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Invisible City gets BOOKED-UP
October 2010: Around 50,000 year 7 students signed up to receive free copies of Invisible City via from BOOKED UP. The first book of THE JOSHUA FILES, ‘Invisible City’, as well as 18 other children’s books were available for FREE to all Yr 7s in UK secondary schools, thanks to the BOOKED UP scheme run by the BookTrust. Students can […]
New Trailer for INVISIBLE CITY US/Canada edition
It’s here – the book trailer featuring the Walker (USA and Canada) edition artwork for ‘Invisible City’. (The footage at the beginning is taken from genuine infrared camera video taken by Mexican pilots who filmed the famous Campeche UFO incident of 2004.) Read more about this artwork on The MG Harris Blog.
International Joshua Files
In honour of the increasing number of international editions of THE JOSHUA FILES, we’re getting in the mood to celebrate the publication of INVISIBLE CITY in the USA & Canada, Turkey (July) and Japan (September). Watch out for an edition in your own language…
Announcing first ever Joshua Files fan fiction site
Ever been impatient to read more Joshua Files stories…ever wondered what happened in the bits inbetween? What Josh did when he was between adventures? What happened long ago in Ek Naab’s mysterious past? Or…are you keen to speculate about what will happen next? You can do all of this now because the world’s first Joshua Files […]
New website: Mayan Mysteries of 2012 – A Young Person’s Guide
Ever wondered if there’s anything to the idea that the ancient Maya had a prophecy about 22 December 2012? Mayan Mysteries of 2012 – A Young Person’s Guide is written by MG Harris, author of The Joshua Files, especially for young readers of that series. It’s a guide to the fact and fiction around the […]
MG Harris one of two authors to pioneer virtual book event
The Scottish Book Trust has teamed up with children’s authors Anthony Horowitz and MG Harris to pioneer a new way to present books and their authors to school students. Authors meet a group of children live at a venue and the event is broadcast to a wider audience of students via the Web. Top author […]
“Invisible City” shortlisted for Stockport School’s Book Award
The Joshua Files makes a second book award shortlist. This time it’s the Stockport School’s Book Awards. Other shortlisted titles in the 11-13 (Key Stage 3) category are “The Lost Riders by Elizabeth Laird, a previous winner of the Stockport Schools Book Award and “Ways to Live Forever” by Sally Nicholls, winner of the Waterstones […]
Joshua Files featured in Oxford Times
Helen Peacocke of The Oxford Times interviews MG Harris about the launch of ICE SHOCK and about how she came to write her bestselling series “The Joshua Files”. You can download the original article or read it online. NB – the article contains a misprint – should read ‘started The Oxford Knowledge Company with her husband AND Mark […]
World Book Day – ICE SHOCK launched at school in Oxford
From The Oxford Mail: HUNDREDS of Oxford schoolchildren got to meet a top children’s author at a special event for World Book Day. About 400 children from St Gregory the Great School, in Cricket Road, and local primary schools met Summertown author Maria Guadalupe Harris, pen name MG Harris, for the launch of her new […]
