Skip to content

Chester Parsons is Not a Gorilla by Martyn Ford - Chatterbooks Read and Review opportunity

Chester Parsons is Not a Gorilla is a fast-paced, mind-boggling and hilarious yet thought-provoking read from the author of The Imagination Box series, Martyn Ford.

When Chester discovers he can mind jump, his sister Amy wastes no time in putting his new skills to work boosting the viewing figures on her video blog. And when a TV company takes them global, he does his most daring mind jump yet, into the
brain of Tito the gorilla. The trouble is, when he tries to return to his own body – it’s
gone!

Has it been stolen? But who would want it, and why? And how come Chester suddenly has the urge to search Amy’s hair for fleas? The quest to find the answers takes him on a journey beyond his wildest imagination…

If you’d like to know more about Martyn Ford, visit: www.martyn-ford.com.

If you fancy winning 10 copies of this book for your Chatterbox Reading Group and activity packs to aid
your group’s discussion then please complete this survey by 19 March for the chance to take part.

The books will be delivered to you by 29 March and you will have until 17 May to read the book and send back individual reviews. Please only pitch for this opportunity if you will be able to send the group’s feedback by this date.

How to take part

To pitch for the opportunity to take part and receive 10 free copies for the group, download the survey. You can then send copies to the address below or scan copies to [email protected].

Kimberley Sheehan
Chester Parsons is Not a Gorilla survey
Free Word Centre
60 Farringdon Road
Clerkenwell,
London
EC1R 3GA

Pitching closes at 19 March

News

Radio 2 Book Club - Winter titles

The Winter season of the Radio 2 Book Club is out now, with brilliant brand-new fiction titles to discover. The BBC Radio 2 Book Club is on the Zoe Ball Breakfast Show. It features a wide range of titles and authors, recommending great reads from both new and much-loved writers, encouraging listeners to perhaps try out a genre they might not have read before, and share their opinions and insights on the titles and great reads they’re enjoying right now.

Resources

How to start a reading group

Interested in joining a reading group or starting one of your own? Download our quick guide to getting started. You can also download icebreaker questions to help get your discussion started, and a social media guide to show how you can share your reading with others online.

News

Discussion guides

We know how useful a discussion guide is for your book club meeting, so here you’ll find some recent guides provided by publishers. Free to download, you can use them to help choose your next book and guide your discussion.

View our other programmes