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Win 4 tickets for you and your family or friends to watch the live stage production of Awful Auntie at a location of your choice!

Plus, a copy of the bestselling book by David, Awful Auntie so you can read the story before you go!

A hilariously heartfelt adventure – you’ll be in in for a HOOT of a time! Stella Saxby is the sole hair to Saxby Hall, but Awful Aunt Alberta and her giant owl will stop at NOTHING steal it from her! Luckily, Stella has a spooky secret up her sleeve to beat the awful auntie!

Simply head to the competition page here and answer the question below for your chance to win:

What animal is on the front cover of David Walliams’ book, Awful Auntie?

Competition open to those in the UK only, and ends at midnight on 15.04.2024. Terms and conditions apply. Good luck!

Pre-order David’s brand new graphic novel, ASTROCHIMP, a cosmic comic book adventure for your chance to win an unforgettable astronaut experience for two, PLUS your very own adopted chimpanzee!

Chump the Chimp is one ASTRONOMICAL astronaut on a MONUMENTAL mission! Strap in and hold onto your bananas for infinite laugh-out-loud mayhem, out-of-this-world characters and zooming spaceships! ASTROCHIMP is David’s first ever comic book adventure which lands on 23rd May with STELLAR full-colour illustrations on every page from the amazing Adam Stower!

For your chance to win, preorder Astrochimp from your chosen retailer or head here and then upload your proof of purchase here!

T&C’s apply and all retailers are accepted. Ends at midnight on 22^nd May. Good luck!  

We are delighted to announce a UK-wide signing and event tour for David’s brand new graphic novel, ASTROCHIMP, a cosmic comic book adventure! Astrochimp lands on 23rd May!

Get your tickets now!

SUNDAY 9TH JUNE, 11AM WATERSTONES BRISTOL (Cribbs Causeway)

Tickets here

SUNDAY 9TH JUNE, 3PM WATERSTONES CARDIFF

Tickets here

[RE-SCHEDULED] SUNDAY 9TH JUNE, 11AM – WATERSTONES SWANSEA

to MONDAY 10TH JUNE, 4:30PM – WATERSTONES SWANSEA**

Tickets here

[SOLD OUT] THURSDAY 23RD MAY, 4:30PM – WATERSTONES HIGH STREET KENSINGTON, with special guest Adam Stower

Tickets here

[SOLD OUT] FRIDAY 7TH JUNE, 6PM – CORN EXCHANGE THEATRE, STAMFORD, in partnership with Walker Books*

Tickets here

[SOLD OUT] SATURDAY 8TH JUNE, 10AM – THE MINISTER SCHOOL, NOTTINGHAM, in partnership with The Bookcase*

Tickets here

[SOLD OUT] SATURDAY 8TH JUNE, 4PM – WATERSTONES MANCHESTER ARNDALE SHOPPING CENTRE

Tickets here

*Special event with Book and Ticket with Meet and Greet opportunity

** Due to the half-marathon, we have been advised to re-schedule the Swansea event as there will be road closures and accessibility issues in and around the city. Ticket holders will be contacted directly by the bookshop. We apologise for any inconvenience.

Do you have the world’s BEST teacher? Or are YOU the world’s BEST teacher?!

Tell us why your teacher is the best teacher in the world for your chance to win 15 David Walliams books of your choice and an Amazon Kids Kindle for your class, school or library! And your teacher will win a terrific trophy and mug!

You can either use our activity sheet here https://bit.ly/3Tgv8vZ  to write your nomination telling us all about your favourite teacher OR use your very own brilliant creations!

We can’t wait to hear about all your wonderful teachers and we hope your teachers are better than David’s World’s WORST Teachers!

Send in your submissions for your chance to win before midnight on 19^th April! https://bit.ly/43fF5OE

Celebrate World Book Day 2024 on 7th March with David Walliams!

David will be sharing brand new videos with his very own reading and writing tips, along with sneak peeks into his inspiration behind some of your favourite stories and characters! Tune into The World of David Walliams Facebook page and VIP Book Club to catch all of David’s World Book Day fun!

PLUS, David will be setting YOU fun challenges to do either at home or in the classroom, to get you inspired for World Book Day on 7th March and BEYOND! There will be brilliant prizes up for grabs so make sure to enter!

Enter David’s Character Challenge here and download the free activity sheet for your story writing here!

Watch David’s video on The World of David Walliams Facebook page here to get inspiration!

Shop the brand new World of David Walliams merchandise – now live on the official shop!

Expect to find hoodies, t shirts and cosy homeware with some of your favourite characters, including old fan favourites and new faces! PLUS board and games and more Walliam-tastic fun!

Make sure to follow us on social media and sign up to The World of David Walliams VIP Book Club newsletter to be get exclusive discounts and new merchandise news!

Shop the full range now!

Our Holly Jolly Reads competition is now LIVE! One lucky reader this Christmas will win a brilliant early Christmas treat including:

A Nintendo Switch Console

6 David Walliams books of your choice

Plus a T shirt of your choice from The World of David Walliams Shop!

To enter, all you need to do is head to our competition page here and submit your answer to the question.

Competition closes midnight 11^th December. 

GOOD LUCK AND MERRY CHRISTMAS!

David will be signing copies of The Blunders in Cambridge, Milton Keynes and Muswell Hill this December! See below for details and get your tickets now!

Waterstones Cambridge – Saturday 2nd December, 10am

Tickets here

Waterstones Milton Keynes – Saturday 2nd December, 3pm

Tickets here

[FINAL TICKETS] The Children’s Bookshop Muswell Hill, London – Friday 1st December, 4pm

Tickets here

Escape the cold, get cosy with your family, and listen to a whole chapter of THE BLUNDERS this week!

Did you know?*

• Only 25% of children (aged 0-17) read every day for fun?

• Only 26% of children aged 8-13 read everyday when read to by parents at home less than weekly?

• And 73% of children aged 8-13 read everyday when their parents also read to them daily?

To get families of all ages and reading abilities reading together this winter, every evening from Monday 13th November to Sunday 19th November, we’ll be sharing audio extracts of David’s brand-new number one bestselling book and audiobook, THE BLUNDERS, narrated BRILLIANTLY by David himself! A WHOLE week of blunderful fun for ALL ages! 

Tune in now to see what the most blundersome family in history get up to in The Blunders!

Monday 13th November – Part 1 – Chapter 4, pages 134-139

Tuesday 14th November – Part 2 – Chapter 4, pages 140-143

Wednesday 15th November – Part 3 – Chapter 4, pages 143-147

Thursday 16th November – Part 4 – Chapter 4, pages 148-153

Friday 17th November – Part 5 – Chapter 4, pages 154-158

Saturday 18th November – Part 6 – Chapter 4, pages 159 – 165

Sunday 19th November – Part 7 – Chapter 4, pages 166 – 170

You can get your copy now ready to read along. Now a number one bestselling book and all-star cast audiobook! 

Hardback: https://amzn.to/3PY5Fqo  

Audible: https://bit.ly/3QgUs3k 

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Sk3yiu  

Apple Books: https://apple.co/466EAGI  

Amazing audio facts about The Blunders audiobook! 

• There’s an all-star cast! Featuring voices from Harry Enfield, Catherine Tate, Lizzie Waterworth, Adam Longworth and, of course, David Walliams! 

• There’s BUCKETFULS of blundersome audio effects and musical delights, bringing to life the chaotic blunders in every single chapter! 

• There’s even a hidden snippet of Mozart’s The Magic Flute featured somewhere in the full audiobook, see if you can listen out for it! 

*Research from our partners in Farshore, launched as part of the Dads Make Reading Magic campaign which found that only 25% of children read daily for pleasure. They also found the more parents read with their children, the more likely they are to read daily… for fun! You can read more about the research here Home – Dads Make Stories Magic 

To celebrate the launch of David Walliams’ brand-new book, THE BLUNDERS, we are giving you the chance to win an exclusive ‘missing’ chapter from the book, and to have a blunderful Christmas afternoon tea with the author himself!  

We’re inviting our fantastic readers, to bring the characters to life with your excellent creative talents! We’d love you to build one of The Blunders characters… will it be Lord Bertie Blunder? Lady Betsy? Or even Bunny or Brutus? Have a look at some of the illustrations and see who inspires you!

Entrants can submit their creations however they like – either as a drawing, painting, model, diagram or mock prototype! Your creations can be made from anything available to you, whether that be pens and paper, cardboard, arts and crafts materials, or old household items that are no longer in use – we encourage you to be resourceful, creative and think outside of the box! 

You will have the chance to win a very exclusive ‘missing’ chapter from The Blunders, unseen by anybody else! PLUS, you’ll get to come and enjoy a blunderful Christmas afternoon tea with David Walliams where you can talk everything about THE BLUNDERS! We can’t wait to see all your entries – good luck! 

To enter, please CLICK HERE and fill out your details as required. Make sure to upload an image or video of your creation, for your entry to count. Competition closes midnight 6th November. 5 winners will receive an exclusive ‘missing chapter’ from The Blunders and a festive afternoon with David Walliams, and 20 runners up will receive a signed copy of The Blunders. 

We can’t wait to see your entries! 

Good luck!

To celebrate the launch of David Walliams’ brand new picture book, Little Monsters Rule (the sequel to Little Monsters!), we’re giving away BRAND NEW Little Monsters merchandise to one lucky winner who has preordered Little Monsters Rule!

Pre-order your copy HERE and upload your proof of purchase to the Gleam competition page HERE for your chance to win the monstrous merchandise!

Must end midnight on Wednesday 25th October. T&C’s apply.

David will be signing copies of The Blunders in Belfast and Dublin this November! See below for details and timings and get your tickets now!

Eason O’Connell Street, Dublin – Friday 17^th November, 3:30pm

TICKETS HERE

[SOLD OUT] Waterstones Fountain Street, Belfast – Thursday 16^th November, 4.30pm

We are delighted to announce a series of fantastic events for The Blunders with David Walliams this October – tickets on sale now!

[SOLD OUT] THURSDAY 12^TH OCTOBER 5PM – WATERSTONES KINGSTON UPON THAMES

Waterstones, Unit S9, The Bentall Centre, Wood Street, Kingston upon Thames KT1 1TR

[SOLD OUT] FRIDAY 13^TH OCTOBER, 4:45PM – WATERSTONES LINCOLN

Waterstones, 297A High Street LINCOLN LN2 1AF

[SOLD OUT] SATURDAY 14^TH OCTOBER 10:30AM – ARC STOCKON ARTS CENTRE, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DRAKE BOOKSHOP

Dovecot St, Stockton-on-Tees TS18 1LL

[FINAL TICKETS REMAIN] SATURDAY 14^TH OCTOBER 3PM – WATERSTONES EMERSON CHAMBERS, NEWCASTLE

Waterstones, Emerson Chambers, Blackett Street, Newcastle NE1 7JF

[SOLD OUT] SUNDAY 15^TH OCTOBER 10AM – WATERSTONES NEWTON MEARNS

Waterstones, 38 Avenue Centre, NEWTON MEARNS G77 6EY

[GOOD AVAILABILITY] SUNDAY 15^TH OCTOBER 3PM – THE TOM FLEMING CENTRE FOR PERFMORMING ARTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TOPPINGS & CO EDINBURGH

The Tom Fleming Centre For Performing Arts, 3 Queensferry Road, Edinburgh EH4 2HS

[SOLD OUT] MONDAY 16^TH OCTOBER 10AM – WATERSTONES DUNDEE

Waterstones, 35 Commercial Street  DUNDEE DD1 3DG

[SOLD OUT] MONDAY 16^TH OCTOBER 2:30PM – WATERSTONES ABERDEEN

Waterstones, Bon Accord Centre ABERDEEN AB25 1HZ

Thanks for taking the time to enter this competition, we hope you are enjoying reading The Blunders!

Simply CLICK HERE to enter, good luck!

To celebrate the launch of David Walliams’ brand new book, The World’s Worst Monsters, we’re giving everyone who has pre-ordered a copy of the book, the chance to receive an exclusive excerpt of the book featuring two of the stories, ahead of the book publishing on 6th July!

All you have to do is pre-order a copy of The World’s Worst Monsters, upload your proof of purchase, and make sure you are signed up to our newsletter to receive this excerpt! ENTER HERE!

Must End Sunday 4th Jul 12pm

Pre-order your copy HERE!

Hello there readers, thank you for visiting our page!

Below you can read an exclusive digital chapter sampler, featuring ‘The Legend of the Wolfwere’ story, from David Walliams’ brand-new book ‘The World’s Worst Monsters!’

Please turn your mobile device horizontally on its side for an optimized reading experience!

Enjoyed what you’ve read so far? Then don’t forget to order your copy of the full book HERE!

Be the first to discover one of ten thrilling stories from David Walliams’ brand new book ‘The World’s Worst Monsters’, by winning one of our exclusive chapter samplers!

All you have to do is upload your questions for David HERE, for a chance to get them answered by the author himself ! PLUS, 5 lucky winners will receive a spooktacular chapter sampler of ‘The Legend of The Wolfwere’ story, from David’s brand new book ‘The World’s Worst Monsters’, before the book is released on the 6th July!

Whether your question is about ‘The World’s Worst Monsters’, one of David’s other books, or something you have always wanted to ask, don’t forget to submit yours HERE before 23:59pm on 28th June!

Ts & Cs Apply