Season of Secrets, Films and Prizes
Happy 2010! It looks like 2010 is going to be a good year – I hope this bag of news gets you as excited about it as I am.
First exciting news is that the mass market edition of Season of Secrets is now out – hurrah! Not only is it cheaper than the trade paperback (and will look very pretty on your bookshelf next to the photographic ‘Ways to Live Forever’), but it has a very nice quote on the front from none other than Jacqueline Wilson saying how much she liked it, which is a little surreal for me, as I grew up reading Jacqueline Wilson. Jacqueline liked ‘Season of Secrets’ so much that she sent me fan mail telling me how good it was, which was bizarre and exciting and utterly wonderful. It has also been shortlisted for the Manchester Book Award, and longlisted for the Stockport Book Award and the UKLA Award. It’s on 3-for-2 in Waterstones at the moment, so do check it out, if you haven’t yet.
If you’re looking for news about the ‘Ways to Live Forever’ film, don’t look here, look here. Filming has now finished, and they’re onto the cutting and sticking and twiddling phase of procedings, but there are loads of pictures of the film up to oogle at (like this one of Sam and Felix) and little videos of the actor playing Felix having his head shaved and the director saying how much he liked the book and other fun stuff to waste an afternoon over. Do go and check it out. It is very, very, very wonderful.
Ways to Live Forever also won the 2009 Stockport Book Award – hurrah! Stockport students had a wonderful time making some impressive artwork based on the book and on Sam’s list of things to do – I’m hoping to get that up on the website soon.
I’ve also started work on another book three. Don’t want to say too much about it yet, except it’s going to be a bit historical (okay, very historical, it’s set in 1349, and I’ve already killed seven major characters). I’ll keep you posted on it!
Hope this year brings you all good things – lots of books to read, places to travel to, friends to make and new things to discover.
Hugs,
Sally
January 9, 2011 @ 4:17 am
I haven’t read Ways to Live Forever yet. But i think it will be a good book by reading your book,Season of Secrets. It’s so great. 🙂
November 5, 2010 @ 7:04 pm
ik vindt het boek als je dit leest ben in dood een geweldig boek.
October 7, 2010 @ 12:21 pm
Season of secrets is one of my four favourite books, it´s GREAT!
Molly is a bit like myself and this is amazing.
I like Emily as well and I hope, there`ll be a film, too.
Ms. Nicholls, I hope one day, I´ll be able to write as good as you- I want to be an author when I´ßm an adult.
Yours, Lily, 11 years old
October 3, 2010 @ 10:05 am
I finished reading Ways to Live Forever, today and it’s like Amazing. I read the Season Of Secrets first; it was amazing, too. Sally Nicholles is my favo now. Both of her books are simply amazing. I’m waiting for your next story.
I wish you Goodluck for your next book;
Anuja
<3
May 11, 2010 @ 3:10 pm
hello sally nicholls
Do you remember me??? i was a cheerleader at the book awards 2009. if you dont, go on the website. i am the main girl in the 2009 book award stomper pictures. i love your bokks and am soo glad that there will be a film 4 ways 2 live 4 ever:):):):):)
Lots of love
Reniece 😉
<3
April 12, 2010 @ 11:28 am
Сегодня буду болеть за ЦСКА ! Вперёд, Россия ! 😉 также, жду не дождусь, 10 декабря. когда Реал против нашего Зенита….
February 7, 2010 @ 4:03 am
A perfect read for a snowed in weekend. Loved your book!I am a retired grandmother who still works part time in a middle school here in Maryland. I don’t have much time to read at work ,but I knew a storm was coming , so I went to the media center and picked up this book ,partly because the boy on the cover looks a little like one of the boys that I help at school.Could not put it down and finished it in a day-that’s good for me!I enjoyed sensing the father’s emotions(and fear of showing them). Well written – and you did a good job of helping us get inside the head of a child facing death and gave us some room to think of our own answers to the “questions”. Thanks for a wonderful book! Hope to see the movie! Louise
January 28, 2010 @ 6:28 am
yeeehaaa… finally i can ‘read’ it on the screen.. i was hoping that someone would make Ways to Live forever into a very moving movie and i guess my dream comes true 🙂
January 25, 2010 @ 4:49 pm
omg i am soooo exited about the ways to live forever film becuase i love the book to bits!!!
for my english homework we had to choose our faverite book and write about it i choose ways to live forever.
i got ways to live forever last year then my grandma stole it and read it!!!
i screaed with exitment when i hered about the film and told my mum straight away she went “it will be to sad to go and see that!”
do you know when the film will be coming out???
January 15, 2010 @ 1:39 am
I cannot wait to buy Seasons of Secrets when they get it over here in North America! Plus, I’m getting super excited about Ways to Live Forever the Movie; I’m sure it will make me cry but oh well. I actually just bought a copy of my own (Iv’e read the library’s like 8 times). Good luck working on upcoming books!