Events:

Riddlesdown Collegiate 'Book Club', which meets every Friday lunchtime. Two Yr 12s - Hannah (left) and Megan (right) - help organise events. (Photo taken Friday 23rd October 2009)

We've two events lined up: 1) Free talk for the 'Teenage Reading Group', and anyone else who wants to come along, at Sanderstead Library (Saturday 23rd January 2010, 2pm-4pm); 2) A talk for the 'Croydon Writers Circle', and anyone else who wants to come along, at the Croydon Clocktower on Katherine Street (Monday 8th February 2010, 8pm-9pm). I’ll be sharing what I’ve managed to pick up from the writing industry and what it’s like to write a book. Members of the 'Book Club' will assist with various fun and creative activities. Tickets: £4.

Me and Alexander Gordon Smith, author of the Inventor and Furnace series, after his workshop at my school (Wednesday 14th October 2009).

Signings:

 W.H.Smith, Whitgift Centre, Croydon (Saturday 19th September 2009, 11am-4pm)

Information:

Stocked in (booksellers):
Online retailers
Booksellers across the UK and US
Waterstones, Picadilly, London (flagship store)
Borders, Oxford Street, London (flagship store)

Hopefully, soon to be stocked in (booksellers):
Waterstones – nationwide
Borders – nationwide
W.H.Smith – nationwide
Children’s Bookshop, 29 Fortis Green Road, London
Foyles, 113-119 Charing Cross Road, London
Owl Books, 209 Kentish Town Road, London
Primrose Hill Books, 134 Regent’s Park Road, London
Village Books, 1d Calton Avenue, London
The Pan Bookshop, 158 Fulham Road, London
Nomad Books, 781 Fulham Road, London
London Review Bookshop, 14 Bury Place, London
Bookseller Crow on the Hill, 50 Westow Street, London
Lion and the Unicorn Bookshop, 19 King Street, Surrey
Spurgeons Book Room , 189 South Norwood Hill, South Norwood
Beckenham Bookshop, 42 High Street, Beckenham
Books to Go, Parker Road, Croydon
SJ, Unit 11, Progress Business Park, Croydon
The Right Bookseller, 162 Lower Addiscombe Road, Croydon
Earth Elements, 39 High Street, Croydon
Zainab Foundation Bookshop, 31 Brigstock Road, Croydon
RSS Books, 12 Maddison House, Croydon

Stocked in (school libraries):
Riddlesdown Collegiate, Honister Heights, Purley, Surrey. CR8 1EX.

Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire. SL4 6DW.
Croham Hurst School, 79 Croham Road, South Croydon, Surrey. CR2 7YN.
Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace Road, Croydon, Surrey. CR0 1AX.
Trinity School, Shirley Park, Croydon, Surrey. CR0 7AT.
Whitgift School, Haling Park, South Croydon, Surrey. CR2 6YT.
Lodge School, 11 Woodcote Lane, Purley, Surrey. CR8 3HB.
Croydon High School, Old Farleigh Road, Selsdon, South Croydon, Surrey. CR2 8YB.

Tiffin School, Queen Elizabeth Road, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey. KT2 6RL.

Coulsdon College, Placehouse Lane, Old Coulsdon, Croydon, Surrey. CR5 1YA.

Epsom & Ewell High School, Ruxley Lane, West Ewell, Surrey. KT19 9JW.

Sutton Grammar School for Boys, Manor Lane, Sutton, Surrey. SM1 4AS.

Hopefully, soon to be stocked in (school libraries):
Magdalen College School, Cowley Place, Oxford, Oxfordshire. OX4 1DZ.
City of London School for Girls, St Gile's Terrace, Barbican, London. EC2Y 8BB.
Wycombe Abbey School, Abbey Way, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. HP11 1PE.
Perse for Girls, Union Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. CB2 1HF.
Westminster School, 17 Dean's Yard, Westminster, London. SW1P 3PB.
St Paul's Girls' School, Brook Green, Hammersmith, London. W6 7BS.
King Edward VI High School for Girls, Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham, West Midlands. B15.
North London Collegiate School, Canons Drive, Edgware, Middlesex. HA8 7RJ.
Guildford High School for Girls, London Road, Guildford, Surrey. GU1 1SJ.
Withington Girls School, Wellington Road, Fallowfield, Manchester. M14 6BL.
Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls, Aldenham Road, Elstree, Hertfordshire. WD6 3BT.
Lady Eleanor Holles School, Hanworth Road, Hampton, Middlesex. TW12 3HF.
St Paul's School, Lonsdale Road, London. SW13 9JT.
St Catherine's School, Station Rd, Bramley, Guildford, Surrey. GU5 0DF.
St Mary's School, St Mary's Road, Ascot, Berkshire. SL5 9JF.
Badminton School, Westbury Road, Westbury-On-Trym, Bristol. BS9 3BA.
St Mary's School, Curzon Street, Calne, Wiltshire. SN11 0DF.
Godolphin & Latymer School, Iffley Road, Hammersmith, London. W6 0PG.
Brighton College, Eastern Road, Brighton, East Sussex. BN2 0AL.
Perse School for Boys, Hills Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. CB2 2QF.
King Edward's School, Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham, West Midlands. B15 2UA.
Winchester College, College Street, Winchester, Hampshire. SO23 9NA.
University College School, Frognal, Hampstead, London. NW3 6XH.
Cheltenham Ladies' College, Bayshill Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. GL50 3EP.
Manchester Grammar School, Old Hall Lane, Manchester. M13 0XT.
Manchester High School for Girls, Grangethorpe Road, Manchester. M14 6HS.
St Albans High School for Girls, Townsend Avenue, St Albans. Hertfordshire. AL1 3SJ.
James Allen's Girls' School, East Dulwich Grove, Dulwich. London. SE22 8SE.
Notting Hill & Ealing High School, 2 Cleveland Rd, Ealing. London. W13 8AX.
Royal Grammar School, High Street, Guildford, Surrey. GU1 3BB.
Haberdasher's Aske's Boys School (Elstree), Butterfly Lane, Elstree, Hertfordshire. WD6 3AF.
Harrow School, 5 High Street, Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex. HA1 3HW.
Hampton School, Hanworth Road, Hampton, Middlesex. TW12 3HD.
South Hampstead High School, 3 Maresfield Gardens, London. NW3 5SS.
Albemarle Independent College, 18 Dunraven Street, Mayfair, London. W1K 7FE.
Wimbledon High School GDST, Mansel Road, London. SW19 4AB.
St Swithun's School, Alresford Road, Winchester, Hampshire. SO21 1HA.
City of London School for Boys, Queen Victoria St, London. EC4V 3AL.
Oxford High School GDST, Belbroughton Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire. OX2 6XA.
Eltham College, Grove Park Road, Mottingham, London. SE9 4QF.
Maynard School (Devon), Denmark Road, Exeter, Devon. EX1 1SJ.
Nottingham High School for Girls, 9 Arboretum St, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. NG1 4JB.
Concord College, Acton Burnell Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. SY5 7PF.
Merchant Taylors' School, Sandy Lodge, Northwood, Middlesex. HA6 2HT.
Casterton School, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria. LA6 2SG.
Downe House School, Hermitage Rd, Cold Ash, Thatcham, Berkshire. RG18 9JJ.
The School Of St Helen And St Katharine, Faringdon Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire. OX14 1BE.
Loughborough High School, Burton Walks, Loughborough, Leicestershire. LE11 2DU.
Reigate Grammar School, Reigate Road, Reigate, Surrey. RH2 0QS.
Headington School, Oxford, Oxfordshire. OX3 7TD.
Hurtwood House, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, Surrey. RH5 6NU.
Highgate School, North Road, London. N6 4AY.
Putney High School, 35 Putney Hill, London. SW15 6BH.
Dulwich College, Dulwich Common, Dulwich, London. SE21 7LD.
Benenden School, Cranbrook Road, Benenden, Cranbrook, Kent. TN17 4AA.
Queenswood School, Shepherd's Way, Hatfield, Hertfordshire. AL9 6NS.
St Georges School for Girls, Garscube Terrace, Edinburgh, Lothian. EH12 6BG.
Ockbrook School, The Settlement, Ockbrook, Derby, Derbyshire. DE72 3RJ.
St Helen's, Eastbury Road, Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2DJ.
Farnborough Hill, Farnborough Hill, Farnborough, Hampshire. GU14 8AT.
Francis Holland School, 39 Graham Terrace, London. SW1W 8JF.
Alleyn's School, Townley Road, Dulwich, London. SE22 8SU.
Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls, Hereford Road, Monmouth, Monmouthshire. NP25 5XT.
Rugby School, Lawrence Sheriff Street, Rugby, Warwickshire. CV22 5EH.
Leicester High School for Girls, 454 London Road, Leicester, Leicestershire. LE2 2PP.
Tonbridge School, High Street, Tonbridge, Kent. TN9 1JP.
Oundle School - The Great Hall, New Street, Oundle - Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. PE8 4GH.
St James Independent School For Senior Girls, Earsby Street, London. W14 8SH.
Sir William Perkins's School, Guildford Road, Chertsey, Surrey. KT16 9BN.
The Grange School, Bradburns Lane, Hartford, Northwich - Cheshire. CW8 1LU.
Bishops Stortford College, 10 Maze Green Road, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire. CM23 2PJ.
Tudor Hall School, Wykham Park, Banbury, Oxfordshire. OX16 9UR.
Caterham School, Harestone Valley Road, Caterham, Surrey. CR3 6YA.
Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey. GU8 5NY.
Abbey College Cambridge, 17 Station Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. CB1 2JB.
Tormead School, 27 Cranley Road, Guildford, Surrey. GU1 2JD.
Bancroft's School, Woodford Green, Essex. IG8 0RF.
Uppingham School, Uppingham, Rutland. LE15 9QE.
Royal Grammar School, Eskdale Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear. NE2 4DR.
Bromsgrove School, Worcester Rd, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. B60 7DU.
Abingdon School, Park Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire. OX14 1DE.
King's School, The Precincts, Canterbury, Kent. CT1 2ES.
Canford School, Canford Magna, Wimborne, Dorset. BH21 3AD.
King Edward VI School, Kellett Road, Southampton, Hampshire. S015 7UQ.
St Albans School, Abbey Gateway, St.Albans, Hertfordshire. AL3 4HB.
Ipswich High School GDST, Woolverstone, Ipswich, Suffolk. IP9 1AZ.
Surbiton High School, Surbiton Crescent, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey. KT1 2JT.
Central Newcastle High School GDST, Eskdale Terrace - Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear. NE2 4DS.
Norwich School - School House, 70 The Close, Norwich, Norfolk. NR1 4DQ.
City of London Freemen's School, Ashtead Park, Ashtead, Surrey. KT21 1ET.
St Mary's School, Shaftesbury, Dorset. SP7 9LP.
Shrewsbury School (Boys), The School, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. SY3 7BA.
St George's School, Wells Lane, Ascot, Berkshire. SL5 7DZ.
Portsmouth Grammar School, High Street, Portsmouth, Hampshire. PO1 0LN.
Fettes College, Carrington Road, Edinburgh, Lothian. EH4 1QX, Scotland.
Loughborough Grammar School, Burton Walks, Loughborough, Leicestershire. LE11 2DU.
King Edward's School, North Road, Bath, Avon. BA2 6HU.
Kingston Grammar School, 70 London Road, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey. KT2 6PY.

Addington High School, Fairchildes Avenue, New Addington, Croydon. CR0 0AH.

Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School, Selborne Road, Croydon, Surrey. CR0 5JQ.

Ashburton Community School, Shirley Road, Croydon, Surrey. CR9 7AL.

Coloma Convent Girls' School, Upper Shirley Road, Croydon, CR9 5AS.

Edenham High School, Orchard Way, Croydon, Surrey. CR0 7NJ.

Haling Manor High School, Kendra Hall Road, South Croydon, Surrey. CR2 6DT.

Harris Academy Crystal Palace, Maberley Road, Upper Norwood, London. SE19 2JH.

Harris Academy South Norwood, 2 Cumberlow Avenue, London. SE25 6AE.

Norbury Manor Business and Enterprise College for Girls, Kensington Avenue, Thornton Heath, Surrey. CR7 8BT.

Oasis Academy – Coulsdon, Homefield Road, Coulsdon, Surrey. CR5 1ES.

Selsdon High School, Farnborough Avenue, South Croydon, Surrey. CR2 8HD.

Shirley High School Performing Arts College, Shirley Church Road, Croydon, CR0 5EF.

St Andrew's CofE Voluntary Aided High School, Warrington Road, Croydon, Surrey. CR0 4BH.

St Joseph's College, Beulah Hill, Upper Norwood, London. SE19 3HL.

St Mary's High School, Woburn Road, Croydon, CR9 2EE.

The Archbishop Lanfranc School, Mitcham Road, Croydon, Surrey. CR9 3AS.

Thomas More Catholic School, Russell Hill Road, Purley, Surrey. CR8 2XP.

Virgo Fidelis Convent Senior School, 147 Central Hill, London, SE19 1RS.

Westwood Girls College for Languages and Arts, Spurgeon Road, Upper Norwood, London. SE19 3UG.

Woodcote High School, Meadow Rise, Coulsdon, Surrey. CR5 2EH.