Hi Everyone, I’ll be at Saskatoon’s The Word on the Street on Sunday, September 20th. I’ll be in the TREASURE ISLAND TENT from 3:00 – 3:30, reading from Button Hill and playing a few fun storytelling games – hopefully with you! The Treasure Island Tent is right across from the Frances Morrison Library, on… Read more »
Posts By: Michael Bradford
MEET SERENA MALYON: BUTTON HILL COVER ILLUSTRATOR
As soon as Orca sent me a copy of the cover for Button Hill, I became an instant Serena Malyon fan. Serena is the artist / illustrator Orca hired to develop the artwork for the cover and jacket. Dekker and Riley seemed to have jumped out of the book the way I imagined them, and landed… Read more »
READERS – YOU DECIDE: WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
You should be warned some Button Hill spoilers lay just beneath the surface of this blog. Dig down even a bit, and you may learn things you’ll wish you hadn’t – if you haven’t finished the story yet. Still here? Alright; remember you were warned. So I arrive at school on Wednesday, to discover this note on… Read more »
BUTTON HILL NOMINATED FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE
I just learned today that Button Hill has been nominated for the 2015 Kirkus Prize – in the Young Readers Literature category. From the Kirkus website: ABOUT THE KIRKUS PRIZE “The Kirkus Prize is one of the richest literary awards in the world, with a prize of $50,000 bestowed annually to authors of fiction,… Read more »
ANATOMY OF A BOOK LAUNCH
April 27th 2015 was, in the words of SpongeBob, the best day ever. But it was also a very surreal day. It was the day McNally Robinson Bookstore in Saskatoon hosted my book launch for Button Hill. I first suspected I may be crossing into the borderlands between Dayside and Nightside when I saw an… Read more »
GOING PUBLIC v.1.0
Leading up to the release of Button Hill, I imagined the official launch at the Saskatoon McNally Robinson on April 27 at 7:00pm (you should come; there will be cookies and punch and reading) as the first big public moment in my life as an author. How wrong I was. I have experienced many wonderfully surreal… Read more »
4-Star review from BACK TO BOOKS
My rating: 4 of 5 stars “I enjoyed this horror/fantasy for middle graders. An exciting tale that has a brother and sister involved in the Underworld and afterlife risking their very own life force and in one case beating heart. “I was quite pleasantly surprised at the amount of horror in a book for this… Read more »
Starred review by QUILL & QUIRE
“A scrumptious Gothic treat, oozing high-calorie horror and delectable dread … Although Dekker’s quest seems hopeless at times, Bradford never lets him or the reader slide into complete despair. “A cheerful optimism bounces through the story, much of it coming from the upbeat, buoyant Riley … A rollicking good read, with adventures tumbling one after… Read more »
GOODREADS GIVEAWAY
To celebrate the release of Button Hill, I recently offered a giveaway on Goodreads. Never having done something like that before, I was hoping that the ten copies I had set aside would find appreciative homes. Imagine my utter delight to find that about 900 people entered the contest! I am truly grateful that so… Read more »
THE DAY ROALD DAHL AND I WERE NEIGHBORS
Monday: Saskatoon McNally Robinson. My principal and I took 3 student-contest winners for lunch at Prairie Ink and to buy a book. As I rounded the top of the spiral staircase and stepped into the Children’s / YA department, I saw it. Something I have dreamed about for many years. There on the McNally Robinson… Read more »