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July
2017.
London YA Author A.Bello Invites You To The Islington Launch of Emily Knight Two

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Please RSVP to info@literallypr.com for a press pass to join us and meet author A. Bello. The Emily Knight series is currently being optioned for television with a UK-based production company. This is the second book in the Emily Knight series following on from the immense success of the first book (second edition published by Hashtag Press in June 2017).

 For more information please visit the online press folder: http://bit.ly/2uy20EG or contact Helen Lewis at helenlewis@literallypr.com. Below you'll find the Advance Information Press Release too! Press copies can be requested (paperback and digital).

 

ADVANCE INFORMATION SHEET

Emily Knight

I am...Awakened (YA Fiction)

By A. Bello

 

[image]Emily Knight is back! A. Bello's eagerly anticipated second book in the Emily Knight series is due for release in September 2017, following rave reviews for the debut novel that was first published in 2012 and reprinted in second edition in June 2017 by Hashtag Press. The series is written for 10 to 15 year olds with a female black protagonist who isn't poor, or from the ghetto, or struggling...she's rich, she's famous, she's talented, and she's finding out who she really is and facing her fears as a warrior.

Dark times are upon us. Neci is back and she is more dangerous than ever. The warriors are forced to pick a side and to stand up for what they believe in. The race is on to find the missing warrior first. It's the only way to prevent a war from happening and to stop Neci from destroying everything. Emily Knight has to get sharper, stronger and faster because Neci has made her a target and someone is going to great lengths to hurt her. Can Emily win the race? Or will Neci take her down once and for all?

 

About the Author

A. Bello is a 28-year-old author who was born and raised in Stoke Newington, London, where she still lives and works. The Islington Waterstones is her local book shop and it is a great opportunity to launch the second book in the  Emily Knight She wrote her first novel at the age of eight - she fought monsters and dragons on a daily basis - and experienced her first taste of ‘being published' after winning a school poetry competition at the age of 12. Seeing her words in print fuelled a passion for writing that remains to this day. A. Bello first began writing the Emily Knight saga shortly afterwards (still only 12 years old!) with the intention of filling the gaping hole in children's fiction for an inspirational, strong, black female, young protagonist. This gap, nearly 18 years later, remains in the publishing world despite continued calls for more BAME background authors and diversity within characters and plotlines.

A. Bello received rave reviews for her debut book, ‘Emily Knight I Am...', as well as outstanding success with her Emily Knight Warriors pop-up book, which went viral in 2015 when it was gradually released online throughout the month of August. She is the founder of The Lil' Author School and co-founder of The Author School. The Author School was shortlisted for The Great British Entrepreneur Awards 2016.

[image]A. Bello is regularly called to talk at literary events and within the media, she has appeared in Female First Magazine, The Mirror, BBC1XTRA to name a few.

As well as being a writer, A. Bello is a professional dancer and teacher. She has performed for more than a decade in prestigious venues including The Royal Opera House, The Barbican, Sadler's Wells, Hammersmith Apollo, Stratford Theatre Royal. A. Bello has also appeared on The Apprentice, Got To Dance and Street Dance AllStars The Movie.

 

Talking points...

  • The series promotes diversity, strong black females, and shows boys and girls as equal... These are key messages that need to be communicated to children and teenagers - they're obvious - but they're still missing from literature or delivered in a patronising or non-effective manner.

  • Inspiring girls to go against the grain, break boundaries, question who they are ‘destined to be' in the eyes of others, fulfilling their own dreams and goals.

  • A.Bello was part of the Stoke Newington Literary Festival in May and is the co-founder of The Author School and Lil' Author Skool - she is so much more than ‘just' an author and wants to inspire children and teenagers to live their dream as she is doing.

 

ESSENTIAL DETAILS

Title:Emily Knight I am...Awakened

Author:A. Bello

Genre:Tweens,YA, Fantasy Fiction

Publisher:Hashtag Press

Publication date:September 28th2017

Availability:Paperback, eBook, International distribution

ISBN:9780995780644

Price: £7.99

Website:www.a-bello.com

Twitter:https://twitter.com/emilyknightiam

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/A.BelloAuthor/

https://www.facebook.com/emilyknightiam

Online press folder:http://bit.ly/2uy20EG

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Online profile:http://www.literallypr.com/public_relations/file/A.-Bello.php