Cathy Cassidy

MARSHMALLOW SKYE - OUT NOW!!!

At last… Marshmallow Skye, the second book in the Chocolate Box Girls series, is out NOW!!! Get your hands on a copy pronto and let me know what you think… you can even post a review on the website!

I’m REALLY looking forward to the next few weeks – I’ll be doing lots of school events all around the country and public signings in Irvine, Dublin, Stirling, Bluewater, Bromley, Worthing, Southampton, Reading, Liverpool, Southport, Wigtown, Dumfries and Carlisle (plus Kilmarnock and Newcastle later in the year!). To find out more, check out the EVENTS page – maybe I’ll see you at one of those venues! (Possible Exeter date, watch this space… waiting to hear from Waterstones Exeter!)

If you’re a superfan, and you’re hoping to get along to one of the above events, email me and let me know. I am looking for CHOCOLATE FAIRIES for many of the above events – reader-helpers to assist at the signings by handing out chocolate, marshmallows and friendship bracelets! If you’d like to help, tell me why you (and a friend, if possible) would be a fab chocolate fairy. One lucky reader & her friend will be chosen for each location. I’ll put pics of the chocolate fairies from the tour on the SECRET SUPERFAN PAGE in the Autumn. And if you don’t yet have the password for the Secret Superfan page yet, you’ll find the clue in the free online newsletter – don’t miss out, sign up here!

Last but not least, don’t keep me in suspense – let me know what YOU think of Marshmallow Skye! Hope you like it!

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OUR NEW COVER GIRL!

This was officially THE hardest comp ever to judge… there were tons of entries and every one of them was gorgeous, cool and full of personality! It took a while, but our panel finally settled on the reader they felt was most like Skye from the Chocolate Box Girls… and I agreed! It was a little like watching Skye come to life!

Well done Grace W – your photos were great, and I think you’ll be a great model for the paperback version of Marshmallow Skye. (Possibly Summer’s Dream too, as Skye and Summer are twins!)

The official photoshoot will take place at the HQ of GirlTalk mag in London, later this month… and I am pretty sure Grace will enjoy her day in the spotlight!

I only wish everyone could be a winner… you were all AWESOME and if the results of this comp work out well, you never know… there may be more COVER GIRL comps in the future! I know what a positive, generous bunch you are, too, and I know you’ll be pleased for Grace. If you’re sad at missing your model-girl moment, nip over to the SUPER FANS SECRET PAGE# and try this month’s Superfan challenge to send in a pic of you ‘striking a pose’ – the best one will win a signed copy of STRIKE A POSE DAIZY STAR! (If you don’t know the secret password yet, sign up for the free email NEWSLETTER – there’s a clue in every issue!)

I’d better get back to work… I’m writing the next book in the series, Summer’s Dream, right now. And don’t forget to check out the Aug 4th issue of MIZZ mag to see if you’re one of the six shortlisted finalists for the MBFR 2011 Comp! What are you waiting for?

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DREAM TEAM WINNERS!

OK… here it is… the moment you’ve all been waiting for! After much deliberation and discussion Puffin have picked seven new readers to join the CC DREAM TEAM… read on and find out who they are!

All winners have been informed by email, but in case you haven’t checked your mail lately, here we go… First of all, for the new Irish DREAM TEAM... congratulations to the following readers.
From Connaght, NADA NEWESSER; from Leinster, JANE FINNEGAN; from Munster, NORA FARRELL; and from Ulster, LEILA O NEILL. Well done to all who tried out for the Irish DREAM TEAM – picking just four was an almost impossible task.

To join the mainland UK DREAM TEAM, three more lucky readers have been chosen – congratulations to JULIANNE DOHERTY; EMILY MURRILLS; and ALICE BAXTER. Again, it was a very tough task, so a BIG thank you to all who entered – I have the best readers in the world, and if I had my way, I’d have picked you all!

Keep an eye on the DREAM TEAM link over the next few months… soon you will be able to see pics of the new Dream Teamers and find out more about them… it’s going to be VERY cool!

Last but not least, my book Cherry Crush has won the 2011 Redbridge Children’s Book Award… woo hoo! Thanks to all the fab children of Redbridge who voted for the book, and to the librarians and teachers too.

Well done again to the new Dream Teamers… do YOU have any ideas for how they should spread the word about my books?

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SUMMER'S DREAM...

I have just started work on the third Chocolate Box Girl book, Summer’s Dream… exciting! Just the kind of thing to put me in a summery mood, and right on cue, the sun is FINALLY shining! I have a feeling July is going to be awesome… there is so much going on!

I’ve just arrived in Cork for the extra-cool West Cork Literary Festival, and I’ll be in London later in the week… woo!! By then we should know the winners of the DREAM TEAM search, so watch the website for the results! Puffin will also make a start on the HUGE task of sifting through the hundreds of truly amazing entries for MY BEST FRIEND ROCKS 2011 and the equally fab entries for the COVER GIRL comp. I can’t wait to see the shortlists and make a start on choosing my favourites! All results will be posted on the website and in the free email NEWSLETTER as soon as we know them.

There’s a cool, fun book giveaway running over on the SECRET SUPERFAN page too… don’t miss out! If you haven’t got the secret password yet, just sign up to the NEWSLETTER – there’s a clue in every issue!

Right… setting off to Bantry now. See you soon!

xxx

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