News and Events

Bone Quill booksignings

We are delighted to announce that John and Carole E Barrowman will be signing copies of their new book for young readers, Bone Quill, at the following bookshops: Waterstones, The Avenue, Newton Mearns, Glasgow G32 6QE on Tuesday 26th FebruaryRead More

From Zero to Infinity and Beyond!

Have you read From Zero to Infinity (And Beyond)? It’s a brilliant book about all the cool stuff about Maths that you ever needed to know, from triangles, grids, binary and co-ordinates to fascinating numbers in nature. Author Dr. MikeRead More

Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize

We’re delighted to announce that our very own Out of This World by Clive Gifford has been shortlisted for the Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize 2012. Other nominations include The Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins and How TheRead More

Meet Monstrous Maud!

We are very excited to launch a new series called Monstrous Maud as part of the new Buster Fiction list. These spooky new books follow Maud Montague (and her pet rat Quentin) who doesn’t fit in at Primrose Towers School.Read More

Hollow Earth media appearances

John and Carole will be promoting Hollow Earth on television and radio over the next few weeks, and here are the details of their confirmed appearances. They will be also be interviewed on regional radio stations during this time. FridayRead More

Hollow Earth is coming to Glasgow!

Next stop on our tour will be Scotland, where John and Carole will be signing copies of Hollow Earth at Waterstones, 174-176 Argyle Street, Glasgow G2 8BT, at 1pm. As with all the signings, John and Carole will only beRead More

Hollow Earth news!

We have the first Hollow Earth signings confirmed. Details are as follows: Saturday 4th February : 1pm – John and Carole will be signing copies of Hollow Earth at Waterstone’s, Bluewater West, The Village, Greenhithe, Kent DA9 9SE (Tel: 01322Read More

Fabulous Fashion competition

Head on over to our doodle website, www.doyoudoodle.co.uk, to enter our latest competition.  Creative designer-types can download a doodle from brand new doodle book Fabulous Fashion and win a copy, plus have the chance to see their work featured in theRead More

Meerkat Mayhem in Bookshops!

Buster Books have put together some fabulous meerkat-themed activity packs for bookshops, which include puzzles, games, colouring-in sheets and images to find the meerkat in.  These tie in with three of our fun books: Where’s the Meerkat, Meerkat Mischief andRead More