North East Book Award
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Competition

Which question would you like to put to one of the authors at the announcement party in April?
Send us your questions and tell us which authors they’re for. The best will be asked on the night.

Don’t forget to tell us your first name and which school you come from!

19 Responses to “Competition”

  1. where did the inspiration for Reavers Ransom come from?

  2. Is the cat based on reality or purely fiction, where did you get the idea?

  3. Did you see someone like Abela who inspired you to do this amazing book or is it purely your idea?
    To Berlie Doherty,Abela

  4. This Question is for Uncle Montague’s Tales Of Terror (Chris Priestley)

    Why Did you Make Uncle Montague’s Tales Of Terror So Scary ?

    And Another ….
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  5. Did You Test This Book On Children Before you published it

  6. how did you know so much about cancer and what gave you the idea?

  7. Where did Emily Diamand get the idea for Reavers Ransom?

  8. Where did Sally Nicholls get the idea for ways to live for ever from???

  9. Ways to live forever. Where did you get your inspiration from? Did you have anybody in your family suffer from lukemia? How did you know what emotions a child like this will be feeling?

  10. I think that the book “Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror” was a really good book because of the context and how it was in the style of a really gothic ghost story telling time. I really enjoyed the little stories amongst the big book and the fact another story was going on at the same time. The fact that a sequel book “Tales of Terror from the Black Ship” is now out is really good because all the spooky horror continues.

  11. This question is for the author of Abela

    How did you make the book ‘Abela’ so life like and what gave you the the inspiration to make the character Rosa an ice skater?

    I wasn’t sure about the books avalible to read but I have read them all and actually really liked them.

    From Sophie

  12. My favourite book to read was ‘Ways To Live Forever’ because I love the context used and love his friend the best Felix! He is really funny. I love the lists in the book because they are really unusual, they are my best parts of the book. I thought it was a really clever story line and I could not put the book down!.

    Where do you get all of these inspiring ideas from?

    I hope that you publish loads more books. From Rachel

  13. I love your book ‘Ways To Live Forever’ I think that it has a great layout and love the context of it! I like Felix he is really funny (he is my favourite)! I love the lists in the book, I think that that is a brill way to spread the information.

    Where do you get these ideas that inspire the book?

    I hope that you publish loads more books! Love from Rachel xx

  14. How did you choose the names of your characters in this book? – Abela

    Venerable Bede :)

  15. This Question is for the writer of ‘Ways To Live Forever’, Is this book based on a true life story, or is it something that you made up from your imagination?

  16. Did you make the Stories in Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror or are they ones you’ve heard before.

  17. I thought that ‘Ways to live forever’ was a good book and I was wondering how long it took you to write it and where you got your inspiration from.

  18. how did you get the marvelous idea of using two very different culture in your story?-abela

    how did you make a moving story to be a balance of happy and sad at the same time?-ways to live forever.

    how did you come up with the inspering title ‘ways to live forever’ it sounds like some one trying to over come sadess and make her/his deam come true?

    what made you think of including the future in your tremendous book?-reavers ransom

    how did you make a classic story come alive?-samurai the way of the warrior

    what made you think that people will trash computer?(because many people died because of electricity and globle warming)-reavers ransom

    were you trying to send a messsage in your book?-reaver ransom/ways to live forever/abela

    how did you make up terrifing storys in your book?- Uncle Montague tales of terror

    did you use your life experence in your book?-all authors

  19. If you could change one thing about your book, what would it be? For Berlie Doherty.


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