
Martin Howard
@mjhowardwrites
Children's author. New book: MALLORY VAYLE AND THE CURSE OF MAGGOTY SKULL out September, '24. Is funny. Give it a try. Agent @pennyholroyde
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12-06-2017 05:13:44
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Picked up Maisie vs Antarctica a couple of days ago and jinkies, what a ride! Maisie is ADORABLE and it's a proper page-turner of an adventure with laughs and massive plot-twists along the way. Nice moves Jack Jackman . Loved it. Tens, tens, tens across the board.


We have some fantastic news! 'Mallory Vayle & the Curse of Maggoty Skull' by Martin Howard & Pete Williamson 🇺🇦🕍🎗️ has been included in the The Guardian's 'Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels'🎉💀 Read the full review here👇ow.ly/uJ6t50TUgu0

The 5-star reviews are rolling in for @waterstones' Book of the Month 'Mallory Vayle and the Curse of Maggoty Skull' by Martin Howard, with inside illustrations by Pete Williamson 🇺🇦🕍🎗️💀 Join in on the spooky fun📚: ow.ly/xTil50TB02u





We’ve teamed up with Waterstones booksellers to celebrate #CBOTM, “Mallory Vayle and the Curse of Maggoty Skull” by Martin Howard with this #passthebookchallenge! Thanks to all who joined in, we had a spooktacular time celebrating Martin, Mallory, and Maggoty with you!👻📚

The new WRDaboutbooks magazine is out for autumn & winter - love reading this with my chn at home then taking it into school for reading corners. Great YA choices too! This month is my fav issue so far - lots of interviews, activities & books to go on Christmas lists 🤩📚


🎃OCTOBER #7StoriesSelect - Middle Grade 🎃’Mallory Vayle and the Curse of the Maggoty Skull’ by Martin Howard A great intro to horror for children aged 9+! An extraordinary tale about family, duty, and a little bit of dark magic… (Signed copies available in our bookshop!)



My book #BellaBrightandtheWitchTree is set in #November ! Available in the usual wonderful bookish places #autumn #fall linktr.ee/carolynward Hachette Children's Group


How spine-tingling is this review from The Guardian for @waterstones' Book of the Month 'Mallory Vayle and the Curse of Maggoty Skull'💀 By Martin Howard & Pete Williamson 🇺🇦🕍🎗️, kids aged 9+ will love this spooktastic story🦇👻: ow.ly/91m350TX2NZ


My #middlegrade book this week is Fleur Hitchcock = same name on all social media.'s MURDER AT WINTERTIDE, a new crime thriller from the queen of middlegrade murder! It's a great mix of mystery, tension, history, and some tricky family dynamics, and the writing rattles along and draws you in. Perfect for the



It doesn’t have to be Hallowe’en for a spooky book! I’ve just read this one by Martin Howard and it’s fabulous! Maggoty had me laughing out loud on a commuter train. Highly recommended.


The latests episode of #QuackedSpines is here bit.ly/3D2S0KF. Our first overseas interview with Martin Howard plus reivews of books by christopher vick Piers Torday Rutendo Dione #MariaDeJong & Chris Smith. Shout outs to illustrators David Dean Illustration Deericku


There’s been so many fantastic children’s books published in 2024 so here’s part 1 of some of my favourites. What have you enjoyed this year? Maz Evans Ross Montgomery Mel Taylor-Bessent Martin Howard Hannah Gold - here sometimes 🤩 Lindsay Galvin THE GREAT PHOENIX OF LONDON🐦🔥 Jennifer Killick Lesley Parr


Being read and reviewed in the #RR_ReviewersBookClub today we have, Mallory Vayle and the Curse of Maggoty Skull, reviewed by Morpeth Road Academy. Read the review here: wherereadingrocks.com/2025/01/21/mal… Martin Howard Pete Williamson 🇺🇦🕍🎗️ Nosy Crow #KS2 #Spooky #Funny #Adventure #Gothic


Being read and reviewed in the #RR_ReviewersBookClub today we have, Mallory Vayle and the Curse of Maggoty Skull, reviewed by Morpeth Road Academy. Read the review here: wherereadingrocks.com/2025/01/21/mal… Martin Howard Pete Williamson 🇺🇦🕍🎗️ Nosy Crow #KS2 #Spooky #Funny #Adventure #Gothic

