Awards – The Stone Age: Hunters, Gatherers and Woolly Mammoths
The Stone Age: Hunters, Gatherers and Woolly Mammoths, won the 2017 English 4-11 Picture Book Award for best the Non-Fiction 7-11.
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Exciting Festival News
Marcia will be appearing at: Barnes Children’s Literary Festival – 12th May, 2018 Brighton Festival – 19th May, 2018 Bradford Festival – 2nd July, 2018 Storystock Festival – 15th July, 2018 Stratford Peace Festival – 1st September, 2018. (Meditation) Bath Festival – 29th September, 2018. Cheltenham Festival – 9th October, 2018
Read moreTwo New Books
Two exciting new books are scheduled for early 2019 – they are under wraps at the moment so I can’t give you anymore information. Well, maybe just a couple of clues: one of the books is a novel and grew from a visit to the V&A Museum. The other is a comic-strip book and has […]
Read moreAwards – Ancient Egypt – Tales of Gods and Pharaohs
Ancient Egypt won the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Best Book Award – PLATINUM! and also “A Junior Library Guild Selection” for Fall 2011.
Read moreAwards – My Secret War Diary, by Me, Flossie Albright
Thanks to Walker Books wonderful design and production team My Secret War Diary, by Me, Flossie Albright has won the British Book Design and Production Award! The judges said it is “a book which allows the younger reader to dip in and out of the narrative without compromise to a difficult story. Format, artwork style […]
Read moreAwards – Archie’s War
Archie’s War has been shortlisted for the Coventry Inspiration Book Award 2010 in the ‘Raring to Read’ category. It’s aim is to involve the whole family and the whole community and they are obviously the ideal vehicle to promote Reading For Life! The final winner will be announced at an awards ceremony in June 2010, […]
Read moreChaucer’s Canterbury Tales – Selected as one of the Best Books of 2007 by US School Library Journal
“Marcia Williams’ breathes new life into the classic stories, capturing the tone of the original tales but rendering them vivid and fresh. Her inimitable narrative technique combining prose, detailed illustration and humorous dialogue makes the tales accessible to readers of all ages and abilities. Her innovative mix of comic style frames, decorative technique and gorgeous […]
Read moreGuess What? – It’s Iggy on a Puffin Cover!
The Puffin Book Club are using a picture of Iggy and Fred on the cover of the March edition of their magazine. We are all so happy and Fred is about the proudest dog you ever saw. The fantastic news is that not only does the cover look fabulous, but the magazine print run is […]
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