12/06/2024
For any Italian speakers - I was thrilled with this interview which appeared in La Republica last weekend, to mark the publication of the Italian edition of THE RESCUE OF RAVENWOOD!
6/06/2024
Drum roll please, it's time to reveal... the cover for my new book, THE SECRET OF GOLDEN ISLAND! Check out the marvellous video for the Waterstones special edition if you missed it on the Home page! Out on 1 August 2024, this is the book of my heart and I love it - I hope you do too!
Click here to pre-order
5/06/2024
Thrilled to report that I will be appearing at the Appledore Book Festival and at the North Cornwall Book Festival in September, both in the week of the 23rd. I'm also hoping to return to the Isle of Wight that month.
3/06/2024
Great to spend time online with the pupils of the Shakespeare School in Leeds. Excellent questions and some brilliant writing.
15/05/2024
So heartening to take part in the FCBG voting day at the Marlborough Science Academy with pupils from three different schools. Some VERY enthusiastic readers and some great budding writers.
25/01/2024:
I can still take bookings for World Book Week if you are based in London. If you're based further afield, I'll be very happy to visit later in the year!
December 2023:
Slightly stunned and over the moon that THE RESCUE OF RAVENWOOD has been picked as The Sunday Times' CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR! Thank you, thank you, Sunday Times!
November 2023:
So thrilled that THE RESCUE OF RAVENWOOD has been nominated for the Carnegie medal for Writing 2024.
October 2023:
The summer and autumn have been a hive of activity, with lots of visits to schools and festivals both in person and online. Particular highlights included school outreach events at the North Cornwall and Isle of Wight festivals, and more recently a visit to Stroud Literary Festival and an online interview with ReadingZone. I'm starting to take bookings for next year, so please do get in touch if you would like a visit!
February 2023:
THE RESCUE OF RAVENWOOD is Bookshop.org's first CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE MONTH!
"Natasha Farrant’s tale of a family’s quest to save a pocket of nature is a triumph", says The Times. "A captivating feat of storytelling and one that will make its permanent home in your heart", says The Sunday Times.
THE RESCUE OF RAVENWOOD is Book of the Week in the Times and the Sunday Times, and one of the Sunday Times Best Children's Books of 2023.
