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Gangsta Granny | Favourite Characters

WATCH: Enjoy the second of three little Gangsta Granny clips in celebration of the brand-new anniversary edition of the book, out now! Here David introduces  his favourite characters.

In case you missed it…

The full-colour gift edition of Gangsta Granny makes the perfect present for Walliams fans old and new, but is only available for a limited time!

More about it here!

What inspired Gangsta Granny?

WATCH: With a brand new gift edition out now, David’s been looking back at what first inspired his heartfelt and uplifting bestseller, Gangsta Granny. Watch this little clip and you’ll want to go and give your own Granny a great big hug.

In case you missed it…

The full-colour gift edition of Gangsta Granny makes the perfect present for Walliams fans old and new, but is only available for a limited time!

More about it here!

Closed: Perform ‘Walliams-in-10’ with Shakespeare Schools Foundation

UK teachers! Do we have an exciting announcement for you! We’ve teamed up with arts and education charity, Shakespeare Schools Foundation to bring you FREE CPD Literacy and Drama workshops focused on David Walliams’ bestselling books.

Over two days, you’ll be equipped with the necessary tools and techniques to create unique dramatic interpretations of a bestselling Walliams text that will excite and engage KS2 English and Drama classrooms.

Yes, we know, your students are already shuffling around the playground as Gangsta Granny and giggling uncontrollably as they re-enact Windy Mindy’s famous musical concert. We’re talking about organised chaos. Drama, storytelling, scriptwriting, and unforgettable performances they (and you!) will remember forever.

Further information can be found on www.shakespeareschools.org. Spaces are limited, so register speedy quick!

REGISTER HERE!

As if that wasn’t enough, HarperCollins Children’s Books is giving one lucky school the chance to win a David Walliams book bundle for their library – hand-delivered by David Walliams himself!

To win teachers who attend the workshops are invited to submit a ten-minute film of their class performing a popular David Walliams text. You can select any one of David’s popular stories to perform and should use the skills and resources gained from the CPD workshops to create a dramatic interpretation with your class.

Further details about will be provided at the CPD  workshops, so REGISTER NOW!

Celebrating ten wonderful Walliams years!

Can you believe David Walliams has been writing books for a whole TEN YEARS?

That’s a very long time. Some of you reading this might not even be ten years old!

And it’s a lot of books.

David Walliams has actually sold over 23 million copies of all the books he’s written during that time! That’s more than the number of out-of-date products in Raj’s shop.

There’ll be lots going on throughout the year, so stayed tuned for more details. There might just be a helicopter tour involved, lots of school visits and even a Walliams Week.

But first, something so exciting you’ll be racing out to your nearest bookshop.

We have released extra-special gift editions of Mr Stink and Gangsta Granny in FULL COLOUR with gorgeous shiny covers and illustrations that no-one has ever seen before!

Imagine Gangsta Granny scaling a drainpipe in a wetsuit in full colour! Or Mr Stink bathing in a pond while the fish make their escape!

And once you’ve read those, there’ll be two more. Spectacularly special editions of Grandpa’s Great Escape and The Boy in the Dress will be published later in the year. It’s enough to make you wish you had four birthdays!

Start writing your list now of all the people you know would LOVE to receive a copy (and put your name at the top). You can get your hands on them now – but hurry, they won’t be around for long!

Find out more about the ten year anniversary editions here:

BAD DAD is the Christmas UK Number One!

WALLIAMS FANS, WE HAVE NEWS!! EPIC NEWS!

You know we told you that Christmas was going to be BIG for David Walliams? (He’s on TV twice this Christmas with his TV adaptations of Grandpa’s Great Escape and Ratburger.)

Well what we didn’t know then was that it was going to be EVEN BIGGER than that!

We’re excited to tell you. We’re even MORE EXCITED than excited. There isn’t a word for it. David Walliams will have to invent one.

We’re jumping up and doing a Raj-style dance! Because …

David Walliams’ latest novel, BAD DAD, has just been crowned the CHRISTMAS UK NUMBER ONE!

That means it’s the bestselling book in the whole of the UK this Christmas.

That’s A LOT of books. The UK is a pretty big place.

That’s a lot of people reading about fast-paced car chases, evil villains, and Frank and his dad.

That’s a lot of people being introduced to Fingers and Thumbs, Mr Big and Auntie Flip.

Thanks to everyone who has bought BAD DAD, read BAD DAD and told your friends about BAD DAD!

Grab your party hats. Grab your friends. Let’s celebrate!

David Walliams Facebook Live

If you weren’t able to attend David Walliams’ recent event in Manchester and see him live on stage, don’t worry! You can still catch up with all the action here! We streamed the David Walliams event using Facebook Live at the time, but you can catch up with the recording now, too.

In the theatre, David answered questions from the audience, read from Bad Dad and The World’s Worst Children, and talked about brand new book ideas!

Watch the recording below – if you were in the audience, can you spot yourself?!

Palace Theatre, Manchester Golden Ticket Winners

Were you were lucky enough to be a Golden Ticket Winner at David Walliams’ recent event in Manchester?

If so, we’ve created a photo album of all the images taken on stage with David after the event. See if you can spot yourself and your friends! To see all the images click over to the World of David Walliams Facebook page and view the full album.

For a high resolution copy of your image, email childrens.publicity@harpercollins.co.uk with the reference number of your photo.

Bad Dad an Editor’s Pick on Audible!

Want to hear what Gilbert REALLY sounds like? Keen to practise your funniest Mr Big voice? Or impersonate Fingers and Thumbs?

Hear David Walliams read Bad Dad aloud, complete with all the brilliant sound effects you’d expect from an action-packed book full of brilliant characters and a fast-paced plot.

The Bad Dad audiobook features in this week’s Editor’s Picks over on Audible. It’s perfect to listen to on long car journeys or at home on your Kindle Fire.

Listen to a free sample and download the Bad Dad audiobook here:  http://amzn.to/2zi2mDx

Ratburger and Grandpa’s Great Escape on TV this Christmas

As if Christmas wasn’t exciting enough already, it’s just got a whole lot better! Not one but TWO of David Walliams’ books have been turned into TV programmes. You’ll be able to watch them this December. And even better still – David is starring in both!

You’ll remember Ratburger – the story of Zoe and her pet rat. David will be turning himself into the evil Burt from Burt’s Burgers, who wants to turn Zoe’s rat into ‘delicious’ rat burgers and eat them. We’ve seen clips from the screening and the transformation is incredible!

After you’ve watched that, you might not want to eat a burger for a while. Thankfully there are none in Grandpa’s Great Escape, which you’ll also want to tell your parents you’re ‘definitely-without-fail’ watching this Christmas.

In this one, David plays the role of Jack’s Dad, a role that may or may not involve slipper wearing. You’re in for a treat as Grandpa and his grandson Jack plan a daring escape from his care home Twilight Towers.

If that wasn’t enough, there’s more. RAJ IS BACK!

To watch Ratburger you’ll need to tune into Sky 1. For Grandpa’s Great Escape, channel surf your way to BBC One.

Grab the cushions, make yourself some popcorn and get comfortable on the sofa because this is going to be nothing short of BRILLIANT!

Record-breaking 100 Weeks in the Children’s Books Charts!

We are over-the-moon to announce that David Walliams has become the first children’s writer to spend 100 weeks in the number one position in the children’s book charts, beating his nearest rivals by over 20 weeks.

Gangsta Granny (2011), was David’s first number one bestseller, a position subsequently reached by each of his novels and his two recent The World’s Worst Children collections of short stories. In 2014, Awful Auntie became the first of his books to also occupy the overall number one position, while Grandpa’s Great Escape became the biggest selling title of 2016, and The Midnight Gang became that year’s Christmas Number One – the first children’s title to achieve this since J.K. Rowling in 2008. In 2017 he has already had four number one titles: Blob (for World Book Day), The World’s Worst Children 2, The Midnight Gang and Grandpa’s Great Escape.

“I never dreamed of this scale of success. Thank you so much to everyone who bought the books and made this happen. It is incredible news but all that really matters is that children are reading and enjoying my books.” – David Walliams

Celebrating David Walliams throughout the summer, David’s Facebook page will be host to a series of #WalliamsWednesday events, in which a new book will be showcased every week. Children and adults alike can take part in a weekly competition, download fantastic activities, listen to some of David’s audio books and even get the chance to pick up David’s book on Amazon Kindle for only 99p! If you’re already a super-fan or even new to David’s books, there will be something there for you in the World of David Walliams.