• Bookshelfies and no Shanville Monthly

    02 November 2024

    For those of you wondering why I didn't post my Shanville Monthly newsletter yesterday... It's because I'm currently in the UK on holiday with my family, and it's too awkward trying to do it on my...

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  • Cirque Du Freak on MAX

    01 November 2024

    If you live in the USA, and have access to MAX, you're going to have a freakily fabulous start to the month, because the Cirque Du Freak movie is streaming on MAX from today!! Yay -- or boo --...

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  • Book banners in Pennridge

    30 October 2024

    I wrote in yesterday's post about how teachers and librarians have been great champions of my books over the years. Thankfully (and rather surprisingly), my work has never been strongly targeted by...

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  • Denbigh High

    29 October 2024

    Look what was Book Of The Week at DENBIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY last week!!

     

    I love it when teachers and librarians highlight my books this way. Back in 1997, when every publisher in the UK rejected...

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  • 10 great horror books that aren’t too scary

    28 October 2024

    With just a few days left to go until Halloween, this is the perfect time to share this list of horror books that aren't TOO scary, for the younger horror fans out there -- or for those who are...

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  • Freaky hoarders

    26 October 2024

    A fan called JAMIE got in touch with me recently to say the following:

     

    "I’m watching hoarder videos while cleaning (because, that’s what we do) and in this video, at the 39:55 mark, I saw...

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