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Archive > April 2009
Writer In Search Of A Genre
From TBM Guest Blogger, Alan Gibbons… OK, so I must have written fifty books, yes and some of them have won prizes (eight to be exact). But what sort of writer am I? Well, my best-known book Shadow of the Minotaur won the Blue Peter Book Award ‘The Book I Couldn’t Put Down’ and that [...]
To The Bone
Time to recommend a brilliant new book by Graham McNamee – although I do wish I wouldn’t keep choosing stories that scare me! I am stuck in a very dark cave, after all. Bonechiller tells the tale of Danny, a teenager who’s moved from one backwater Canadian town to another with his dad ever since [...]
Finally free to post!
Phew! Sorry for not posting much (OK – at all) over the past couple of weeks, but I’ve been busier than … something that’s really quite busy. First of all I was allowed out of the cave for TWO WHOLE DAYS to visit Lochyside Primary School in Fort William, where I did lots of storywriting [...]
Screams Of A Dream
As a follow on to the last post from Sam Enthoven in which he explains how anyone can be an author – here’s a terrific tale of terror from a young writer called Jamie Gledhill. He said he started writing it for his homework but was enjoying himself so much that he couldn’t stop! Sounds [...]
How It’s Done
Here’s something I’ve been meaning to tell you about for a while, something a bit special I reckon. It’s a link to a site where you can download a transcript of a discussion between three storytellers at the top of their game as they’re putting together the ideas that will become one of my favourite [...]
Awesome Amersham Art Attack!
Here’s a pic of me doing my stuff during yesterday’s brilliant visit to Amersham School, in Buckinghamshire: See that display in the background? Take a closer look…! Aren’t these spectacular?? This fantastic display of TIM and BLACK TAT art was created especially for my visit by students in Amersham’s Year 8. Their work is going [...]
Heroes vs Villains!
Andy Briggs and Mark Walden (author of the HIVE series) will be battling it out on stage in the Oxford Festival this Sunday!!! (5th April!) Come along for the Battle Royale and to vote for your favourite side… and to meet the authors while you can!! TICKETS ON SALE NOW!! – 2pm!! Price £3.50!! Click [...]
