http://www.samosmanbooks.com Sam Osman - author of Quicksilver. Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:56:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A very nice review of Quicksilver on Carousel along with some great suggestions for gripping holiday reads! http://www.carouselguide.co.uk/pdf/45-older-readers-rev.pdf http://www.samosmanbooks.com/news/carousel/ The Children's Writers and Illustrators in South London group will be at the Barnes Fair on Saturday 10th July, signing books, doing story telling sessions and running competitions - hope to see you there! http://www.samosmanbooks.com/news/cwisl-at-barnes-fair/ Quicksilver picked as one of Philip Womack's "ten stellar children's books for the summer" in the June Issue of Literary Review! "Warmly enjoyable...the combination of old-fashioned romp and galactic villany will delight boys and girls." http://www.samosmanbooks.com/news/quicksilver-review-in-the-literary-review/ If your or your friends would like the chance to win a signed copy of Quicksilver to read over the summer holidays then simply "like" the Quicksilver facebook page. I'll draw the lucky winner on July 20th! http://www.samosmanbooks.com/news/win-a-signed-copy-of-quicksilver/ Just  got back from Merseyside where I was made very welcome by Tony Higginson from Pritchards Bookshop. I did five events in two days - exhausting but great and I even managed to squeeze in a quick visit to the Anthony Gormley sculptures on Crosby beach. http://www.samosmanbooks.com/news/merseyside-events/ I'm really looking forward to visiting  Merseyside. this week. I'll be at The Sacred Heart and Merchant Taylors Schools in Crosby on Tuesday 25th. Then at 16.00 I'll be signing copies of Quicksilver at Pritchards Bookshop, 54 Brows Lane, Formby, Merseyside. L37 4ED so do come along if you can. ... http://www.samosmanbooks.com/news/events-in-merseyside/ Sorry I'm a bit behind with the journal, I got stuck in Egypt because of the Icelandic Volcano and everything has been a bit chaotic since we got back, but here's and update on what's been happening. Book Two now has a title - it is to be called Serpent's Gold. Quicksilver ... http://www.samosmanbooks.com/news/catching-up/ I had a great time at Broomfield  on World Book Day - thanks very much for inviting me and for the warm welcome.  I'm looking forward to seeing the photos. http://www.samosmanbooks.com/news/world-book-day-at-broomfield-school/ I'm visiting The Elm Green School again in a couple of weeks and I'll be posting more photos and exmples of the pupils' fantastic work, meantime have a look at the report in their school newspaper. http://www.the-elmgreen-school.org.uk http://www.samosmanbooks.com/news/the-elm-green-school-writing-workshop/ "It would be glib but not inaccurate to describe Quicksilver as "Dan Brown for younger readers."...  Smart Entertainment Deftly Done" I've had a great review from James Lovegrove in the Financial Times http://www.samosmanbooks.com/news/smart-entertainment-deftly-done-a-great-review-in-the-ft/