Posted on February 1, 2019 by Piers Torday -
Blackwell’s in Oxford are hosting a day of events in association with Authors4Oceans, an alliance of over 50 of the UK’s best known children’s authors and illustrators, who are campaigning against plastic pollution in our seas. I’m delighted to be joining the following star-studded panel . We’ll be talking about the Power of Stories to Change the World:
Lauren St John is the best-selling author of the White Giraffe, Laura Marlinand One Dollar Horse series. Her latest books are Kat Wolfe Investigatesand The Snow Angel. A passionate conservationist and ambassador for the Born Free Foundation, she has helped rescue dolphins from Turkey and return them to the wild. Lauren is also the founder of Authors4Oceans.
Linda Newberry has written for young readers of all ages and won the Costa Children’s Book Award for her young adult novel Set in Stone. Return to Flambards, her acclaimed new novel, is out now. She is a long-standing supporter of environmental and welfare organisations including Greenpeace, Compassion in World Farming, PETA and the League Against Cruel Sports.
Katherine Rundell is the author of Rooftoppers, The Girl Savage, The Wolf Wilder and The Explorer which won the 2017 Costa Children’s Book Award. Into the Jungle, her multi-award-winning new book, is a dazzling reimagining of the early lives of the characters in Kipling’s classic. She is also a Fellow in English Literature at All Souls College Oxford where she occasionally goes climbing on rooftops late at night.
As if all this wasn’t exciting enough, former Children’s Laureate, Chris Riddell, will be live drawing the panel and they will be joined by a special Mystery Guest!
This is a free event, but please do register your intent to attend. For more information, please call Blackwell’s Customer Service Desk on 01865 333 623 or email events.oxford@blackwell.co.uk.
Posted on January 2, 2019 by Piers Torday -
If you love children’s middle grade fiction then immerse yourself in the pages of one of Piers Torday’s books. (‘The Last Wild Trilogy’, ‘The Lost Magician’ and ‘There May Be A Castle’ – long-listed for the People’s Book Prize 2018.) We can’t wait to hear where he gets his inspiration and how he felt seeing his first book in print!
What we’ll cover in this event…
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Creative writing courses
How did a creative writing course change Piers’ life and could one change yours too?
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Winning awards and writing/reading for children
Piers is an award-winning children’s author whose books are often labelled Book of the Day/Week/Year. Crowned a master storyteller by the media we chat about his ‘Last Wild’ triology, his stand-alone books and how he relishes his roles as both a trained Reading Helper and a Patron of Reading.
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Stage and Screen
An all-round magical storyteller, Piers writes and produces theatre and screen productions. This is your opportunity to ask your questions on scriptwriting and how to bring an idea to life.
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I AM in print
Here at I AM in print we endeavour to bring you the best advice by inviting the experts onto our screen – and yours! To stay in the loop about who’s up next visit our www.iaminprint.co.uk hub – and who knows, with all this free advice to hand, 2019 could be the year YOU secure YOUR own writing deal!
Posted on October 30, 2018 by Piers Torday -
Please join us this December for a special festive event to hear me (adaptor of
Box of Delights), the production’s director
Justin Audibert (Artistic Director, Unicorn Theatre) and award-winning playwright, producer and director
Patricia Cumper, discussing the challenges and rewards of adapting an original work for stage. Hosted by the Society of Authors’ Theo Jones, you’ll get a fascinating insight into the book to stage process, and a chance to pose your own questions at the end.
An action-packed festive tale, The Box of Delights is based on the 1935 children’s fantasy novel of the same name by Poet Laureate John Masefield – whose literary estate is represented by the Society of Authors – and returns to the east London music hall after its critically-acclaimed and sold out world premiere last year. This year’s production welcomes back some old faces alongside brand-new cast members.
Celebrating the show’s return Piers Torday writes: “I am as proud as punch that The Box of Delights is returning to Wilton’s this Christmas. It is such a thrill to introduce today’s children to one of the great original classics of magical adventure fantasy.”
Posted on September 22, 2018 by Piers Torday -
“Now come! You are meant to read stories, not appear in them. If you want to live, I insist you follow me, this very moment…”
Piers Torday is the author of the bestselling and beloved children’s trilogy, The Last Wild. Now he returns with the richly imagined new novel – and first in a new series – The Lost Magician. Four children escaping war-torn London discover a magic door in an old country house – a familiar beginning takes several magical new turns!
Meet Piers in our Covent Garden store on the afternoon of Saturday October 20th. Hear him read from The Lost Magician! Ask a burning question! Get a signed copy of this beautiful new novel!
Posted on September 20, 2018 by Piers Torday -
Inspired by the memory of his late father Paul Torday (Salmon Fishing in the Yemen) who didn’t start writing till he was 60, find out from Piers Torday why it’s never too late to start writing that novel. He’ll give you tips and advice about creative writing, and the route to getting published. And find out more about the new literary prize for older writers he has launched with his brother.
Followed by Q&A and afternoon tea.
Tickets £5
Posted on August 22, 2018 by Piers Torday -
I will be at Waterstones Durham on Saturday 9th March 2019 to discuss The Lost Magician (out in paperback on March 7th) with the children’s book group, and then signing.
Children’s Book Group 10am – 11am
Signing 11am – 2pm
Both events are free – just turn up!
Posted on August 3, 2018 by Piers Torday -
Piers Torday originally worked in theatre and television before writing his first children’s book, The Last Wildwhich was published in 2013. It was nominated for the Carnegie Award, shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, the UKLA Award, and won both Stockton Children’s Book of the Year and Calderdale Children’s Book of the Year. The sequel, The Dark Wild, won the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, and the final book in the series, The Wild Beyond, was shortlisted for Islington Book of the Year.
His fourth book for children, There May Be A Castle was published in 2017 and was a Children’s Book of the Year in The Times. He will be talking about The Lost Magician, his new book published this September, set in and around Salisbury.
Posted on August 3, 2018 by Piers Torday -
SOLD OUT
Join Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize inner Piers Torday for a magical and adventurous event to celebrate his latest book, The Lost Magician. You’ll be invited into the world of Simon, Patricia, Evelyn and Larry so come prepared for bears, tree good and a sinister robot army as they step through a mysterious library door, and into their most dangerous adventure yet.
Posted on August 2, 2018 by Piers Torday -
Piers Torday’s first book The Last Wild was an eco-thriller with a hero who can talk to animals. Published in 2013, it was an immediate success and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Award. He has since written two more novels to complete his trilogy about Kester, Polly, Aida and all the animal characters who saved Kester so that he could save them.
His fourth novel, There May Be A Castle, is now out in paperback. He has also adapted John Masefield’s The Box of Delights into a wonderful play, performed at Wilton’s Music Hall in London over the 2017/2018 Christmas season. An exciting new book The Lost Magician, set in 1945 and featuring four children who step through a mysterious library door into another world, will appear in time for his visit to Sevenoaks Primary School.
This free schools event will be held at Sevenoaks Primary School and pupils from the other primary schools in the town will be invited.
Posted on July 5, 2018 by Piers Torday -
Reading Rocks is on tour!!!!!!
We are off up North to lovely Northumberland. This event is kindly supported by 7Stories Museum.
Join us for a meeting of like-minded, book-ish teachers, teaching asstants, school leaders and librarians to discuss ways we can make reading rock for EVERY single pupil.
#RR_North is set to be a really great day, full of all things reading. We are delighted to welcome our key note speakers: top authors Dan Smith, Ross Welford and Piers Torday. Delegates will also choose two workshops from a fantastic selection of hosts.
We also welcome a brilliant array of exhibitors, showcasing a variety of resources related to reading in primary schools. Add in a wallet-emptying book shop, lots of like-minded colleagues, and we think we’ve got a recipe for a rockin’ day!
