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Floris Books is delighted to announce the publication of:

 TARANTULA TIDE

Sharon Tregenza
198 x130mm              176pp
978-086315-673-1     original paperback    £5.99
Publication 16th October 2008

• Winner of the Kelpies Prize 2008, which rewards new Scottish writing for children.
• Fast paced mystery set on the Shetland Islands, known for their incredible variety of wildlife.
• A thrilling mix of smuggling, suspense and humour.

About the Book
Smugglers. Vikings. Shetland should be a fascinating place for a holiday, but Jack is harbouring a secret and is less than enthusiastic to be there. Then he meets Izzie and her exotic pets and things soon start to get more interesting: Jack finds an unexpected visitor underneath the fridge; the wandering tramp is not what he seems, and each night a mysterious person waits on the beach outside Jack's cottage. But what do all these have to do with an unusual visitor named Octavia? 

Jack and Izzie unwittingly find themselves in the middle of a dangerous adventure, wondering what the next tide will bring to the land of the Viking Fire Festival.
    Tarantula Tide is a debut novel by Sharon Tregenza, who has already established herself as a well-known writer of children's poetry and short stories. It is a gripping children's adventure/mystery story, bursting with the wildlife of the Shetland Islands. Tarantula Tide has recently been short-listed for the Heart of Hawick children's book award 2010.

About the Author
Sharon Tregenza was born in Cornwall and currently lives in an old Mill house in Wales. She has an MA in Creative Writing and has published over four hundred stories, poems and articles published worldwide. One of her poems has been included in Pan Macmillan's recent poetry anthology, There's a Hamster in the Fast Lane. She was inspired to set her book on Shetland because of fond memories of the people and wildlife there.

Sharon is available for interview. Contact Chani at Floris Books on 0131 337 2372 or chani@florisbooks.co.uk. Or contact Sharon direct on 01834 8316363 and chat@castle-ely-mill.com

The Kelpies Prize
The Kelpies Prize was set up in 2004 to encourage and reward new Scottish writing for children. The judges are looking for an unpublished work of fiction set wholly or mainly in present-day Scotland.

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At a packed awards ceremony at the Edinburgh Book Festival this year, the winner was announced. Sharon Tregenza was presented with a cheque for £2,000  by Vivian French, author of The Robe of Skulls.

Her book, Tarantula Tide, has been published in the Kelpies series of fiction for children.