Pangbourne is a village really close to where I live, and around us a lot of libraries have been threatened with closure. My local library is about to have its hours slashed yet again, despite being busy and fabulous and full of great books and things to do. The staff and volunteers at Pangbourne asked me to talk about my Animal Stories series at the library during the Easter holidays – and they even let us cover the library in glitter.
I love meeting readers at events like this one – it was lovely that so many people brought books to be signed, and we even had a Maisie Hitchins in costume, with Eddie the dog! I also got to meet Addison, who brought me her own animal story to read, about a pug called Luna. Luna loves cupcakes – a dog after my own heart…
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You can read all of Addison’s story on the Your Stories page.
Come and hear all about the animals behind my books at Pangbourne Library over Easter! There’ll be a kitten craft afterwards too, and a chance to get your books signed. See you there!
Meet author Holly Webb @ Pangbourne Library
I am going to Moscow in a few days’ time! I’m so excited, as I haven’t been there since I was a student on a theatre tour – and that’s a scarily long time ago.
My lovely Russian publishers, Eksmo, have invited me to visit to celebrate ten years of the Moscow International Book Fair, VDNKH. http://mibf.info/english
So, I will be in Moscow on September 8th and 9th.
8th 2-3pm
Bookshop “Detski mir”
(ул. Воздвиженка, 10)
8th 5-6pm
Shopping Center “Evropeyski” (пл. Киевского вокзала, 2)
9th 11am-1pm at the Moscow International Book Fair.
I’m so excited – and hoping to meet some of the lovely Russian readers who have emailed me!
I’ll be at the Reading Fringe Festival on Sunday 23rd July at 11.30am, talking about my Animal Stories and my new series, The Hounds of Penhallow Hall. Come along and hear about the dogs and cats behind the books, and make a kitten craft!
You can book tickets using the link here:
Holly Webb in Conversation
I had a lovely event in Leeds a few weeks ago at the CarriageWorks Theatre, showing off lots of different animals, and how they’ve ended up in my books. Here’s Bryony, showing off two of her books. She wrote me a brilliant letter after the event to say thank you!
Come along and meet me at the Mumsnet Bookfest on Saturday June 25th at 10.15am. Hear about the animals behind the books, and take part in a kitten craft! Hope to see you there!
I’ll be reading from my books at Meadow Madness on Saturday 14th May, in Forbury Gardens, Reading. Meadow Madness is the opening event for Reading Children’s Festival, and it will be fabulous – with lots of briliant Roald Dahl events too! My events are at 11.30 and 12.15 in the Bandstand. There’ll be a chance to get your books signed afterwards too. Let’s hope it’s sunny!
I’ve just come back from visiting schools in Sharjah, part of the United Arab Emirates. It was a lovely trip – very different to my everyday writing life at home! It was great to spend some time with other authors and illustrators – Lydia Monks, Alex T Smith, Sarah Moore Fitzgerald, whose beautiful The Apple Tart of Hope I read while I was away, Nicola Morgan and Julia Johnson. But the best bit was getting to introduce my books and characters to a whole new audience of lovely, enthusiastic children. I even got to give the children at the Sharjah English School a sneak preview of my new picture book, The Snow Princess (which was very odd when the day was 35 degrees outside…)
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- Signing books at the festival, with Sarah Moore Fitzgerald. The Apple Tart of Hope is a lovely book!
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- Back home having coffee in my lovely Sharjah English School mug! And you can see my henna painting, and the amber bracelet I bought in the souk, too!
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- Evening view across the creek. Sharjah is built around a beautiful man-made lagoon.
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- Gorgeous henna painting – usually done for weddings and parties, I love it.
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- A camel! The only one I saw – but I did buy my husband a chocolate camel as a souvenir!
