Check out this fantastic video created for World Book Day by the staff and pupils at Woolwich Polytechnic School in Thamesmead, London: Get the Flash Player to see this content. (The sound varies a little from interview to interview, so you may have to raise or lower the volume of your speakers as the video [...]
Archive > March 2009
Some thoughts on horror
I’ve been thinking a lot about horror recently, and not just because I’m trapped in a stinking cave, surrounded by some of the most grotesque, repulsive creatures ever to stalk the face of the Earth. And some monsters, too. No, I’ve been thinking about horror because I’m now working on INVISIBLE FIENDS book 3, which [...]
Here be dragons!
I was fortunate enough to find a copy of Icefire by Chris D’Lacey amongst the books here in the cave. I was intrigued to read it, as my daughter had raved about it so much just before my abduction. I had already read the first book in the series – The Fire Within – and [...]
Happy World Book Day!
Happy World Book Day to one and all! The monsters are letting most of us out today to visit schools and spread the word about great kids’ books – but we’ve each got a monster guard tailing us, ready to drag us back to the cave the moment our event is over. They’ll be disguised [...]
Torture!
Blusterfart seemed to take great delight in delivering a letter to me today. It’s the first proper communication from the outside world that’s reached me here in the cave since my abduction back in January. I was touched to see that the ladies in one of my writing haunts - The Bishop’s Tea Room - have been [...]
Sneak Peek!
After marvelling at Barry’s fantastic INVISIBLE FIENDS proof, I too received a sweat stained envelope. Hopes of being sent an illicit proof of Barry’s book were quashed when I realized it was a rather thin envelope – unless the monsters had repeatedly stomped on it, which they are prone to do. However, I was delighted [...]
Way Down In The Hole
Barry’s actually not the only one stuck in this cave while the other TBM authors are out celebrating World Book Week. But it’s understandable he formed that impression: I’m writing these words from the bottom of a very deep hole, where I’m currently languishing until I finish the second draft of my new book. My [...]
The loneliness of the solitary captive
This week sees World Book Day take place, and like many authors, my fellow captives are all off visiting schools and libraries up and down the country more or less every day this week. I, on the other hand, am not. You see, while I have written a few Ben 10 books and the like, [...]
Monsters In The Machine
Here’s your chance to creep up your computer with this exclusive Trapped By Monsters desktop wallpaper! Simply click on the link below to open the size that matches your computer resolution (if in doubt, choose the bigger image – your PC should resize it), then right click on the image and choose ‘Set as desktop [...]
