No three things post today … just one HUGE thing instead. Small! has been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2023!
I can’t thank all the amazing booksellers at Waterstones enough for championing Small! from the start – from hosting the launch party to inviting me in for events and letting me scrawl my name inside their copies. I’ve loved every second.
Giant thanks also go to:
- my brilliant indie publisher, Everything With Words . It’s great to be flying the flag for small (but mighty) presses with this prize
- Rory Walker, Small’s illustrator. So much of the book’s humour comes from Rory’s wonderfully daft artwork – he brings the words to life in ways I could never have imagined
- my agent, Lydia Silver, for believing in Small! (even when the big publishers turned it down). It wouldn’t have found a home without her.
Waterstones announces the overall winner on 30th March. Until then, expect me to pop up with my book stamps and signing pen in Waterstones branches everywhere.
Here’s a mini gallery of my signing excursions so far.
Hannah Moffatt, word wrangler 