Word has reached me in the cave that frozen food retailer, Iceland, is giving away a free copy of Horrid Henry & the Abominable Snowman to customers who spend over £15 in any one of their 665 stores. The promotion runs from the 23rd of April to the 23rd of May, and the book contains [...]
Archive > April 2009
SCREAM!!!
With garlic in hand and a gun full of silver bullets, I headed down SCREAM STREET, ready for anything – or so I thought… What I wasn’t prepared for was a superbly funny story, that had me windmilling through the pages as I followed Luke Watson on his spooky adventure. The jokes made me snigger-out-loud, [...]
Party Tentacles
More from the Monster Archives, this time in the form of a print by nineteenth century Japanese genius Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Its official title is Octopus Games. But – as Kuniyoshi himself was undoubtedly aware – we unlucky cave denizens refer to real-life monster scenes like these as, simply, “Saturday“. This print was created in around [...]
David’s effort at the Poetry Challenge!
THE LOST HORN “Rhino Bill, what have you done - What’s happened to your horn?” “It was not me but Marjorie, That’s why I sit forlorn. “All I did was grab and squeeze, her wobbly, bobbly thighs. “She turned to me and snapped it off, With evil in her eyes.”
Brilliant Book Trailer
Found this video trailer for “A Madness of Angels” by Kate Griffin. It’s in stark contrast to the latest Jacqueline Wilson advert I spotted on telly a few weeks back. That was proper terrible. This, on the other hand, is borderline genius.
“Titus Groan is seven…”
When I was about 14 my big sister harangued me over and over to read a book called Titus Groan. I wasn’t a big reader, and I was obstinate, so I resisted. When I eventually gave in, I became completely engrossed in the world created by the author, Mervyn Peake, and I was hooked. I [...]
The Crystal Palace Children’s Book Festival
Those of you who are within travelling distance of London have a real treat in store in the last week of April. Alex Milway, author and illustrator of the absolutely fantastic Mousehunter books, has organised The Crystal Palace Children’s Book Festival, which runs from the 24th to the 26th of the month. As you may [...]
My Skeletor Obsession Continues
A while ago I posted this letter which I wrote for my old website, RandomRant. It was addressed to Skeletor, the fictional villain from the 1980s animated series, Masters of the Universe. Well, I didn’t just stop at writing him constructive criticism. I also made a music video featuring Skeletor and one of his many [...]
Working with Kermit
OK, I’ve been trying to get some pictures to show up on here and I haven’t fathomed out how to do it yet. Fathomed – isn’t that a great word? Fathom me this, fathom me that. Fathom me everything under the sun. Now! Ahem. Anyway, I wanted to ramble on about my favourite monsters – [...]
Who’s the scariest?
Barry Hutchison and his poetry? Or Barry the Sea Worm? And doesn’t he (Barry Sea Worm I’m talking about here, not Barry H.!) bear an uncanny resemblance to Gwyneth? Coincidence? I think not. ;p
