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Welcome! I hope this website will help readers, parents, teachers and librarians find out more about me and my children’s books.  And you can subscribe to my termly e-newsletter here or email to ask me something particular here or use my contact form here.

“Tom Palmer is a true reading hero and has been responsible for motivating many thousands of young people to get into books” Booktrust

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I am the author of sixty children’s books.  16 books for Barrington Stoke including 6 award-winning historical fiction titles and three Puffin football series, Football Academy, Foul Play and The SquadFoul Play was short listed for the 2009 Blue Peter Book Award.  An excellent fast-paced detective novel” The Times.   More awards here.  

Discover what I am currently writing here.
Read my Autumn Term newsletter here.

“Tom Palmer is definitely in the premier league of children’s authors with an impressive back catalogue of soccer stories.” Mumsnet


What’s on offer this term, Autumn 2023

  • NEW Rocky Race series
  • NEW Football Ultimate Heroes
  • December Christmas History Special Virtual: WWII Arctic Star 80th Anniversary
  • Christmas Arctic Star resources
  • January 2024 Holocaust Memorial Day
  • Spring Term Author visits
  • May 2024 New historical fiction preview

More here Autumn Highlights 2023


Meet me!

Sunday 26 Nov 2023

11-3pm

IWM North

Free

More here

 

 

Christmas Book Signing Saturday 9 December 2023

11-12

The Thoughtful Spot, Halifax

FREE

More here


Friday 1 December 2023 11am-Midday
Christmas History Special: WWII Arctic Star 80th Anniversary

Join me in a virtual event to commemorate & discover the 80th Anniversary of the WWII naval Battle of North Cape available throughout this December with Mr Dilly.

More about Arctic Star
Book now FREE.


Christmas Books

Signed and dedicated copies of all my books are available personalised to order from my local independent children’s bookshop “The Thoughtful Spot” here.

With an extra special Christmas card from me on request!


Christmas in Fiction and Christmas in Fact

Read a chapter from my fictional Arctic Star set on Christmas Day on the Arctic Ocean, 1943 here.

 

More about Arctic Star here

 

Read a free chapter from my non-fictional Football’s Greatest Moments on Boxing Day 1920 here.

 

More about Football’s Greatest Moments here

 

 

More Christmas resources here


 

January 2024 – Holocaust Memorial Day

More here Holocaust Memorial Day January 2024


NEW: Rocky Takes LA

The Soccer Diaries is a brand new series starring Rocky Race, a British footballer looking to make it big in a US soccer school.

Rocky Race is going to be the best soccer player in the world!

Rocky Race is not your average fourteen year old. She’s determined, ambitious and the best football player you’ve ever seen. So, when she gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to attend a prestigious soccer camp in California, USA, she takes it. But far from home, Rocky suddenly finds herself out of her comfort zone. Fake friends, her own anxieties and a brand new world with strange rules all threaten to derail her new life before it’s even started – does Rocky have what it takes to succeed?

Order a signed and dedicated copy of “Rocky Takes LA” from my local independent children’s bookshop “The Thoughtful Spot”  here.

OUT NOW from Amazon here

More about Rocky and read chapter 1 here
More about Roy of the Rovers here


NEW: Football’s Greatest Moments

My first Ultimate Football Heroes book, Football’s Greatest Moments.

Will you agree or disagree with what I think are the 100 most important moments in the history of the game?

Non-fiction

OUT NOW from Amazon here.

More about Football’s Greatest Moments and read what is my first of 100 greatest moments here.


 

LATEST  HISTORICAL FICTION 

RESIST:One Girl’s Fight Against the Nazis  

Resist shines a light on the incredible work of the WWll Dutch resistance, in a story inspired by the childhood of Hollywood legend Audrey Hepburn.

Winner of the 2023 Historical Association Young Quills award, the North East Book Award 2023, the Berkshire Book Award 2023 and the Cheshire Schools’ Book Award 2023.

 

Signed and dedicated copies are still available personalised to order from my local independent children’s bookshop “The Thoughtful Spot” here.

More about Resist here.


AVAILABILITY : Virtual & In Person Author Visits
Sandringham School

I am delighted to be still going into schools this term for in-person author visits and have availability from Spring 2024.  More here.

“The impact of last year’s visit was massive and has really helped us develop reading with our current year 6 group. In reading surveys and discussions your books always get a mention and are still read by a lot of the year group.” Green Lane Primary School

And discover the choice of bespoke virtual workshops learning options I am still offering to schools here.

History Author school visit

“The work of this author is making a valuable contribution to improving pupils’ writing.”Ofsted  

“There is no doubt that Tom Palmer has a Growth Mindset!”  Reigate St Mary’s

“Many thanks for a great morning with our school. Everybody had a fantastic time and the children are very keen to read the books now. The teachers are very  impressed with all the resources that you put together as well.”  Thomas’s London Day Schools

“Every single child in the hall, of all ages and stages, absolutely loved what he said and did and I had teachers staying voluntarily (when they had free time, reports to write and other things to do!) and so many of them came to see me afterwards to say how much they had enjoyed listening to him and watching the way in which he engaged with all of our children, from Year 3 to Year 8.  We really enjoyed having Tom visit Edgeborough again.” Edgeborough School

More about my school author visits here.


AWARDS latest

My latest children’s book Resist has just won the 2023 Historical Association Young Quills award, the North East Book Award 2023, the Berkshire Book Award 2023 and the Cheshire Schools’ Book Award 2023 and was nominated for the Carnegie Medal. Thank you readers!

photo: Matt Crossick

I was thrilled to have been awarded the Ruth Rendell Award for Services to Literacy by the National Literacy Trust in association with the ALCS.

More awards news here

Find out more what I am writing about now here

 


Buy Books

Signed and dedicated copies of all my books are available personalised to order from my local independent children’s bookshop “The Thoughtful Spot” here. 

With an extra special Christmas or birthday card from me on request!

Overseas :
Australia: Boomerang

Canada: Amazon Canada
New Zealand: Wheelers

USA :  Indigo books

Visit myAmazon bookshop or support your local bookshop HIVE

 

 

Schools bumper 33 book pack
offer here

33 books
£194 saving £63 – over 25% discount
FREE DELIVERY & SIGNED BOOKPLATES

Please email rosie@rosemaryhillbooks.co.uk

 

Schools class set offer here.

15 copies 20%+ discount
30 copies 25%+ discount
100 copies 30% + discount

FREE DELIVERY & SIGNED BOOKPLATES

Please email rosie@rosemaryhillbooks.co.uk for a quote

 

 

Email me here for more information or use my contact form here to ask me a question.

Thank you.

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