These are the books that Rob and Kate just can’t stop talking about. Continue reading “Still Can’t Stop Talking About It: The Goldfinch and Tall Tales From Pitch End #bookadayUK”
Tag: Nigel McDowell
Podcast: Now the paperback is dead?
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First it was the novel, but now the paperback is dead? Continue reading “Podcast: Now the paperback is dead?”
Nigel McDowell – the Tall Tales From Pitch End Q&A
We’re thrilled to bring you this Q&A with Nigel McDowell, author of Tall Tales From Pitch End, which has just been shortlisted for the Essex book Award, and which Kate loved when she reviewed it earlier in the year. Read on to find out more about Pitch End, Nigel’s inspirations and what he thinks about the importance of storytelling.
P.S. Have you listened to the first episode of Adventures With Words Young Adult Edition yet? There’s a competition to win a signed copy of Tall Tales From Pitch End, but you must listen to the exclusive Tall Tale featured in the podcast to be able to answer… You’ll find the podcast and competition here! Continue reading “Nigel McDowell – the Tall Tales From Pitch End Q&A”
Review: Tall Tales From Pitch End by Nigel McDowell
It’s been ten long years since Bruno Atlas’s father was murdered by Rebels in Pitch End. A dark, forbidding town of one-footed ravens and clockwork sentries, ruled by the sinister Elders, it’s the only home Bruno has ever known. Yet Bruno has always felt that there is more to Pitch End that he has been told – and when he finds his father’s old, battered copy of Tall Tales of Pitch End, that story begins to unravel, and an astonishing adventure begins to unfold… Continue reading “Review: Tall Tales From Pitch End by Nigel McDowell”