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Francesca one of the UK’s most loaned authors

News is just out that Francesca is the fifth most popular author in UK libraries, according to the latest LibScan data, announced in The Bookseller on 14th February 2020. The authors of the most borrowed books are: Daisy Meadows Julia Donaldson James Patterson David Walliams Francesca Simon

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Francesca announced as a judge for the 2020 Oscar’s Book Prize

Oscar’s Book Prize, which is supported by Amazon and the National Literacy Trust, celebrates the best in literature for under-fives. It has been running for seven years and counts HRH Princess Beatrice as its patron. This year Francesca Simon will join Jake Hope, broadcaster and author Dermot O’Leary and Amazon UK’s Simon Johnson, and Oscar’s […]

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Francesca joins Zoe Ball at the launch of 500 Words

Radio 2 broadcaster Zoe Ball launched the BBC’s 500 Words competition at a special outside broadcast event in Liverpool on 16th January along with judges Francesca Simon, Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Charlie Higson. The children’s short story writing competition is an annual event. If you’d like to find out more, pick up tips and read all of […]

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Francesca Supports BookTrust’s Pyjamarama

Francesca has done several media interviews in support of children’s reading charity BookTrust’s Pyjamarama campaign. Children and adults alike were challenged to wear their nightwear to school or to work and to pay BookTrust £1 for doing so. This new nationwide fundraising campaign sought to remind families of the fun of bedtime stories, and help […]

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Francesca visits Bologna Book Fair

In April Francesca Simon visited the Bologna Book Fair to celebrate the publication of her 100th Horrid Henry story, and to meet with her international publishers. Here she is at the fair  in front of her publisher Hachette’s stand.

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Francesca donates to the charity Shivia

Following the publication of Francesca Simon’s new picture book, The Goat Café, by Faber, she has made a donation to the charity Shivia. Shivia supports families in West Bengal. Her donation will help four families to become goat farmers. She has also chosen to donate all of her future royalties from the sale of The […]

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The Monstrous Child Opera – Showcase

If you’re a fan of Francesca’s novel The Monstrous Child, and are intrigued at what it looked like transformed into an opera performed at the Royal Opera House in spring 2019 here’s your chance to glimpse at the production. Enjoy this clip.

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Francesca meets the goats at Mudchute

Here is a fabulous photo and a video of Francesca meeting the goats at Mudchute Park and City Farm in their very own Goat Café. She even took along a copy of her brand new picture book The Goat Café to read to the animals.  

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Photos and news from Francesca’s Horrid Henry Tour

Francesca spent 11 days touring across the country celebrating 25 years of Horrid Henry and marking publication of her new book Horrid Henry Up, Up and Away. She made stops in Manchester, Stockport, Oswestry, Birmingham, Coventry, Surrey and London, to name but a few. Over those 11 days, she met over 3,000 Horrid Henry fans. […]

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