Hi there, our children's book colleague, writer Tommy Donbavand is in a bad way with cancer, with weeks or months to live, and we're trying to help him and his family stay afloat. You can
read his blog here - he keeps an amazing sense of humour through what is a horrific experience. Philip Reeve has blogged about it
here:
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Trying to raise money for him, we have several things on offer that might pique your interest. Be in our Reeve & McIntyre book, for starters! With Kevin the Roly-Poly Flying Pony pooping on your head. Yes,
you heard me right.
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Perhaps a more traditional offering from Philip Reeve
here, but also valuable:
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And our Reeve & McIntyre publisher, Liz Cross (who also discovered the Mortal Engines books when she worked for Scholastic), is offering
a rare opportunity if you've been trying to get a children's book published:
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You can discover
more offers here. Big thanks to Tommy's awesome writer friends
Barry Hutchinson and
John Dougherty for setting this up!