JEMMY GOES GLOBAL & Other News
It’s been an amazing month for The White Giraffe. First it was chosen by South Africa’s Hooked on Books, a wonderful programme which sends actors into underprivileged schools across to the country to perform scenes from popular novels in a bid to encourage children to read. Then it was selected to be part of Seattle, USA’s Global Reading Challenge. Next it was chosen by ITV Signpost to be part of Signed Stories, a project being developed by ITV to encourage deaf children to enjoy books.
Finally, it won the Bad Iburger Schlossgeschichten (Castle Tales of Bad Iburg) award in Germany. I attended the ceremony, which was held in the Knight’s Hall in Bad Iburg’s 17th century castle. Also there were the Swiss translator of the book, Christoph Renfer, and my publicist, Astrid Rüggeberg, from Freies Geistesleben. Christoph translated for me, which made all the difference in the world. It made an already moving, memorable experience even better. I’d go back in a heartbeat. So many nice people and so much good baking!
Oh, and that’s not all. Dial, my US publisher, has designed stunning new covers for all four books (see The White Giraffe cover below) in the White Giraffe series.
If you happen to be in Norfolk this weekend, I’ll be talking about my memoir, Rainbow’s End, and signing books at the Whitehouse book store in Burnham Market at 10am on Sunday 8 November. To buy tickets or for more information, call: 01328 730270 or email: whitehousebooks@yahoo.com. The website address is: www.whitehousebooks.co.uk
Are you a fan of Peter Andre, Bryan Adams, Gabriella Cilmi or Mutya Buena, formerly of the Sugababes? Well, don’t miss Born Free’s incredible Wild & Live concert at the Royal Albert Hall on 14 November 2009. To buy tickets go to: Wild & Live tickets
December 17th, 2009 at 3:43 am
Congratulations on all your success with The White Giraffe!
it’s so well deserved! My daughters and I both read it and they are reading it as part of their Battle of the Books at their schooL!
Tara Pakosta
January 13th, 2010 at 12:01 pm
Thanks, Tara. Great to hear that both you and your daughters read it and that they’re reading it as part of Battle of the Books at their school.
April 28th, 2010 at 3:44 am
I luv the white girraffe and the whole series. It is the best book I have ever read. They are so interesting!!!! Luv your books… I’m reading the last leopard know and it is just as good as the other two!!!!
July 23rd, 2010 at 5:39 am
I read “The White Giraffe” when it first came out, I loved it and have been hooked on the series ever since. Right now I’m reading “The Elephant’s Tale,” but I just don’t want it to end! My friends all like the Twilight series and all of that other stuff, but I love any kind of book about animals. I LOVE the series so much! All four books are the best books I have ever read, and you are my favorite author!!!!