• Ballybunion with the grandparents

    24 October 2021

    Now that we're well into autumn, I'm looking back at my store of summer photos with envy. In truth, it wasn't an especially sunny summer in Ireland (is it ever?!?), but looking at these, I can...

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  • Mr Crepsley and friends

    23 October 2021

    Normally, when fans choose to do a drawing of Mr Crepsley, they draw him by himself, which is utterly appropriate, given he was such a solitary, brooding figure for most of his life. But sometimes...

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  • Carleton High

    22 October 2021

    The students in Year 7 of Carleton High School in the UK have been freakishly busy recently, basing some artistic homework assignments on my book, Cirque Du Freak.

     

    First they were challenged to...

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  • we love asda, mummy

    21 October 2021

    A Tweeter called Tog saw an article on LadBible entitled "Asda Shoppers Shocked By Super Creepy Halloween Decorations" and winkingly asked if I had any hand in it...

     

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  • Ghost Stadium

    20 October 2021

    A fan of my books called Aimee was reading Ghost Stadium by Tom Palmer recently, and spotted a reference to a certain freakily fabulous YA horror author. She nipped straight onto Twitter to let me...

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  • School events

    19 October 2021

    I used to tour extensively, and although I've been "off the road" for several years now, I do still like to commit to an occasional online event or two, via Zoom or Skype or something similar....

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