I was delighted to walk into my local branch of Waterstones and find 15 Days Without a Head at number six in the Kids' Chart!
And number ten in the store paperback chart!
Huge thanks to the staff at Waterstones and to everyone who has been in to buy a copy.
During my recent schools tour, I spent a day with Nigel French from Cole's Books in Bicester. After a great morning with students from years 7 and 8 at The Cooper School, we managed to find time to grab half an hour to browse his fantastic bookshop.
I was extremely chuffed to find myself next to Phil Earle on the display. Cole's are selling signed copies of 15 Days Without a Head through their website, with free postage and packing to UK addresses. (see the link in the sidebar)
It was also a pleasant surprise to walk into my local Empire cinema to find 15 Days postcards on the racks, next to Sky Hawk (a superb book by fellow OUP author, Gill Lewis)
But possibly the best thing about the past few weeks has been going into schools and having the opportunity to meet students, and talk to them about books, writing and wanting to be an astronaut! The response to 15 Days Without a Head has been fantastic. So a big thanks to the staff and students at The Broxbourne School*, St Gregory the Great and King Alfred's Academy in Oxford, The Cooper School in Bicester and Bruern Abbey, Oxfordshire – for their time, enthusiasm and cake!*
It must be such a great feeling seeing YOUR book in real shops. Congratulations.
ReplyDeleteCake? did you say cake? Congrats, Dave ... so well deserved!
ReplyDeleteThanks, folks. And yes, Candy, I did say cake! Book club at The Broxbourne School invited me to join them for cake and twenty questions – very civilised!
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