Luckily, booksellers up and down the land felt the same urge and it has been a delight to see the care and attention lavished on this book,” she said.
“The Essex Serpent … made me wish I was a bookseller again so I could press it into the hands of all my customers. It spawned window displays in bookstores across the country, and won the Waterstones children’s book prize 2017 as well as being shortlisted for the Branford Boase award and the Carnegie medal.Ĭhair of judges and contributing editor at the Bookseller, Cathy Rentzenbrink, said the support of booksellers was crucial to authors, as a good window display could drive sales beyond an individual store, even online. The book, which won the children’s book of the year, was worked on by the entire nine-strong staff at publisher Chicken House. Similarly, Millwood Hargrave’s debut, which saw off JK Rowling’s script for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and a medley of celebrity children’s authors – comedian David Walliams, musician Tom Fletcher and Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain – has been a huge success with booksellers.
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