Middle Grade Fiction – Marie Basting – Children's Author, Manchester

Reasons to Read More This World Book Day

Personalised Letters for Schools and Libraries It’s that time of year again when authors and schools are gearing up for World Book Day. So I’ve put together an extremely serious letter for schools encouraging reading for pleasure. I repeat – this is an extremely serious letter. So if you’re not interested in amazing facts suchContinue reading “Reasons to Read More This World Book Day”

Io Saturnalia!

Festive Events with a Mythical Twist! brought to you by Children’s Author Marie Basting Did you know my latest book, Auntie Medusa and Me, is set during Saturnalia: the Ancient Roman festival that turned the usual Roman order upside down and gave us many of our Christmas traditions? Which makes November & December the perfectContinue reading “Io Saturnalia!”

I’m Appearing at the Cirencester History Festival

I’m super excited to be appearing at the Cirencester history festival on Sunday 27th October 2024. When I set about writing My Family and Other Romans the impostor syndrome set in big style, so to have my Roman adventure stories featured at an actual real life history festival is a bit mind blowing. I doContinue reading “I’m Appearing at the Cirencester History Festival”

Auntie Medusa is Here!

And it’s a hat-trick for Basting! My third book Auntie Medusa and Me hit the bookshops yesterday. This girl standing in the ancient city of Ephesus could never have imagined writing a series crammed full of Greek and Roman myth. But somehow I did. Keep dreaming big! Auntie Medusa and Me is an epic middleContinue reading “Auntie Medusa is Here!”

Free Virtual Events – Auntie Medusa and Me

To celebrate the imminent publication of Auntie Medusa and Me, I’m offering a limited number of free 25-minute virtual visits to schools. Choose either: You can book slots for the new term via the scheduler here. All I ask is children have some familiarity with the text (download the first chapter at the Chicken HouseContinue reading “Free Virtual Events – Auntie Medusa and Me”