• Listen up!!!

    14 May 2020

    If you've ever wanted to hear me read out a chapter from Cirque Du Freak, this is what you've been waiting for!

     

    The staff of Court Fields School have been taking turns (along with some family...

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  • Splendid Fred!

    14 May 2020

    I've given many interviews over the years, to major newspapers, fanzines, booksellers, bloggers and more. The latest, with Splendid Fred Magazine, was published online yesterday. The magazine is an...

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  • More glorious shelves

    13 May 2020

    As promised on Monday, here are some more photos of bookshelves from people who have been sharing them on Twitter and Facebook since lockdown started. In the order featured, the grace the homes of...

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  • Tarot Tuesday returns

    12 May 2020

    I meant to share these a few weeks ago, but other posts kept getting in the way. But here they finally are -- the last few Tarot Tuesday drawings by Molly Marie, of characters from my Cirque Du...

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  • Shelves, glorious shelves!

    11 May 2020

    Something a little bit odd -- but also very nice -- has been happening since lockdown started. Lots of people on Twitter and Facebook have been sharing photos of their bookshelves. I dunno, maybe...

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  • Gaia’s first birthday

    10 May 2020

    It was my daughter Gaia's first birthday back in March. It was the day before the full lockdown started in Ireland (March 26th, with the lockdown starting on the 27th) but we were already socially...

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