I was recently interviewed by the National Literacy Trust for their newsletter – covering topics such as getting boys gripped by books, authors being vetted prior to class visits and even what I would change about schools if I got the chance! To find out what I think about these important matters and more – [...]
Archive > September 2009
‘Leave out the part that readers tend to skip’
This is Elmore Leonard. Though I didn’t personally get into his books until I was in my twenties, now he’s one of my absolute favourite authors. You can pick up any one of his books (the cowboy stories are a great place to start) and know that in a quiet way there will be something [...]
Fashion Beast
The caves are abuzz. The Autumn issue of the monster fashion and lifestyle bible BOGUE magazine has just arrived, with all the very latest hot new looks for the coming season. Soon every truly sharp-dressed monster-about-town – or the ones with two arms, two legs and one head, anyway – will (apparently) be wearing THIS: [...]
