Story-telling Festival in Lancashire, at the heart of the Spook’s World…
Today, accompanied by Mary Wynburg and her family of ‘The Corner Bookshop’, Garstang, I visited Chipping, Lancashire, to attend the annual Story-telling Festival presented by the children of St Mary’s School.
Organized by Chris Stringer, the day was really enjoyable with lots of interesting and spectacular events performed by the enthusiastic school children. Chipping has a really strong sense of community and it was a good family day out.
I gave two talks, to mixed audiences of children and adults; in the second group was a party from Lancashire Libraries who had been doing a Spook’s walk over Wolf Fell. It was the first time I have ever done an event in Chipping and for me it was a special occasion because that village (known as ‘Chipenden’ in the books) is the very heart of the Spook’s World and the place where he lives during the summer months. For all readers of the books it is a place you must visit one day - maybe next year’s festival at the school?
July 17th, 2009 at 10:25 am
The whole community was thrilled and delighted to have Joseph Delaney talk about his books at our Festival;the children have talked about nothing else all week and feel even more part of Chippingdom now!
July 17th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
hey its matt… i really loved your books, they were recommemded to me by my friend and i just couldn’t put them down! just amazing!I can’t WAIT for the spooks nighmare!i’m sure its going to be awesome!my favorite book was the Spooks Secret! iloved it so much!!!keep up the good work!!!see ya!!!
July 17th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
hi!your books are class!please put my name in your books,along with my friend matthew o’d…when is the spooks nightmare coming out?i cant wait!!for the record,my name is ryan b!!please come to ireland to sign books!!i know plenty of people who would come!!by for now!keep up the good work!!!Ryan.
July 17th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
hey!i loved your books!!!they are amazing!!cant wait for the spooks nightmare!my friend reccomended them to me, and i just couldn’t put them down!! Brilliant!my favorite book would have to be the Spooks Secret!…very good.Goloth was coooool!will you come to ireland to sign? i would love it if you did.!.would you put my name in the book??that would be cool!keep it up!!!!!Matthew O’D…
July 17th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
I enjoyed meeting Joseph Delaney and getting one of his books signed. I have done nothing but read his books since then and so has my mum. I enjoyed his talk as well. Thank you for coming to ‘Chipenden’!
July 19th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
That looked great.
I just have one query regarding the latest installment, I really want it but can only find the new reissue type covers, I have been collecting the original hardback covers and I want to keep collecting these (they look so good on my bookcase!), will the book be available in the old style covers?
Cheers
July 20th, 2009 at 10:48 am
Mr.Delaney…I am trying to write on my blogg about the favorite book of the Romanian people.But many sk me if it’s true that the 8th book’s action will hapen in Romania,please answer me this question and i will be glad if you will answer me to some other question.Please anwer me on my e-mail.
August 4th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
WHEN WILL THE SPOOKS NIGHTMARE BE RELEASED ( 7th BOOK )
August 9th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
hi i love your book and so does my little sister so when we had finished the first i said to my little sister wouldnt it be great if they brought out a film about it, then i looked on your website and it turns out that you are.
Your books are the best books ive ever read and i cant wait till the next one comes out.
All the best sarah
P.S my sister says hi.
August 18th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Just finished reading Spook’s Sacrifice and discovered this website. I don’t know how I missed this website for so long, anyway, glad I know of it now and will be coming back regularly. My only gripe is that I missed the Spook’s Sacrifice Tour. I would have travelled to Lancashire, had I known!
August 18th, 2009 at 11:25 am
Oh, I forgot to tell you that I did a review on Spook’s Sacrifice on my blog at http://cherrymischievous.blogspot.com/2009/08/spooks-sacrifice.html
August 30th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Hi
The Spook’s Sacrifice was a great book. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. I just want to know a bit about what the Spook’s Nightmare might be about.
August 30th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
will there be any new characters in the spooks nightmare.P.S I can not wait till it comes out
September 6th, 2009 at 4:28 am
hey mr. delaney your books are amazing they are my favorite book series. i have read them all and just finished the clash of the demons it was great! cant wait for the next one and ps i think you should put some kind of werewolf or vampire in
September 6th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Hi I think your books are awesome i have never read a better book in my life than The Spooks Sacrifice and all the other five they just keep getting better and better and i just know that the film and The Spooks Nightmare will be a massive hit! I’m realy realy curious when the film of The Spooks Apprentice and i’m also curious when the seventh book (The Spooks Nightmare) is released please inform me if you know anything about it!
P.S Joseph Delaney’s # 1 Fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 3rd, 2009 at 2:05 pm
HI! I Absolutely love the spooks books! finished each in one sitting they are so good.
I Wish you could tour in Aus though.
I wish there was and endless supply of your genius in books, I would read absolutely all of it!!!
Keep the best books coming and cannot wait for the movie!!
October 25th, 2009 at 4:16 am
I just want to thank Joseph Delaney, the author of The Last Apprentice series. For after the Harry Potter series, my children (11 and 14) stop reading. But by shear luck, I found your book in the county library. Once I checked it out and brought it home they were reading once more. Thank you for bringing the joy of reading back to them.
January 1st, 2010 at 1:54 am
Hey! I’d just like to say that I really enjoyed reading the first six Spooks books!
I really can’t wait until the next book is released. So keep up the good work!
January 13th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
I am from Denmark and I have all of your books, they are really good.
And I look forward to the film if it comes to Denmark, and also the 6th book. Is it the last one, or are you going Harry Potter style and making seven?
Hugs from Nicole
January 25th, 2010 at 3:46 am
Good Day Mr Delaney i love your books and so does my brother, dad and a good mate of mine. I’ve finished the entire series and i must just ask can you please just make one last book because i dont think that the blood jar will help everyone in the county. so please make one last book and get rid of the fiend.
January 25th, 2010 at 10:21 am
will the next spooks book the spooks nightmare be one of the books that arent related to the story or are they the other set of books?
January 28th, 2010 at 12:00 am
i’ve been looking for information on the Spooks Nightmare and i found this information:
The Spook, Tom and Alice return from Greece to find the County under siege - and the Spook’s home burnt to the ground. With his precious library of knowledge destroyed, they seek refuge on the nearby island of Mona. But with Mona in the thrall of a twisted Shaman there is little respite from hostility or denizens of the dark. And as Alice dodges the ever-tightening net of the island’s witch hunters, a more deadly enemy emerges…Bony Lizzie, freshly-escaped from the Spook’s bonds, has grand ambitions: to take for herself the throne of isle. She has harnessed the services of a tunnel-dwelling buggane, an evil creature which thrives on stealing the animas, or life force, from its unsuspecting victims. With the buggane as her secret weapon can she become an all-powerful Witch Queen?
February 13th, 2010 at 8:10 pm
OMG just heard the new spook’s book is going to be called ‘The spook’s NIGHTMARE!’ Exciting!!! I cannot wait till may. please make sure the movie wont be over a 12 or 12a i so wanna see it!!!!
I’ve read all the books five times i enjoyed the witches book about ‘Alice and the brain guzzler’. So awsome!!!!!! I love all the wardstone books. I go on dis website every day! GO ME!
February 18th, 2010 at 11:30 am
I’ve just read the spook’s curse for the 6th time now. I’m still blown away at how good they are.
February 28th, 2010 at 10:34 am
Hey i have just finished the spooks sacrifice for the fourth time an
am wondering what the spooks nightmare is
about and was wondering if you could tell me a bit
about it.
March 1st, 2010 at 2:29 pm
hello. i have throughly enjoyed the wardstone series so much that i have started to write a book myself. it will be called “the year of the sorcerer-the thirteen month. i was juust wondering what websites i could refer to when looking into making the novel. i would be so glad if you could tell me what to do. thanks for your time, james
March 23rd, 2010 at 2:02 pm
Hi am 13 years old,and in all of my life I have never ever read a series as good as this one it is so amazing,exciting and I have recomended it to all of my friends. I can’t wait to read THE SPOOKS NIGHTMERE and hope it’s as good as the spooks sacrifice. Thanks Chelene
March 24th, 2010 at 9:58 pm
Iv’e read every single one of the spooks books and i absoloutly love them, my faveoureate one is probally witches because it was new and exciting!!
May 2nd, 2010 at 11:26 am
will the spooks nightmare be published in the old covers for us collecters
June 10th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
Will there be an 8th book?
June 23rd, 2010 at 5:54 pm
Have you named the 8th book yet I can’t wait 4 it 2 come out!!! ur books r AMAZING!!!!!!!! :))))) :DDDDDD
July 25th, 2010 at 11:26 pm
Your books rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can’t wait for rise of the huntress to come out in the u.s.
August 16th, 2010 at 12:24 am
I love your books i can’t get enough of them. I hope to write my own book some time. Can’t wait til the film comes out. good luck for the future and keep writing these amazing books!!!!