• Edinburgh ahoy!

    16 June 2011

    The Edinburgh Book festival launched their 2011 programme today, so I'm now able to reveal that I will be doing two VERY special events this year!! First, on Saturday 20th, I am doing a panel...

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  • Viva le… English!!!

    14 June 2011

    I received the following email from a new fan, a French girl called Luna-River, currently living in the USA:

     

    When I first got here, to America, my family wanted to send me to a French...

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  • Figment chat session

    07 June 2011

    I will be chatting online and answering questions live on Figment on Wednesday, June 8th, from 5.00pm to 6.00pm EST. (i.e. 10.00pm to 11.00pm London time.) You can submit your questions in...

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  • Figment

    07 June 2011

    Check out this guest blog which I wrote for Figment, concerning my experiences as a young author and how I "cannibalised" one of my early, abandoned books when writing my latest novel for adults,...

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  • Shanville Monthly

    01 June 2011

    The June issue of the Shanville Monthly is now online, with all the latest news and updates, and details of no fewer than THREE competitions being run by different people in different parts of...

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  • We don’t need no education!!

    24 May 2011

    Tonight I'm going to see Roger Waters play the classic Pink Floyd album "The Wall". I'm VERY excited!! I saw him do "Dark Side Of The Moon" a few years ago and it was spectacular. Since "The...

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