019
  • March 2019
    • Apr 29, 2019 M. G. Leonard appearing at Grand Designs Live with Authors4Oceans Apr 29, 2019
    • Apr 14, 2019 M. G. Leonard pens three short books for German publisher Klett Apr 14, 2019
    • Apr 14, 2019 The Beetle Collector's Handbook WINS the Doncaster Book Award for non-fiction Apr 14, 2019
  • February 2019
    • Mar 7, 2019 World Book Day 2019 - BRILLIANT beetling costumes Mar 7, 2019
    • Mar 6, 2019 M. G. Leonard to Publish a Picture Book about Plastic in the Ocean with Walker Books in 2020 Mar 6, 2019
  • November 2018
    • Dec 29, 2018 BBC Wildlife reviews The Beetle Collector's Handbook Dec 29, 2018
    • Dec 12, 2018 Battle of the Beetles shortlisted for inaugural STEAM Children's Book Prize Dec 12, 2018
    • Dec 10, 2018 February 2019 - A Day at the Eden Project with M. G. Leonard for Schools Dec 10, 2018
    • Dec 3, 2018 Come Do Your Christmas Shopping With A Carnival of Authors Dec 3, 2018
  • September 2018
    • Oct 30, 2018 Beetle Boy wins Gold in The China 2018 National Children's Book Awards Oct 30, 2018
    • Oct 25, 2018 Longlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards 2019 - The Beetle Collector's Handbook Oct 25, 2018
    • Oct 25, 2018 The Beetle Collector's Handbook at the Natural History Museum Oct 25, 2018
  • August 2018
    • Sep 28, 2018 How to Make a Beetle Hotel - M. G. Leonard does a Blue Peter 'make' Sep 28, 2018
    • Sep 13, 2018 Make Good Art by Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell Sep 13, 2018
    • Sep 10, 2018 The Beetle Collector's Handbook is published this week! Sep 10, 2018
    • Sep 10, 2018 Edinburgh Book Festival 2018 Sep 10, 2018
  • July 2018
    • Aug 13, 2018 M. G. Leonard in Friends of Countryfile exhibition at Countryfile Live Aug 13, 2018
  • June 2018
    • Jul 30, 2018 Beetle Boy shortlisted for Top Ten Children's Books of the Year in CHINA Jul 30, 2018
    • Jul 30, 2018 Another chance to watch the BBC documentary The Bug Couple Jul 30, 2018
    • Jul 17, 2018 M. G. Leonard to write Adventures on Trains with Sam Sedgman Jul 17, 2018
  • May 2018
    • Jun 28, 2018 M. G. Leonard has a Bug Hunt on BBC1's Countryfile Jun 28, 2018
    • Jun 28, 2018 M. G. Leonard tells Sky News about the Phantom Midges at the World Cup Jun 28, 2018
    • Jun 28, 2018 National Insect Week 2018 Jun 28, 2018
    • Jun 25, 2018 Beetle Boy Trilogy Optioned For TV - Screenplay will be written by M. G. Leonard Jun 25, 2018
    • Jun 23, 2018 Beetle Boy wins the Golden Cowbell Book Award in Switzerland Jun 23, 2018
    • Jun 9, 2018 M. G. Leonard will be appearing on Countryfile BBC1 Jun 9, 2018
    • Jun 2, 2018 Insects Through the Looking Glass - An Exhibition at the Story Museum Jun 2, 2018
    • Jun 2, 2018 Hay Festival 2018 Jun 2, 2018
  • March 2018
    • Apr 28, 2018 M.G. LEONARD READS CHAPTER ONE OF BATTLE OF THE BEETLES Apr 28, 2018
    • Apr 24, 2018 Authors4Oceans Apr 24, 2018
    • Apr 8, 2018 How I overcame my fear of insects - ARTICLE for The Pool Apr 8, 2018
    • Apr 8, 2018 Overjoyed to have been invited on the Standard Issue Podcast Apr 8, 2018
  • February 2018
    • Mar 2, 2018 Listen to M. G. Leonard on Fun Kids Radio Mar 2, 2018
    • Mar 1, 2018 World Book Day 2018 Mar 1, 2018
  • January 2018
    • Feb 7, 2018 M. G. Leonard on Lauren Laverne's Memory Tapes for BBC 6 Music Feb 7, 2018
    • Feb 7, 2018 Battle of the Beetles is PUBLISHED! Feb 7, 2018
  • December 2017
    • Jan 14, 2018 Battle of the Beetles - Special Sprayed Edges Jan 14, 2018
  • November 2017
    • Dec 31, 2017 Battle of the Beetles is printed and on its way to the shops Dec 31, 2017
  • October 2017
    • Nov 17, 2017 I'm a judge for the BIG IDEA COMPETITION 2018 Nov 17, 2017
    • Nov 13, 2017 COMPETITION! Win all the Tom Fletcher Book Club books for your school library Nov 13, 2017
    • Nov 6, 2017 Beetle Queen is nominated for the 2018 Carnegie Medal Nov 6, 2017
  • September 2017
    • Oct 22, 2017 Exclusive! Read a deleted scene from Beetle Boy Oct 22, 2017
    • Oct 19, 2017 Tom Fletcher reads Beetle Boy Oct 19, 2017
    • Oct 6, 2017 Beetle Boy is selected to be a White Raven 2017 Oct 6, 2017
    • Oct 5, 2017 I'm contributing to an anthology celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Women's suffrage Oct 5, 2017
  • August 2017
    • Sep 10, 2017 Tom Fletcher chooses Beetle Boy to be a part of his new WHSmiths Children's Book Club Sep 10, 2017
    • Sep 9, 2017 Edinburgh Festival was a blast! Sep 9, 2017
  • July 2017
    • Aug 24, 2017 Cover reveal: Revenge of the Beetle Queen - American edition Aug 24, 2017
    • Aug 1, 2017 NEWSFLASH! New Non-Fiction Book Announcement Aug 1, 2017
  • June 2017
    • Jul 31, 2017 I appear in a new BBC1 documentary on Entomophagy Jul 31, 2017
    • Jul 21, 2017 Beetle Boy nature trail at Dorothy Clive Gardens, in Shropshire Jul 21, 2017
    • Jul 18, 2017 Latitude Festival Jul 18, 2017
    • Jul 10, 2017 CBBC Summer Social Jul 10, 2017
    • Jul 7, 2017 The Bolton Book Awards 2017 Jul 7, 2017
    • Jul 6, 2017 Beetle Boy wins the Branford Boase Award for outstanding first novel Jul 6, 2017
  • May 2017
    • Jun 15, 2017 Watch M.G. & Her Beetles On Springwatch Unsprung Jun 15, 2017
    • Jun 2, 2017 M.G. Leonard is going to be on Springwatch Unsprung! Jun 2, 2017
    • Jun 2, 2017 Hay Festival 2017 Jun 2, 2017
  • April 2017
    • May 16, 2017 M. G. Leonard Introduces Beetle Queen May 16, 2017
    • May 8, 2017 Beetle Boy is shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2017 May 8, 2017
  • March 2017
    • Apr 17, 2017 Beetle Queen Book Launch at The Bug Farm Apr 17, 2017
    • Apr 10, 2017 Beetle Queen Book Launch at the National Theatre Apr 10, 2017
    • Apr 10, 2017 Live Broadcast of M. G. Leonard reading Beetle Queen Apr 10, 2017
    • Apr 2, 2017 To celebrate the publication of Beetle Queen I want to read you a bedtime story Apr 2, 2017
  • February 2017
    • Mar 23, 2017 Waterstones announce their children's prize on Thursday 30th of March Mar 23, 2017
  • January 2017
    • Feb 18, 2017 EXCLUSIVE limited edition pressing of Beetle Queen available in Waterstones NOW! Feb 18, 2017
    • Feb 16, 2017 Beetle Boy is one of 20 titles chosen by librarians for the 2017 CILIP Carnegie Medal Longlist Feb 16, 2017
    • Feb 15, 2017 Beetle Boy is selected for The 2017 Branford Boase Award Longlist Feb 15, 2017
    • Feb 13, 2017 Beetle Boy is shortlisted for the Sheffield Libraries Children's Book Award Feb 13, 2017
    • Feb 8, 2017 Beetle Boy is Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize Feb 8, 2017
    • Feb 5, 2017 Italian Beetle Boy App Feb 5, 2017
  • December 2016
    • Jan 29, 2017 Beetle Boy audiobook selected as a Notable Children's Recording - 2017, by the American Association for Library Service to Children Jan 29, 2017
  • November 2016
    • Dec 3, 2016 The Guardian chooses Beetle Boy as one of the best children's books of 2016 Dec 3, 2016
  • October 2016
    • Nov 28, 2016 Beetle Boy makes The Telegraph's Top Fifty Books of the Year. Nov 28, 2016
    • Nov 28, 2016 New York Public Library picks Beetle Boy as one of it's 2016 Best Books for Kids Nov 28, 2016
    • Nov 28, 2016 Beetle Queen is Coming April 2017 Nov 28, 2016
    • Nov 18, 2016 The Art of Make Believe: Staging Children's Stories - an exhibition at The National Theatre Nov 18, 2016
    • Nov 1, 2016 USA Publisher's Weekly chooses Beetle Boy as top twenty Middle Grade title of 2016 Nov 1, 2016
  • September 2016
    • Oct 21, 2016 Beetle Boy is nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2017 Oct 21, 2016
    • Oct 13, 2016 Chris Riddell put me in a picture! Oct 13, 2016
    • Oct 12, 2016 Beetle Boy breaks the Chicken House record for international licences sold Oct 12, 2016
    • Oct 12, 2016 Beetle Boy Shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag awards Oct 12, 2016
  • August 2016
    • Sep 9, 2016 Beetle Boy long listed for the 2017 UKLA awards Sep 9, 2016
  • June 2016
    • Jul 11, 2016 Beetlemania hits Blue Peter for National Insect Week Jul 11, 2016
  • May 2016
    • Jun 11, 2016 Coleopteran Cover Girl Jun 11, 2016
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