Robin Stevens's Blog, page 37
April 16, 2018
A Spoonful of Murder at Cambridge Festival and FCBG Conference
This weekend was wonderful and very busy for me – I went to two festivals and spoke at two fantastic events!
On Saturday I went to the Cambridge Festival. I used to live in Cambridge, and I set my book Mistletoe and Murder there, so the Cambridge Festival is always very special for me.… Read more
April 13, 2018
Two A Spoonful of Murder Easter events
I hope you’ve been enjoying your Easter holiday, Detectives! I’ve been on my travels around the country again this week, visiting Milton Keynes and Portsmouth for two very fun and special Easter holiday events.
In Milton Keynes, booksellers Nikki and Vicky made me bunbreak and laid out a beautiful display that included a Deepdean uniform.… Read more
March 30, 2018
Bologna 2018 – Daisy and Hazel go global!
I’m just back from a very exciting trip – I visited Bologna, in Italy, where every year children’s publishers and agents from all over the world meet to talk about books.
Hazel, Daisy and Ted’s adventures have been (or will be) translated into lots of different languages, including Italian, German, French, Vietnamese, Chinese, Polish, Dutch, Spanish, Czech, Russian, Ukrainian and Norwegian, and most of those deals happened because of this book fair.… Read more
March 29, 2018
A Spoonful of Murder reviewed in the New Statesman
I’m delighted that Amanda Craig at the New Statesman has included A Spoonful of Murder in her Easter children’s books round-up! She says:
… Read moreFor younger readers of nine-plus, Robin Stevens’s A Spoonful of Murder carries her Murder Most Unladylike mysteries (Puffin, £6.99) into new heights. When her grandfather dies our narrator, Hazel Wong, must return to Hong Kong from the English boarding school to which she has been adapting and get sleuthing on home territory.
March 26, 2018
March Book Recommendations
Hello Detectives – it’s time for my March book recommendations! I’m talking about five fantastic books, and giving you the chance to win one of them, so check out the video now!
March 23, 2018
MMU Book 7 Cover Colour Reveal!
It’s a wonderful year of good news for Daisy and Hazel! A Spoonful of Murder is out now … and the Detective Society’s next adventure is coming on the 4th of October!
I can’t tell you what it’s going to be called yet, but what I CAN do is share its cover colour with you.… Read more
March 21, 2018
A MMU Fan writing for First News!
Murder Most Unladylike superfan Kitty came to meet me at Waterstones Piccadilly in February – and she enjoyed the afternoon so much that she wrote an article about it. That article has now been published in First News, a brilliant newspaper for kids, and Kitty sent me a picture of it this week.… Read more
March 20, 2018
Book 7: Guess the Colour …
I’ve got an exciting announcement to make on Friday, Detectives. My next book is publishing on October 4th this year, and it’s a theatre murder mystery!
Daisy and Hazel are solving a terrible crime that takes place during a production of Romeo and Juliet … with a little help from their old friends and rivals the Junior Pinkertons.… Read more
March 19, 2018
One Incredible A Spoonful of Murder Tour!
I’ve just got home from an INCREDIBLE week of A Spoonful of Murder events!
Last Saturday I visited my friends at Blackwell’s Oxford Westgate and met a lot of really enthusiastic fans – and even two detectives who dressed up as Daisy and Hazel!
Then, on Monday, I began my tour of schools by visiting two north London schools: Whittingham Primary and Coleridge Primary.… Read more
March 9, 2018
Jolly Foul Play – SLJ US review!
If you’re a reader in the USA or Canada, there’s not long to wait until the fourth book in the Wells & Wong Mysteries series is released where you live!
Jolly Foul Play has kept its title for its American edition, which I’m very pleased about. It’s publishing on April 17th from Simon and Schuster, and you can pre-order it from Amazon.com.… Read more
