Isla has posted pictures from promotional work she is doing for Marge In Charge on her Instagram; hopefully we’ll get to see more from this photoshoot soon!
Whilst browsing Twitter I came across this photo from Emily Burns, who is Head of PR at a publishing company – it looks as if it was a very low-key event relating to Isla’s upcoming children’s book Marge In Charge. If anyone has any more information then please get in touch!
Such a lovely evening celebrating MARGE IN CHARGE by Isla Fisher, thanks to all who came pic.twitter.com/7lDJ7A84v7
— Emily Burns (@Emily_BookPR) April 15, 2016
Isla Fisher pens children’s fiction series
Piccadilly Press has acquired world rights, excluding North America, to a children’s fiction series by actress Isla Fisher.
The series, Marge in Charge, is about an eccentric babysitter called Marge, who, when looking after two children called Jemima and Jake, breaks all the rules by feeding her charges chocolate soup and playing dress-up in their mum’s closet. By the end, it’s Jemima and Jake who have to put the babysitter to bed, not the other way round.
Piccadilly Press founder Brenda Gardner acquired the rights to three books before she retired last year from Stephanie Thwaites at Curtis Brown. The series will be edited by Matilda Johnson and illustrated by Eglantine Ceulemans, and each book will be divided into three stories.
Fisher, who has starred in films such as The Great Gatsby and Wedding Crashers, said: “I’m so delighted that Piccadilly Press will bring Marge in Charge to life – now that I have children of my own I see the joy and magic in their everyday lives and books are a crucial part of this. I hope together we can introduce Marge to as many family bedtimes as possible.”
Johnson added: “We’re all incredibly excited to have Isla on the list – she is one of those rare people who has a natural gift for really making people laugh. Eglantine’s illustrations are perfect for these lively stories and endearing characters.”
Book one is due for publication this July.
Piccadilly Press is an imprint of Bonnier Publishing.
Have a watch of the first few video interviews of Isla promoting Grimsby…
The first one, from HeyUGuys, is particularly good as Isla talks about how she chooses projects, she mentions Nocturnal Animals and Keeping Up With The Joneses, and her upcoming kids books Marge In Charge.
More on Grimsby very soon…
Isla appeared on UK chat show Lorraine this morning, to promote Grimsby. She talked about Sacha, their new movie and Sacha’s previous characters, The Great Gatsby, and her writing – she’s written a children’s book called Marge In Charge that is out this year! Watch clips from the show below (I’ll try to find the full episode for us!):