• Overcoming the odds

    22 August 2020

    With Covid-19 on the resurgence in many countries, this drawing by a fan called Keroromo, shared with me early into lockdown, seems sadly more timely than ever. It depicts Darren, Mr Crepsley and...

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  • Artemis foul

    21 August 2020

    I haven't watched the Artemis Fowl movie yet, and although I will at some point, based on all the terrible reviews, it's not something I'm looking forward to, which is a real shame. I loved the...

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  • Anime queries

    20 August 2020

    My post a couple of days ago about the Cirque Du Freak manga omnibus (due to see print in January 2021) went down very well with followers and stoked up a lot of excitement. A few people queried...

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  • Archie riding high

    19 August 2020

    My Archibald Lox books have been riding high in the Amazon and Apple charts over the last 24 hours, on the back of a BookBub promo that went out yesterday. As you can see from the attached photos,...

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  • Cirque Du Freak manga omnibus

    18 August 2020

    I was surprised when a fan got in touch with me recently, to say that Yen Press had announced on Twitter and Facebook that they were going to release an omnibus edition of the Cirque Du Freak manga...

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  • 10 Saga books that were not very successful as the movies

    17 August 2020

    There's not much depth to this article that appeared on Code List a while back, about movie adaptations that weren't as successful as the books on which they were based -- it basically just lists...

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