Although the official release date for Archibald Lox Volume 3: The Exiled King is this day next week (Tuesday October 25th), I've released the PAPERBACK edition early, in order to give it time to...

There was a nice review of my book, Lord Loss, a while back, on Books And Beyond, which is the Litcham School Literary Blog. It was written by a student called Evelyn, and although it's rather...

The Lanzarote photos are ALMOST at an end! Just four more this week, then another four next week, and we'll be done -- phew!!! For anyone you hasn't seen those I've already posted... the Shans went...

I always like to feature strong, integral female characters in my books. Sometimes they're the heroes, sometimes they're the villains, sometimes they're the voice of reason, sometimes they're the...

So sad to hear of the loss of Robbie Coltrane. I was a fan of his in the 1980s, from movies such as "Mona Lisa" and "The Fruit Machine." Like pretty much everyone else in the UK and Ireland in the...

I have a brace of Shantastic birthday pics to share today!

First up we have BRODIE, who received ALL of these books as presents!! I've got to say, that's a jaw-dropping haul -- *I* certainly never...