** LATEST NEWS **
For those who enjoyed ‘The Starman and Me’ and ‘Halo Moon’ I am delighted to tell you that I have been beavering away on a new story. The setting takes me back to my childhood, to where my grandparents lived. It’s a story of bravery and love, of determination and fear and three children who join together to do something extraordinary. And as I’m still writing it, even I don’t know whether they succeed.
BOOK PEN PALS
I have been part of BookPenPals for a few years now. BookPenPals is the brain child of Kate Scott and Sara O’Conner. It enables authors to connect with schools with the aim of sharing favourite books and promoting a love of stories. Pre-Covid, I had the privilege of sharing ideas about writing, and recommending amazing books to Dromore Central Primary School in Co. Down, Northern Ireland, and St. Matthew’s Primary, Bishopbriggs, Glasgow. I am currently exchanging recommendations with Year 6 at Brownlow Primary in Melton Mowbray.
BIT OF BOOK SIGNING AT FOYLES, WATERLOO STATION
‘Halo Moon’ WAS published IN 2019
AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE SALFORD BOOK AWARD 2020
** Check out the lovely quote from Piers Torday **
THE STARMAN AND ME
WAS SHORTLISTED FOR THE AWESOME BOOKS AWARD 2019
https://www.awesomebookawards.com/
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THE STARMAN AND MEWaS "HIGHLY COMMENDED" AT THE BRANFORD BOASE AWARD CEREMONY, 4TH JULY, 2018
My editor, Sarah Lambert and I were Highly Commended for "The Starman and Me" at the Branford Boase Awards 2018 at Walker Books, London. M.G Leonard (of Beetle Boy fame) said, "The Starman and Me is a well told tale grown from the seed of an ingenious idea, and it grabs you on page 1. We're all excited to see what Sharon Cohen writes next."
Mitch Johnson's brilliant debut "KICK" took the overall prize. Congratulations to all the other authors for their awesome debuts!
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exciting news!
*** THE STARMAN AND ME is on the shortlist for the 2018 Branford Boase award ***
Congratulations to the other six authors and their editors.
The Branford Boase Award is for debut authors and their editor. It is named after prize-winning novelist, Henrietta Branford, and Wendy Boase, former Editorial Director of Walker Books.
The Starman and Me was shortlisted for the Essex Book Awards, 2018!
The Starman and Me was also nominated for the Ireland Book Award 2019, and the East Sussex Book Award 2019