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FIVE!

'Betty Goes Bananas' (Oxford University Press)

'Betty Goes Bananas' (Oxford University Press)

Retweet or 'like' Twitter or Facebook posts with the 10 to 1 #BettyGoesBananas countdown to the official publication of 'Betty Goes Bananas' to be entered into a prize draw to win a signed sketch of Betty! The winner will be announced on August 7th.

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SIX!

'Betty Goes Bananas' (Oxford University Press)

'Betty Goes Bananas' (Oxford University Press)

Retweet or 'like' Twitter or Facebook posts with the 10 to 1 #BettyGoesBananas countdown to the official publication of 'Betty Goes Bananas' to be entered into a prize draw to win a signed sketch of Betty! The winner will be announced on August 7th.

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SEVEN!

'Betty Goes Bananas' (Oxford University Press')

'Betty Goes Bananas' (Oxford University Press')

Retweet or 'like' Twitter or Facebook posts with the 10 to 1 #BettyGoesBananas countdown to the official publication of 'Betty Goes Bananas' to be entered into a prize draw to win a signed sketch of Betty! The winner will be announced on August 7th.

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EIGHT!

'Betty Goes Bananas' (Oxford University Press)

'Betty Goes Bananas' (Oxford University Press)

Retweet or 'like' Twitter or Facebook posts with the 10 to 1 #BettyGoesBananas countdown to the official publication of 'Betty Goes Bananas' to be entered into a prize draw to win a signed sketch of Betty! The winner will be announced on August 7th.

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NINE!

'Betty Goes Bananas' (Oxford University Press)

'Betty Goes Bananas' (Oxford University Press)

Retweet or 'like' Twitter or Facebook posts with the 10 to 1 #BettyGoesBananas countdown to the official publication of 'Betty Goes Bananas' to be entered into a prize draw to win a signed sketch of Betty! The winner will be announced on August 7th.

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TEN!

'Betty Goes Bananas' (Oxford University Press)

'Betty Goes Bananas' (Oxford University Press)

The contest has begun! Retweet or 'like' Twitter or Facebook posts with the 10 to 1 #BettyGoesBananas countdown to the official publication of 'Betty Goes Bananas' to be entered into a prize draw to win a signed sketch of Betty! The winner will be announced on August 7th.

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Mr Panda News: USA

Exciting news: Mr Panda is coming to the USA via the wonderful folk at Scholastic! 

'Please Mr Panda' will originally publish here in the UK by Hodder Children's Book on Jan 1st. Look, check out this Mr Panda themed lunch at Hodder HQ!

Also, the other day, I did a reading of 'Please Mr Panda' at Peter Jones, Sloane Square, as part of John Lewis's and Barnardo's 'Story Time'. I've got some great pics here of some of Mr Panda drawings, which I'll post a little later. 

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Me & The Queen's Hat This Saturday at Peter Jones

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This Saturday at 2:30PM at Peter Jones in Sloane Square, London, I'll be reading 'The Queen's Hat', as part of John Lewis's and Barnardo's 'Story Time' programme.

Set forth with The Queen, her guards and her corgi on a very windy day as they chase after her hat all over London. See if you can spot the hidden characters in their epic adventure through the capital! We'll be doing a spot of drawing too!
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'Window into Illustration' for Books for Keeps Magazine

I did a 'Window into Illustration' for Books for Keeps, the children's book magazine, and it's in their latest issue on 6 & 7. I chose an illustration from 'The Queen's Hat' to talk through.

The magazine also features an interview with CILIP Carnegie Medal Winner, Kevin Brooks, an interview with David McKee, and articles on children's comics for a new generation, 10 summer reads, reviews & lots more!

This really is one of the best children's book magazines around, and it's well worth a look: www.booksforkeeps.co.uk

You can read the latest issue, along with my article, online HERE.

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The first Betty sighting!

'Betty Goes Bananas' (Oxford University Press) is officially released, and available to order online, on Aug 7th, but here is the VERY first photo I've seen of Betty in a bookshop. Here she is in the Oxford University Press book store in Oxford. Thanks to Suzanne Barton for taking and tweeting the pic. 

PS. Check out Suzanne's gorgeous debut picture book, 'The Dawn Chorus' (Bloomsbury), HERE.

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The Times reviews The Queen's Hat

My debut picture book was reviewed in The Times!

'The Queen's Hat' was one of four titles selected for age 2-5 in Alex O'Connell's summer round-up of children's books in last Saturday's paper. Here are the other three: Journey by Aaron Becker, Hermelin the Detective Mouse by Mini Grey, and Tiny, the Invisible World of Microbes by Nicola Davies and Emily Sutton. What great company to be in!

Thank you, Alex. What an honour.

Below is Alex's review of my book.

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The Queen's Hat Review by Amanda Craig in The Oldie Magazine

Thank you, Amanda Craig, for your lovely review of 'The Queen's Hat' in The Oldie Magazine.

"Steve Antony's 'The Queen's Hat' is a timely picture-book treasure. It's exuberant illustrations of soldiers pursuing the Queen as she chases her hat before returning to a certain baby make this a rare joy for 3+ among a pile of opportunistic Royal rot. It's the best guide to London since Ludwig Bemelman's 'Madeline in London', too."

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Congrats!

The winner of my recent Twitter contest to win a signed copy of 'The Queen's Hat' is Emma Collins! Congrats, Emma! The book is on its way to you now! 

There's ANOTHER contest currently running to win a signed copy over on Flic Wiltshire. You have up until the 15th of July to enter! Press HERE for more info.

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The Queen's Hat flies to France

'The Queen's Hat', my debut picture book published by Hodder Children's Book, has a French edition (published by Gautier Languereau) and here it is! THANKS a million to the Hachette Rights Team. And a special thank you to the book's translator, Sophie Koechlin, for such a wonderful adaptation.

C'est magnifique!

C'est magnifique!

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The Queen's Hat at Heffers Bookshop, Cambridge

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On Saturday, I held a 'The Queen's Hat' event at Heffers Bookshop in Cambridge. It was my first one in a book store, and what a great shop to start with!

For the event, I decided to do what I did at Hoo's Kids Book Fest and Hay Festival, which was to read the book, play 'spot the butler', draw corgis and make crowns.

Little did I know, while making 'The Queen's Hat', that the hidden butler would go down a storm at events. 'Spot the Butler' is always fun, and there were some eagle-eyed children at Heffers that spotted him on each spread in no time at all.

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What was nice about this event was that people could drop in and out at their own leisure. Some listened to my reading, some stayed on the crown-making station, and some curiously looked over, while shopping for books.

It was a nice surprise to see some friendly faces from the Children's Book Illustration MA at Anglia Ruskin in Cambridge.

Thanks for all you came for making it fun, and thanks to Heffers for having me!

Signed 'The Queen's Hat' books are now available at Heffers Bookshop.

If you are interested in holding a 'The Queen's Hat' event, please get in touch HERE.

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50 days until Betty Goes Bananas!

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Betty Goes Bananas will be published by Oxford University Press in 50 days!

Who's Betty? Just press HERE to see all blog posts tagged with Betty Goes Bananas to find out more about the tempestuous toddler gorilla that's about to burst everyone's eardrums. 

Press HERE to read the very first review of the book, which is by the one and only Book Sniffer, along with an interview with me about the book.

Nearer the publication date I'll be holding a fun Betty contest, so watch this space!

'Betty Goes Bananas' can be pre-ordered online at several online book stores.

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Q&A in The Bookseller and More Reviews

Here's a little bit of Q&A I did for The Bookseller about 'The Queen's Hat'. I did this a short while ago, but forgot to post it here (below).

Also, 'The Queen's Hat' has received more brilliant reviews. The Illustrated Forest said it is 'a confident debut' and, the Down Under radio station, ABC Central Victoria, aired a review of 'The Queen's Hat' by their children's literature expert, Sarah Mayor Cox, who said that it's a 'very appealing book'. Also, the book received a mention on a recent airing of Down the Rabbit Hole's radio show about what books to look out for. 

POP (People of Publishing) also featured a great review by Charlotte Eyre.

Thanks all!

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