Robin Stevens's Blog, page 42
November 8, 2017
The Guggenheim Mystery has been shortlisted for the Cheshire Schools Book Award!
Last night I visited Cheshire Education Library Service for the launch of their Cheshire Schools Book Award 2018. I got to meet pupils, librarians and teachers from schools across Cheshire, talk to them about my books and help unveil the 2018 shortlist – and I’m delighted to be able to say that The Guggenheim Mystery is on it!… Read more
November 6, 2017
The Guggenheim Mystery has been nominated for the Carnegie Medal 2018!
Some very exciting news for you today, Detectives: The Guggenheim Mystery, my sequel to Siobhan Dowd‘s The London Eye Mystery, has been nominated for the Carnegie Medal 2018!
I am so proud to see my name on the list with Siobhan’s, next to so many of my friends and heroes.… Read more
November 5, 2017
Happy Jolly Foul Play day!
Remember, remember, the Fifth of November, for gunpowder treason and plot … and the murder of Elizabeth Hurst!
Yes, today’s the anniversary of the evening of the Deepdean fireworks display, the night when one of Elizabeth Hurst’s fellow Prefects crept up behind her and hit her over the head. Daisy and Hazel were on the spot, but they were looking the other way … It’s the perfect time of year to read (or reread!) the Detective Society’s fourth adventure.… Read more
November 4, 2017
Murder on the Orient Express is out now!
A few of you have written to me to ask if the movie of First Class Murder has been released. You’re not quite right – we’re still looking for the right company to make my books into films – but you’re not too far off.
Murder on the Orient Express is the Agatha Christie book that I was thinking of when I wrote First Class Murder, and although the endings are completely different (I promise!) there are a lot of things about the two books that are similar.… Read more
November 3, 2017
November and December Murder Most Unladylike events!
Good news, Detectives: there are a few more chances to meet me this year! All of the public events I’m doing are below. Ready? …
November 29th, 5:30pm-7pm, Art Deco Cafe, Stockport Plaza. I’ll be holding a very special 1930s tea with Simply Books in Stockport. Come along to meet me and hear me talk, have a lovely afternoon tea and get a signed book!… Read more
October 27, 2017
Murder Most Unladylike Book 6 cover and title reveal
Hello Detectives! I know you’ve all been waiting so patiently, but now the wait is finally over.
Hazel and Daisy’s sixth adventure is going to be published on the 8th of February 2018. It’s going to take place in Hong Kong, and feature Hazel’s family.
And I can at last reveal that the title of the book will be …
A SPOONFUL OF MURDER
From the official synopsis:
… Read moreWhen Hazel Wong’s beloved grandfather passes away, Daisy Wells is all too happy to accompany her friend (and Detective Society Vice President) to Hazel’s family estate in beautiful, bustling Hong Kong.
October 26, 2017
It’s my SPOOOOKY October recommendation video!
Halloween is almost here, and I have some grisly, ghostly, terrifying (but not TOO terrifying) book recommendations for you in my October book video!
October 25, 2017
Arsenic for Tea has published in Japan!
I love all of my Murder Most Unladylike editions … but there is a special place in my heart for my Japanese books.
They’re published by Hara Shobo and translated by Sanae Yoshinoyama, and their gorgeous covers are illustrated by Takayuki Ryukin.
Murder Most Unladylike is already published, and now Arsenic for Tea has been released as well, in the same adorable pocket format.… Read more
October 23, 2017
Hazel and Daisy are going to Norway!
I’m starting the week with some VERY exciting news for my series: Murder Most Unladylike and Arsenic for Tea have sold to Norwegian publishers Aschehoug!
The deal was done by Lester Hekking at Sebes & Bisseling on behalf of my agent Gemma Cooper and the Bent Agency.
I’m so pleased about this – Norway has been a country that I’ve been hoping to have my books sold into for years.… Read more
October 15, 2017
Guggenheim Mystery at Ilkey Festival
I was so pleased to be invited to the Ilkey Festival this year! Ilkley is a lovely town (it has a Betty’s, which is pretty much my test of excellence), and its book festival has been running since the 1970s.
I spoke about The Guggenheim Mystery on Saturday morning to a really wonderful audience – thank you so much to everyone who came, and thank you to Ilkley Festival for hosting me!… Read more
