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Just a quick reminder, you’ve got until July 10th to nominate me, Lisa Clark, to be your Queen of Teen (Please nominate - you could be in with the chance of riding around in a limo with me to celebrate if we win - how much fun would that be?!)
To fill in a nomination form click through to: www.queenofteen.co.uk
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Ohhh, I’ve gone all period drama-esque and am currently reading a fabulous-o book, The Luxe by Anna Godbersen. It’s like Gossip Girl, but with frillier frocks and cut-a-dash boys - what’s not to love exactly?
The blurb: “…Glittering with jewels, brimming with secrets and loaded with eligible young men, this is New York City - 1899. Society’s elite: the glamour, the grandeur, the glittering parties, the most beautiful debutantes, the most handsome men. The rich girl, the humble boy, the forbidden love, the hushed whispers, the sin, the scandal, the mystery, the revenge.
You are cordially invited to step into The Luxe, where the secrets are dark and the sins are delicious…”
Vote for me to be Queen of Teen (Please - you get to go to a big party with me and ride around in a limo if we win - how much fun would that be?!)
From the Queen of Teen website:
“…For the first time ever, here is your chance to nominate your favourite female author and see her crowned Queen of Teen!
Simply write 200 words on why you believe your favourite author should be crowned. We’ll accept any reason whether it’s because you love the characters they write about or their creativity!
I am beyond excited - I’m doing allsorts of crazy happy dances right now…why? Because I’ve just seen these over at amazon and HAD to share them with you!
Eeep.
The Pink Parade continues - HURRAH! - and this time we’re heading across the ocean to hang out with the super-cute peeps at Fred Flare!
Fred Flare is our most favourite American-o site EVAH so you can imagine how super-excited author-girl Lisa was when they asked to interview her for their blogginz.
Clue?
VERY!
Go check it out for your sweet selves: Fredflare.com
YAY!
It’s offish book release day - HURRAH! I’m doing a happy dance right now at the thought of people getting their hands on not one, but two new fabulous Lola books - they’re so blimmin’ pretty it’s ridiculous!
As promised, I have a too-cool-for-school ‘Pimp My Books’ competition that will have you shouting Viva La Diva from your rooftop - so what are you waiting for?
Get pimpin’!
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So, you’ll never guess what? The books have been delayed. Boo.
They’ll now be hitting shops Monday 7th April, so if you could just hold off on poppin’ your pink party poppers ’til then, that would be awesome!
You’ll be super-pleased to know though, that the Pink Parade is well under way!
Hurrah!
Six more sleeps until Viva La Diva and It’s a Girl Thing hit the shops on April 1st - at the same time!
Nope this isn’t an April fool, this is real factuality, chicas!
C’mon, look at these li’l beauties - between them, they have EVERYTHING a girl needs to rock and rule in the world and, most importantly, they’re gonna look hella cute in your boudoir. Fact.
We L-O-V-E Melissa Walker.
She used to work for US Ellegirl, she writes books about the modelling industry - think America’s Next Top Model and she lives in NYC. Oh, and she eats cupcakes. Not all the time, but she does get to eat ‘em. In New York.
I know.
She’s got a new book out too, which is the really important thing that I should be telling you about.
Brand-new author alert!
The super-fabulous Luisa Plaja is soon-to-be-added to your list of must-read authors. Her first book Split By a Kiss is too, too good. It’s out this week, but before you buy it, which you will absolutely want to do, read on to find out all about it and the author-girl herself, you’ll be really, really glad you did!
Now I don’t know about you, but I heart all things Andy Warhol. What I love even more, is a book that is all about creating an underground art movement ala Andy and co.
Notes From the Teenage Underground by Simmone Howell is that book. It’s hella-freakin’-cool.
Seventeen year old Gem and her friends, Mira and Lo, have decided to go ‘underground’. Their activities will be ‘extreme’, ‘anti-establishment’, ‘avant-garde’ and ‘debauched’.
Oh, I don’t need to tell you anything about it, you will love it. Fact.
You will dig the author Simmone Howell too, we deffo do!
Fabulous-o, soon-to-be kick-ass journo-girl, Staciee, asked author-girl, Lisa Clark if she could interview her for her ‘meedja’ coursework.
Lisa, who secretly really rather loves being interviewed, said: “Me? Are you sure? Why, of course Miss Staciee, I would LOVE to!“
Check out Staciee’s radular talent and find out all about author-girl, Lisa Clark after the jump!
If you love all things America’s Next Top Model (we do, we do!) then you will totes heart Melissa Walker’s new book, Violet On The Runway, it’s about…oh, I’ll tell you what, I’ll let Melissa explain, she did write it, after all and she’s agreed to come play in our world o’ pink - whoop, whoop!
Melissa is a writer-girl supreme! She’s a journo-type and an author and she also enjoys cupcake-eating in NYC - Melissa, please will you be our BFF?
Ssssh, don’t tell ed-girl, but I’ve got an exclusive Christmas treat for you…..
Introducing uber-talent Cathy Hopkins, author-girl of the hugely successful Mates, Dates and…. series and our absolute new favourite, Cinnamon Girl a series about India-Jane, known to her friends and big, chaotic family as Cinnamon Girl.
India Jane was born in India, she’s lived all over the world. But what she really wants is to stop travelling and have a real home.
To find out more about Cinnamon Girl and what it’s really like to be a writer-girl supreme we put on our pink-sparkly journo-girl hat and grilled the lady herself…
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Rachel Cohn is a writer-girl supreme!
We heart her. We heart her books.
Her characters are some of the most real and amazing creations in all of fictionville - especially Cyd Cherise, the leading lady in Gingerbread, Shrimp and Cupcake - she’s our totes idol-girl in a Ghostworld, kooky-girl style!
Rachel has come to play in our world o’ pink and FYI: She loves cupcakes as much as we do - like you even need another reason to read on….
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Exciting news!
Pink-world fave, Frances O’ Brien, author-girl of Confessions of a (Reluctant) Celebrity Spawn is giving readers the opportunity to read her next book free of charge online!
Yep, the latest book in the Bliss series - A Very British Sort of Bliss, will be updated twice weekly in the following locales:
If you don’t know already, Beauty*Licious, the latest in the Lola Love series of go-for-it-guides for girls is OUT NOW!
I ran a competition back in June and got so many entries, I thought it only right and proper that we do it all over again!
It’s spooky-molooky Halloween time - wwwwoooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh!
Now, what will it be - Trick or Treat?
Well, here at Pink-World, the Pink Ladies and I are all about the treats and have put together a list of seriously spooky treats to make this Halloween spooktacular!
As you should ALL know because we’ve been talking ’bout it for forever, the bathkidslitfest is on right now…
Unfortunately, you’ve already missed the fabulous Jacqueline Wilson, Karen McCombie and Kelly McKain - boo.
But good news! You can still catch a whole lot of read-o-rama fabulousness this weekend - yay!
Pink-world are vay excited to be attending Cathy Cassidy’s Friendship Festival and Amanda Lees’ How to be a Goddess at The Mission Theatre in Bath this Saturday. For those of you who like the scary maries, you’ll be pleased to know Darran Shan and Neil Gaiman are in town too!
For a full list of authors and events or to get your tickets online, visit the bathkidslitfest website, pronto!
The Bathkidslitfest kicks off this weekend - wohhhoo - and in our celebration of fabulous author-girls who will be appearing at the event, we’ve hooked up with the totes fabulous, goddess girl - Amanda Lees.
Her book, Kumari - Goddess of Gotham, combines two of my favourite things - Goddess Girls and New York - totes fabulous-o! Kumari is a total Pink Lady - feisty, fun, fearless and fabulous - and the author? Well, find out for yourself, chica, coz we’ve only gone and got an exclusive pre-festival interview with her…
If, like me, you’ve been following the story of Soap Star Ruby Parker in her fab fiction series written by uber-talented Rowan Coleman - you’ll be pleased to know the third installment: Ruby Parker - Hollywood Star is out now!
Ruby is still trying to get over the fact that her middle aged mum, who forgets to dye her roots and wear tracksuit bottoms to do the house work is now going out with world famous acting legend Jeremy Fort.
Her Mum, going out with someone famous!
This would be weird even if Jeremy’s last girl friend hadn’t been Carenza Slavchenkov the Russian supermodel. Weirder still Ruby’s mum is taking her to spend the holidays in Hollywood. Suddenly Ruby’s been launched into Tinsel Town and she has no idea how to deal with it.
I’ve caught up with the fabulous Ruby to find out ’bout Danny, how to deal with pesky parentals and what life’s really like in Hollywood…
Reader girls, this is the comp for you!
If you LOVE reading - who doesn’t? Reading rocks! - then you’ll be pleased to know that in conjunction with the too-cool-for-school peeps at the Bathkidslitfest, we have got a bumper book giveaway - I’m super jealous, I wanna enter!
In the next exciting installment of “interviews with author girls who are appearing at the Bathkidslitfest this September” meet Kelly Mckain!
Now, here at Pink World, we totally love Totally Lucy!
If you haven’t read the Totally Lucy series yet, then you’re in for a treat!
They’re full of hilarious revelations of lively, loveable Lucy, wannabe fashion designer and Stand Up Babe. You will identify with her parent troubles, best-friend dilemmas, secret crushes and dreams of fashion fabulousness!
In the 1st of our Bathkidslitfest interviews, meet Joanna Nadin, author-girl of the increds funny, My-So-Called Life.
Rachel Riley is the offspring of a depressingly unbroken home. Her mum and dad refuse to let her have a mobile phone, and have banned Ribena (too purple) and Eastenders (too common); her seven-year-old brother buys giant Des Lynam cut-outs and Will Young dolls from ebay and talks in Elvish; and the adopted dog eats her Pride and Prejudice boxed collection.
It is time to change things.
I’m so excited and I just can’t hide it!
Here at Pink World, we’ve teamed up with the too-cool-for-school, Bathkidslitfest - a fabulous-o celebration of all things book-like that will take place in the bee-yooou-tiful city of Bath between Friday 21st and Sunday 30th September ‘07 - to bring the authors, the incredible events and pretty much the whole darn fest right to your ‘puter!
In the upcoming weeks, we’ll have prize giveaways, interviews and sneaky peeks into what the event has in store, let me tell you chicas, they have lined up for you the most amazing collection of authors, illustrators and storytellers in the history of the world… ever!
A few favourite names I can drop are: Jacqueline Wilson, Karen McCombie, Kelly McKain - author of the Totally Lucy series, Cathy Cassidy and Louise Rennison - for a full run down of who’s appearing and when, head over to the website: www.bathkidslitfest.co.uk
The Pink Ladies and I will be reporting to you live from the event too, so keep coming back over the next couple of weeks as we’re the total go-to girls for all things Bathkidslitfest ‘k?!!
Uber-cool author girl, Sarra Manning has created a brand spankin’ new series about four models/celebrities who share a flat in London.
The first book, Laura, is all about the winner of reality TV show Make Me a Model.
Laura thinks that by being pretty damn gorgeous and beating over 12,000 girls to get onto Fierce’s modelling books she will gain insta-access to a super-cool modelling career, turns out, not so much.
Her friends and boyfriend aren’t being as understanding as she’d like, her new flatmates are crazy for fame and her booker thinks she’s too fat.
Pretty soon, Laura stands to lose everything (except possibly weight…)
How much do I heart Cathy Cassidy?
Let me count the ways…
She’s a super talented author-girl, she’s got a teepee in her garden, she drives the coolest camper van in the world, she loves chocolate, she has a fab website, she…actually, why don’t I just let you see for yourself…
I’m so freakin’ excited!
Designer girl and creator of Dressed by Danni has joined the Pink Thinkin’ journo-girl team - whoop, whoop!
If you heart her fabulous-o creations, you are going to LOVE, LOVE, LOVE her pink-world features - j’adore Danni mostest!
Calling All Crafters:
If I had a penny for every time I heard the phrase “never judge a book by its cover”, I’d probably be sending you a postcard from Paris by now!
Instead, I’m telling you to bypass this rule for just one moment and cast your eyes upon ‘Fashion Market II.
Let me introduce you to the coolest graphic novel girl around - Babymouse!
The cool-as-cupcakes glamour-mouse will hit you right between the whiskers this summer with two brand new crazy stories!
Up to her cute mousey ears in humour, an overactive imagination, action and glamour, Babymouse is the fabulous-o creation of award winning, brother and sister team, Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm. With super-cool graphics and crazy stories, Babymouse is a truly unique character with the pink thinkin’ tagline - be yourself, try your best and, most of all, have fun!
Take a hefty pinch of e-book…
Add a dash of beautification…
Combine a whole lotta fabulousness in the form of gorgeous girl, Veronika Veren - whad’ya get?
A rather fantastical e-book French Manucure written by the vay cool French belle Miss Veronika Veren of course!
Veronika has a rather cute-as-a-button interview with both me and the author girl Lisa Clark over at her site right now, read this, then read that!
Ohh-la-la!
Yep, today, June 4th, sees the launch of book 2 in the ‘Lola Love go-for-it guide’ series - Beauty*Licious!
“…So, you may not be a cardboard cut-out of magazine perfection, but hold up, why would you want to be? You’re totally YOU-nique and a chubby tummy or skinny legs are no reason not to fall head over glitter-pink flip-flops in love with yourself. In fact, it’s the absolute reason why you should!
So whether you’re petite or curvy, tall or small, redhead or blonde, it’s time to celebrate what makes you stand out from the crowd and create your own kick-ass beauty blueprint - ‘coz girl, you’re Beauty*licious!…”
If my journo-girl skills were ever in question, now is the time to stop your doubting Pink Ladies, because I’ve scooped a totes exclusive with top author-girl extraordinaire Meg Cabot!
Now, while I could of quizzed her on important issues like, why Mia has messed up SO badly in book 8 of The Princess diaries or how on earth Meg is able to write the gazillion amount of books that she has AND have time to eat, drink and sleep,
I didn’t.
Instead, I thought to my sweet self, ‘Meg Cabot, one of the most fabulous girls in girlsville, what is your ‘it’ list?’
Luckily, Meg was only to happy to share a glitter-filled, superfluous moment with me, don’tcha just love her?!!
So…Meg Cabot, what’s rockin’ your world?
Francesca Lia Block is a total hero girl of mine.
She is the creator of my favourite character in all of fictionville, Weetzie Bat.
If you don’t know Weetzie, she’s a bleach blonde punk pixie who lives in LA. But she’s so much more than that too. She’s a total inspir-o girl. She has friends called Duck, Dirk and My Secret Agent Lover Man. But she’s still so much more than that too.
Her creator, Francesca Lia Block, is a sorceress of words, writing modern fairy tales with an edge. She has written a LOT of books, my favourites include: Girl Godess number 9, Violet and Claire and I was a Teenage Fairy, and if you hadn’t noticed yet, I heart FLB x 1000 which is why my belly is filled with flutterby excitement that she has come to play in the world o’ pink…
FLB, you are officially crowned Pink-world’s tiara-wearing, princess of storytelling!
I dig books.
Fact.
If you dig on books too, you will totally be diggin’ on www.chicklish.co.uk
It’s my most favourite one-stop site for all things teen book-like. Every time I get stuck for things to read, I head over to this book site of pink gorgeousness where they review the latest teen fiction, interview author types and give away fabulous books on a regular basis - what’s not to love?
Right now, you can get your manicured mitts on a copy of Does Glitter Count as Camouflage? by the amazingly talented Helen Salter simply by sending them an email, there’s also an interview with the lady herself, go check it out, go enter and add it to your favourites, pronto.
P.S Let me me know if you win, I really wanna read that book!
Ohmystars - I’m totes exciteable.
Karen McCombie’s new book, Urgent Message of Wowness is out now and we have 5 copies of the book to give away - I know, we spoil you right?
Well, as if that wasn’t enough, Karen, author of Ally’s World, Stella Etc and lots and lots of other faboos books for girls, has come to play in our world o’ pink - we’ve put on our most favourite pair of spangly-glitter pumps, laid out the gingham table cloth and are servin’ pink lemonade and cupcakes - wanna join us?
Jane Blonde, Sensational Spylet is seeing double on her third incredible mission!
Janey Brown thought she was an only child. Now ‘Joanie’ has turned up claiming to be Janey’s secret twin! But when Jane Blonde is posted to Australia to investigate a suspicious sheep farm, it becomes clear that Joanie isn’t quite what she seems. Has Janey exposed an undercover cloning operation? Soon Janey’s dodging more than boomerangs: there are multispies on the loose – including Jane Blonde’s own evil twin!
This is the third book in Jill Marshall’s too-cool-for-school spygirl series, and this fabulous installment is just as action-packed with girl-gadgets and exciting adventures - you’ll love it!
For all you need to become a total Spygirl visit: www.meetjaneblonde.com
WIN! WIN! WIN!
The too-cute peeps at Macmillan have given us 15 copies of Twice the Spylet to give away to you lucky, lucky Pink Ladies - all you have to do is send an email to: Lola@pink-world.co.uk with Twice the Spylet in the subject box - GOOD LUCK!
So…is it?!
This, Pink Ladies of fabulousness, is officially the first sneaky peak at the brand-spankin’ new Beauty*licious cover…
The book itself doesn’t hit shop shelves ’til June 4th, although you can pre-order it over at amazon, but I just couldn’t contain this candy-coloured cutie any longer!
Keep checkin’ in for a cheeky glimpse inside Beauty*licious - where you will find everything you’ll ever need to love your sweet self inside and out!
Liane Bonin is inspiro-a-go-go.
She’s a showbiz reporter in La La land (I’m totes green with envy) and author girl of the fabulous new book, Celebrity Skin.
I LOVE this book.
So much so that I had to write it in capitals. It really is the coolest insight into the world of young Hollywood you’ll ever read. If you love Heat magazine, it’s like that, only a trillion times better.
What’s not to love?
To find out more ’bout the book, Liane has come to hang in the world o’ pink.
I am mucho happy.
Think Pink author girl, Lisa Clark, in a ‘you ask, she answers’ type question and answer thing…
Author girl has received molto amountage of questions ’bout pink-world, me, the writing lark, being a journo-girl, being an agony aunt yada, yada… So to get the 411 - ohh, I came over all Americano then - on Lisa and all things pink, check in over the next couple of weeks when she’ll be hangin’ out here in pink-world to answer all your burnin’ questions - it’s time to turn the tables on the journo-girl!
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I have a confession to make.
I shouldn’t really have favourites, but I really do heart author-girl Rowan Coleman. A lot.
She loves chocolate, she writes ‘bout the super-cool, li’l miss showbiz, Ruby Parker who I totes wanna be BFFs with, she loves pink, and, guess what? She thinks this site rocks.
She does y’know, she told us and everything.
Inspiro-a-gogo girls rule.They butt kick us into action, provide us with insider secrets to our dream jobs and prove that anything is possible - which is why, inspiro-a-gogo girl of Love Yourself Up month is the self-proclaimed Queen of the Oddballs, Hilary Carlip.
How much do I heart Hilary? Let me count the ways.
She’s a killer multi-tasker, she’s author of the very cool ‘Queen of the Oddballs’, she’s the ultimate pink thinkin’ go-for-it girl…she rocks my pink knee high socks - she’ll rock yours too. Fact.
It’s trumpet blowin’ time!
The totes fabulous-o people at www.thebookbag.co.uk are lovin’ the book - whoop, whoop!
The Bookbag is a great review site for read-a-rama fans, and they don’t hold back. If they don’t like something, these literary dudes and dudesses will tell you. They’re also not afraid to shout about what they love and it seems they love us - yay!
If you were thinking ’bout buying the book and are in need of a nudge of encouragement to part with your pennies, read this!
Ever imagined what being the daughter of a celeb might be like? Big houses, cool clothes, super-cool parties - fabboos, right?
Well not if you’re Bliss Drew, the fabulous leading lady of Frances O’Brien’s new book, Sheer Bliss - Confessions of a (reluctant) Celebrity Spawn. This is a funny teen lit book for girls who know that all families are a little crazy - even famous ones.
Frances is fabulous, how do I know? ‘Coz I interviewed her!
Come crash our convo!
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Now, if ever there was a time for trumpet-blowin’ this is most definitely it.
I, Lola Love, am currently working the front cover of my very own book of pink fabulousness! Yep, Think Pink is finally out now, yep, it’s in shops and everything! And if you buy from WHSmith or Tesco it will be delivered to your door the next day, which, for all you PJ queens is just about the coolest thing that can happen like, ever.
Fact.
So, you wanna know what it’s about, right?
If you’ve ever worried about not having any friends, not having the same interests as anyone else, or not understanding those boy–types – then this is the book for you!
There’s always sparkly new releases on the bookshop shelves but how do you decide what to spend your money on?
Well you check into Read-o-rama, where me and my gorgeous girls, The Pink Ladies, share our top picks of the new releases, that’s how!
Jenny Valentine (how showbiz?!), is author of Finding Violet Park, a quirky and original voyage of self-discovery triggered by a lost urn of ashes.
Sixteen-year-old Lucas Swain becomes intrigued by the urn of ashes left in a cab office. Convinced that its occupant – Violet Park – is communicating with him, he plans to gain possession of the urn, little does he know that his quest will take him on a voyage of self-discovery and identity, forcing him to finally confront what
happened to his absent (and possibly dead) father.
Cool stuff, eh?
Jenny Valentine, first-time author, tells us more about Finding Valentine Park, being a writer and the colour pink…
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Lisa Clark is a multi-taskin’ kinda girl.
She’s creator of www.pink-world.co.uk, agony aunt for the super-cool magazine, Mizz and author of a brand new series of feel-good, go-for-it guides for teen girls, Think Pink.
Join Lisa as she welcomes you to Pink World, a world where you can be gorgeous, be happy, be yourself and love who you are!
