After School Signing: Marnie Midnight and the Great Critter Contest

​Join us as we welcome Laura Ellen Anderson, bestselling author of the Amelia Fang series. She'll be signing copies of her brand-new book in the Marnie Midnight series.

​Your ticket includes a copy of Laura's brand-new book!

​From 4-5PM, our after-school signings allow readers to meet their favourite author and be home before tea time. Come join us to find your new favourite read.

​About the book

​A magical illustrated new young fiction series for children aged 7-9 from best-selling author and illustrator, Laura Ellen Anderson!

​Meet Marnie Midnight – a little moth with BIG dreams

​Marnie is having so much fun at Minibeast Academy, a school for bugs tucked into a giant tree at the bottom of the museum gardens. And this term it's time for something really exciting – the Great Critter Contest!

​The contest sees minibug students set off to explore the school in teams, searching for clues. The winners get an incredible prize and Marnie and her team – best friends Floyd the bee (who is really an A) and Star the super-strong princess ant – are determined to be first to cross the finish line.

​But when Veronica gets into trouble and needs rescuing, Marnie and her team have to decide whether winning really is the most important thing …

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​About the author

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Laura was born in Essex in 1988 and now lives in London. Laura's previous series, RAINBOW GREY, a book packed full of weather magic and cute flying cloud-cats was nominated for the Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards 2021.

​The Amelia Fang series was Laura's first fiction series as author and illustrator, featuring a young vampire and her friends. Amelia Fang has been published in over 20 languages. Amelia Fang and the Barbaric Ball was Waterstones Book of the month for October 2017 and won the Leeds Book Award for the 7-9 category.

​Laura is also the creator of the Evil Emperor Penguin comic which appears in The Phoenix comic. There are four books in the Evil Emperor Penguin graphic novel series published by DFB. Book Two Evil Emperor Penguin Strikes Back won the Islington Schools Book Awards 2018.

​Laura's picture book I Don't Want Curly Hair has been published in over ten languages and is the first of a series of future I Don't Want... books. Other books in the series include I Don't Want to be Small and I Don't Want to be Quiet! Laura has illustrated a range of book covers such as Terry Pratchett’s Tiffany Aching series, The Amazing Maurice, Dodger and Nation. She also illustrated the relaunch of Enid Blyton’s The Famous Five series, and Cornelia Funke's Dragon Rider series.

​Event details

​4 pm: After school signing