Tayto Park and Ballybunion
25 July 2021Earlier in the summer, I bundled my son Dante into my car and drove across the country of Ireland to Tayto Park, which is a theme park named in honour of Ireland's favourite manufacturer of...
Kurda Smahlt fan art
24 July 2021Kurda Smahlt in my Cirque Du Freak series has proven to be a rather divisive character over the years, as I always intended him to be. Clearcut heroes and villains are all well and good, and a...
The best of friends
23 July 2021A fan of my books called Christopher dropped me an email recently, and it brought a happy tear to my eye. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did, and that you're lucky enough to have found (or will...
YALC 2021
22 July 2021YALC -- the UK's official YA Lit Con -- has been held in London since 2014, as part of the Film & Comic Con. I was a guest each of its first three years, but haven't been back since then, as I...
10 Popular Book Series That Didn’t Make It Past The First Film
21 July 2021There was an article in The Nation (a Sri Lankan weekly newspaper) recently entitled: 10 Popular Book Series That Didn’t Make It Past The First Film. It includes the usual rogue's gallery of...
The Word Cubby Crypt review
20 July 2021The Word Cubby reviewed my latest release, Archibald Lox and the Forgotten Crypt (book 4 of the series) and noted in their summation: "Two days after reading this installment, I am still smiling...