Join Sayeh Stone, the author of 'Shaped Animals' at Waterstones, Peterborough, on the 31st August. The reading will take place at 11am where Sayeh will be available to answer questions about her book. Take a look at the book trailer here! 'Shaped Animals' is a great way to enjoy learning and remembering maths and shapes through storytelling. Meet Triangle Tiger who goes on the search to find other shaped animal friends to join his party. On this adventure, you will get to learn about the four main basic shapes through the animals explaining and introducing themselves.

Simon Adepetun, author of 'The Bee Hive', will be at Northwich Festival on Sunday 27th August from 1pm. Northwich Festival is Cheshire's Largest Festival & Landmark Event. Since 1984 the Northwich Festival has been building success year on year and now boasts a wide range of activities designed to appeal to the many different range of interests by our many visitors. For more information, click here. You will be able to ask Simon plenty of questions and maybe even grab yourself a signed copy of the book.   Eleven-year-old Daniel Jeremiah Chambers has parents, Philip and Susan, who love work and shopping and who just don't listen. Daniel is an only child ... no, he's lying ... he has a sister, Alice, who has a dolly fixation; Dan is sure she is an alien. So, Dan has a few problems, none insurmountable, until his friend, Benji, introduces him to the find of the century - a derelict bee hive which could become a den. Of course, such a simple thing is never so simple and when Dan finds a map well, all kinds of things just go horribly wrong. For example - Alice noses her nosey way in and two strange men suddenly turn up wanting what's theirs - and then there's the bank, too.   'The Bee Hive' by Simon Adepetun is a tight little sharp-witted bumble through a short period in Dan's young life. ‘What's a bumble?' - ‘Shut up, Alice!'

Join author Michael O. Gregory at The Book Tavern and bag yourself a signed copy of his book 'Lady Eleanora'.  High treason and treachery prevail in this tale of fantasy and romance. A cat burglar, by the name of Eddy the Cat, overhears a plot to assassinate Prince Hugh D'Croix, the Prince of Dunboro. The cobbler whose shop he has just robbed is involved and just before scampering over the rooftops, Eddy the Cat steals a codebook. He soon realises that he is the chief suspect and when trapped in the city concedes that he may as well go to the Palace seeking safety and informing them of the plot. His secret is soon discovered; Eddy the cat is a lass, not a lad. Taken under the wing of Princess Julianna, Eleanora soon becomes a trusted part of the family and is elevated to a Baronet. As a member of the peerage Lady Eleanora travels and meets Crown Prince Ambrose of Turin. They become betrothed but Ambrose's father is concerned that Lady Eleanora is not from the correct background. Lady Eleanora excels in tactics, devotion and sheer force when fighting against an invasion by the Jutes. When the battle is over she is adopted by the royal family and becomes a Princess. Will she get her Prince finally?

Author of 'Isabel', Frances Issac, will be at the Canberra's Writer's Festival 2017 on the 25th August at 1pm. The event will be help at the National Library of Australia. The Canberra Writers Festival transforms the Nation's Capital into the 'heart of literacy' for lovers of books, reading and writing. 'Isabel' will be launched by Minister Gordon Ramsay, the Attorney General and the Minister of Arts and Community Events, for the ACT (Australian Capital Territory) in Canberra. Leading booksellers such as Dymocks and the National Library Bookshop will be selling and showcasing the book.  Certain to be an excellent event. 

Peter Morgan is launching his new book 'The Spice Boys' on Thursday 24th August. The event will take place at The Management Office in Manchester. Peter will be available to answer questions about his book and you may even be able to grab yourself a signed copy. It's certain to be a wonderful evening. 'The Spice Boys' is the tale of four young men from Manchester who are homeless and addicted to the legal high ‘spice' which has plagued the city. The novel shows the harsh reality of the hardships, politics and truths of modern day homelessness and how society manages those young people who have been through the care system, prison system and are homeless. The story revolves around Ricky, Mo, George and Vinnie and takes the reader on a twelve-month journey with these individuals from drugs, the care system, prison and life on the streets. Peter Morgan's gritty and distinctly Mancunian novel is an astoundingly relevant and detailed depiction of the realities for those addicted to this horrific drug.

Chris Shelton will be reading her book 'Scragpie' to the pupils of Rendlesham Primary School in Suffolk on Wednesday 23rd August at 9.30am. 'Scragpie' is the true story of a baby magpie with no mum or dad of her own. 'Scragpie' goes to live with a new family and gets up to some wickedly funny antics which deliver a special message for everyone. "Scrag may not come first at walking or flying, But by golly galoshes, she came first at trying. Fluffed up feathers with no time to rest, Until her good was better and her better, best."

Join J.D. Welch, author of 'The Einstein Code' and 'The Darwin Code', at Wilmslow Library for an interesting code cracking session. The session will run from 11am to 12pm. You will get the chance to ask J.D. Welch all your code cracking questions and maybe even bag yourself a signed copy of one of her books.  'The Einstein Code': Ben's mother has been kidnapped and the adults don't believe it. They think she's just missing and her employers and the police don't really want to know. The meeting she attended, after all, never took place. But the message she sent Ben tells a different story. To find his mum Ben must follow a perilous trail and solve a series of difficult clues, whilst evading being captured by the kidnappers. With help from his alarmingly clever cousins, Jess and Freddie, as well as some hindrance from his uncle, he investigates her mysterious disappearance. Tormented by conflicting leads and a growing threat, Ben's search becomes increasingly desperate. Can he solve the puzzles and save her, before anything terrible happens to her - or him? 'The Darwin Code': In her book 'The Darwin Code' J.D. Welch uses her love of science and puzzles to help her characters try to solve two mysteries whilst also delivering an interesting and understandable insight into human genetics. Set against a backdrop of the streets and colleges of Oxford, a story of intrigue and suspense unfolds. When young Ben Baxter and his mother Sue escape from a horrific ordeal, their lives remain in danger as they race to prevent a deadly poison being launched. For Ben, this also brings the opportunity to discover the answer to a very important question; who is his father?

Sarah Slater, author of 'Bookmark Bear', will be at Head Over Heels in Cheadle for a book reading on Monday 21st August. There will also be a colouring competition that the children can enter.  If aren't able to make it to Cheadle, Sarah will be at Head Over Heels in Chorlton in the morning at 11:30am. Hopefully you will be able to attend one event, or if you really love it, why not head to both?! Felix loves to read but never imagined he could find books such an adventure, until he meets a certain grumpy - and hungry - bear. Together, they enter the world of books - quite literally! Join Felix and see if he can help the 'Bookmark Bear' stop the Scribingers, who lurk in books, trying to make mischief and sow confusion...Will they save the story?And more importantly, will Felix make it back home?