Jack of Spades launch in Sydney!

March 11, 2017 / christmaspresspicturebooks / Leave a comment

You are invited to come celebrate the launch of two fabulous new books!

Jack of Spades, a thrilling novel for older readers by Sophie Masson, with illustrations by Yvonne Low (Eagle Books)

To be launched by Pamela Freeman

Once Upon An ABC, a glorious picture-book romp through fairytale and folklore, by Sophie Masson and Christopher Nielsen (Little Hare)

To be launched by Paul Macdonald

When: Saturday March 18, 2pm

Where: The Children’s Bookshop, 6 Hannah St Beecroft, 2119

Sophie Masson, Yvonne Low and Christopher Nielsen will be in attendance to sign books.

Hope to see you there!

We are sponsors of the 2017 HNSA Short Story Contest

February 20, 2017February 20, 2017 / christmaspresspicturebooks / Leave a comment

Eagle Books is delighted to announce that we are co-sponsors of the 2017 Short Story Contest of the Historical Novel Society Australasia. Run in conjunction with HNSA’s 2017 Conference, to be held in Melbourne in September, the contest is open to all conference delegates, and will be judged by Sandra Gulland, author of The Shadow Queen and Mistress of the Sun.

The winner will be awarded:

A prize of $500(sponsored by Eagle Books and HNSA)
A free membership of the Historical Novel Society https://historicalnovelsociety.org/
A certificate

The second and third placed entrants will each receive certificates. With the author’s consent, the winning, second place and third place stories will be published by Backstory (both online and print on demand) after the conference. http://www.backstoryjournal.com.au

The short list and prize-winning entry will be announced at the HNSA 2017 Conference Dinner.

More details and to enter here.

Celebrating Jules Verne’s Mikhail Strogoff in Sydney

April 15, 2016 / christmaspresspicturebooks / Leave a comment

We have just held two wonderful celebratory events for Jules Verne’s Mikhail Strogoff in Sydney: the official launch on Wednesday April 13 at the Alliance Francaise headquarters in Sydney, with the launch honours done by Monsieur Nicolas Croizer, Consul-General of France in Sydney, and a second celebration on Thursday April 14, at Berkelouw’s Books in Leichhardt where bookseller Sarah Foster gave everyone a warm welcome. At both events there was a big, animated, interested audience, fantastic presentations by Stephanie and David, and a real buzz of excitement as people queued up to buy this beautiful book! We are delighted that Mikhail is now well and truly launched on his re-entry into the English-language reading world!

Thank you to everyone who has made this a possibility. Your generosity, support, encouragement and excitement have made it all doubly worthwhile.

Pics from both events below.