We love cats and dogs drawing competition. To be judged by Emily Gravett!

We love cats and dogs here at The Golden Treasury and we're sure you do too! Our new window displays celebrate all that is great about all the meows and woofs in the world. 

So, we are calling on the huge creative talent we have here in Southfields, to get scribbling, painting, doodling, sticking, colouring, as part of a competition to contribute to our window displays with a picture of a cat or dog. This is a competition, so of course we need to judge and we are beyong excited to say that author and illustrator Emily Gravett will be coming along to The Golden Treasury to pick the best!

Emily is no stranger to the subject of our furry friends. She has written and illustrated Dogs, a celebration of all the wonderful characteristics that make up man's best friend and also Matilda's Cat, a story of the sweet friendship between Matilda and her cat.

There are some brilliant prizes to be had, so drop in to pick-up an entry form and get creative!!!! Pop into the shop if you have any questions. Closing date is Friday 31st May. Thanks to Catherine at Macmillan for the great support too!

A visit from Jackie Morris

This week, we were very lucky to have a visit from the incredibly talented author and artist Jackie Morris. You will know Jackie's artwork from her many beautiful books including The Snow Leopard, Tell Me a Dragon and most recently, East of the Sun, West of the Moon.

East of the Sun, West of the Moon

 Jackie spent her time at The GT signing copies of some of her books, as well as enjoying a browse around the shop. She was particularly enamoured with Jon Klassen's new book This is Not My Hat (as are we) and it was great to have the chance to discuss different books and styles of illustration with such an expert!

We hope Jackie will come back at some point for a more public event and to meet some of our lovely customers, so we will keep you posted on that.  In the meantime, we still have some signed copies in stock, so do come and have a look, they're all gorgeous.

Thanks for coming Jackie, we hope to see you again soon!

Easter bunny, just because...

Wishing all our customers a very happy Easter!

We will be closed on Easter Sunday and the Bank Holiday Monday. We are back open on Tueday the 2nd April and we look forward to welcoming you all back in to the shop!

Riversdale School Competition Winner

We were honoured to be asked to judge local primary school Riversdale Primary's Make a Book competition a couple of weeks ago.  The children and their families were tasked with creating a book of their own, and the entires were FANTASTIC!  It was a really difficult decision, but after much deliberation we chose the wonderful entry 'Dogs' by Brian Picicco in Year 2.


We loved Brian's hand-written and hand-drawn pages, as well as the carefully cut out and stuck pictures.

We displayed Brian's book in our World Book Day window to be admired by our customers and we are very proud to have been involved in such a lovely project.

So well done Brian, and well done to all the Riversdale pupils who entered the competition!

World Book Day...week

World Book Day came, it conquered and has now gone.

I'm rounding off a mad, busy, fun and exhausting week of school bookfairs, author events and meeting new readers, with a cuppa next to a certain Mr Rosen.

This is Michael Rosen's head of poetry hair, made by visual artist Laura X Carle as part of the Southbank's Imagine Children's Festival. Best set of pearlies this side of the river.

Love is in the air...

Hello!

Firstly, please accept our apologies for the lack of posts recently.  Whilst being really busy is very good for us, we do realise that we've been a bit slack at keeping you up to date with the goings on at The GT. However, we do have a great promotion to tell you about, so hopefully you'll forgive us our silence...

In conjunction with Neverland Photography we are currently offering a free photoshoot with any purchase over £40 until Valentine's Day!

If you come to the shop at the moment, you'll see some stunning examples of pictures by Neverland Photography in our Valentine's window, and we think one of these photo sessions would make a really unique gift for your loved one, or for the whole family.

To qualify for the free session, you just need to spend £40 or more at The Golden Treasury, and we will then give you a voucher to take to Neverland Photography.  It's as simple as that.  The sessions are obligation-free but you can obviously choose to buy the photos at the end if you want to.

This offer is only on until the end of 14th February, although the vouchers are valid until August 2013.  Don't miss out on this great opportunity, we hope to see you soon!

Wishing all our customers a very Merry Chistmas and a Happy New Year!

See you in 2013...