Francesca Simon is very proud to be a judge for this year’s BBC 500 Words competition. This year she’s joined by author and Waterstones Children’s Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce, author Charlie Higson, author Malorie Blackman, author and comedian Sir Lenny Henry as well as singer song-writer Olivia Dean. Entries close on 8th November at 9pm so […]
Read more »Francesca Simon is backing the leading reading charity, The National Literacy Trust, and their new campaign ‘Libraries for Primaries’. The initiative, run with Penguin Books, aims to ensure that every child at primary school has access to a dedicated library or reading space. Francesca visited Portcullis House in Westminster on 8th November 2023 to celebrate […]
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Francesca visited Buckingham Palace to receive her MBE from His Majesty King Charles for services to literature. Here she is at the Palace with her husband and son, proudly showing her insignia.
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Francesca recently appeared on BBC Breakfast to mark the return of 500 Words, the BBC’s most successful children’s writing competition. Francesca is one of the competition judges, alongside Malorie Blackman, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Charlie Higson and Sir Lenny Henry. She is pictured here with the presenters and to the left, Jonathan Douglas, CEO of the National […]
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To celebrate the publication of Francesca’s new book, Two Terrible Vikings: Feast with the King, and her event at Jorvik Viking Festival – Jorvik are giving away a signed set of her books. To be in with a chance of winning Two Terrible Vikings, Two Terrible Vikings and Grunt the Beserker and Two Terrible Vikings: […]
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Francesca Simon has been awarded an MBE for services to literature in King Charles’s first ever New Year Honours list. Later on this year she will visit either Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle to receive her honour in person from one of the Royal Family. Many congratulations to Francesca! This exciting news appeared in The […]
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like if your parents wanted you to behave badly? That’s what life is like for two Vikings, Hack and Whack. Enjoy this clip of Francesca reading from her new book Two Terrible Vikings here. Two Terrible Vikings is out now, illustrated by Steve May, and you can […]
Read more » Francesca’s new book, Two Terrible Vikings, about two young Vikings called Hack and Whack, and illustrated by Steve May was recently published by Faber. Signed copies are available from Daunt Bookshop, ready to purchase online. Here illustrator Steve shows us all how to draw the baby wolf character, Bitey Bitey.
Read more »Francesca has launched her bookshop on the new online bookselling platform, Bookshop.org. Bookshop.org aims to offer book buyers an alternative to other online retailers. Each time a customer chooses to buy a book from Bookshop.org they can nominate a bookshop to receive a proportion of the cover price. You can browse through all of the […]
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The latest Great British Menu stars dishes inspired by the very best children’s books. One of the chefs choose to concoct a dessert dish based on Horrid Henry’s Perfect Day. The plate, which might not be found on a standard restaurant menu, featured spaghetti, meatballs and fudge cake! Catch up on iPlayer and watch this […]
Read more »Did you know Horrid Henry has a website all of his own? It has all the books and lots of fun things to see and do…
