Great news for those of you wanting to enter the writing contest where you could win the chance to become a character in a future Scream Street book – the deadline for submissions has been extended to 1st March 2010! Find out more at: http://www.watchthemgrow.co.uk/quest_missionfive.html Tommy
Archive > December 2009
Why Spelling is Hard
I read this poem years ago and thought it was a brilliant way of highlighting how difficult the English language is to write. I can’t remember (or find out) who wrote it, so if anyone knows please leave a comment. I take it you already know, Of tough and bough and cough and dough. Others [...]
Review: CRAWLERS by Sam Enthoven
OK, here goes… It’s never easy to tell someone you really don’t like something they’ve written. It’s even more difficult when you know that person. When you’re sharing an underground cave with them, surrounded by monsters? Then it’s a really unpleasant thing to have to do. Luckily, then, I have to do no such thing, [...]
Author Feature: you NEED to read one of these…
I first met Sarah Singleton, author of five novels for teenagers so far: Century, Heretic, Sacrifice, The Amethyst Child and The Poison Garden, at an event in London a couple of years back. After meeting her, I felt I really should read one of her books. So I did. I chose Sacrifice. Wow! What a [...]
