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Kung Hei Fat Choi – The Year of the Dark Horse begins!

Kung Hei Fat Choi – or Gong Xi Fa Cai depending on where you live – it’s now officially the Year of the Horse! And here, just on time, are the photos of the launch at Bookazine, Princes Building, of my latest Chinese Calendar Tale, The Tale of a Dark Horse! Enjoy the photos, courtesy of my good friends at FEML and Bookazine! And check out our brand new Year of the Horse Activity Book!

Thank you Japanese International School for a Wonderful Day!

A big thank you to Cath Wan and the staff of Japanese International School for their wonderful hospitality today! We had four fabulous story readings from Reception to Year 6, with all the fun of Lord Buddha’s Race in The Tale of Pin Yin Panda for the young ones, and the mystery and history of the Silk Road in the Tale of a Dark Horse for the big kids! I had a great time – I hope you all did too!

Yippee! The Tale of a Dark Horse is Dymock’s No. 1 Kids’ Bestseller!

I’m very proud to say that my Tale of a Dark Horse is Dymocks Hong Kong’s number 1 best-seller for kids! See the link below!

http://www.dymocks.com.hk/index.asp?is_from_mobile=1

A Fabulous Horsey Day at International College, Hong Lok Yuen!

What a fabulous day I had at Hong Lok Yuen today with the primary students of International College! We read stories galore, from The Tale of Chester Choi, to The Tale of Pin Yin Panda, to – of course – the brand new tale of that famous Dark Horse!! Thanks to the lovely Nina Shek for being such a wonderful host, to principal Ruth Woodward and to all the terrific kids and staff – I had a ball!

Hong Kong is getting ready for a Galloping Good Year of the Horse!

Here are some pretty ponies indeed in the Landmark Building in Central – it’s fair to say that Hong Kong is going Horse-Crazy!

Thank you Bookazine for a fabulous Launch for The Tale of a Dark Horse!

A big thank you to Arti and Shonee Mirchandani and all the staff at Bookazine Princes Building for a fantastic launch party on Saturday 25th January for my latest Chinese Calendar Tale, The Tale of a Dark Horse! We had a great crowd and a lot of fun! Photos to come!

Thank you Noreen Mir and RTHK Radio 3!

A big thank you to Noreen Mir and Radio 3 for a fun interview today on the 123 Program! If you’d like to have a listen, here it is!

http://programme.rthk.org.hk/channel/radio/programme.php?name=radio3/1_2_3_show&d=2014-01-24&p=5979&e=&m=episode

You’re invited to my big Hong Kong Launch Party tomorrow!!

Just one more day to the official launch of my new book for The Year of the Horse! Join me and Harry Harrison at Bookazine, 3rd floor Princes Building in Central at 2pm tomorrow on Saturday 25th January for a funny and fabulous book reading, quiz, prizes, lai see, bookmarks, nibbles and drinks and a whole lot of fun!

AND… tomorrow is also the launch of the very first Chinese Calendar Tales Activity Book! There’s Dot-to-Dots, Mazes, Word Searches, Colouring Pages, Stickers and more, and it’s all about The Dark Horse! Come to the launch and get your signed copy!

But remember to register today with Bookazine at enquiries@bookazine.com.hk, as space is limited!

Ho Ho Ho! The Very Merry Christmas Poem Competition Results are out!

Hello to all you wonderful poets out there! I trust you all had a very merry Christmas! It seems that you’ve all gone back to school with heaps of ideas and energy, as this time we had a grand total of 94 entries in my Clever Competition, from 15 different schools in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Melbourne and New Delhi! Special congratulations to Ben Hanson of Grade 3 at British International School Shanghai, Puxi Campus, winner of the Grade 1 to 3 Category, and Sadie Engel of Grade 6 at Glenealy School Hong Kong, winner of the Grade 4 to 6 Category. All the winning entries have been published on my blog, so go to the Clever Competitions page right away for some very merry reading!