Last week I was incredibly honoured to take part in the 15th Anniversary celebrations of the National Literacy Trust’s National Young Reader Programme. And what a brilliant day it was… I boarded a no. 15 Routemaster bus at the London Dungeon along with the wonderful folk from the National Literacy Trust, some of my friends [...]
Archive > November 2010
Video blog ahoy!
I haven’t made a video blog in ages, so I decided to make one a couple of weeks ago, and didn’t get around to uploading it. But here it is now – me, reading an extract from my next Invisible Fiends book, The Crowmaster. It’s not published until February, but now’s your chance to watch [...]
Need to unwind?
I will never be able to hear the word ‘unwind’ again without thinking about this book. In his world gone mad, Neal Shusterman tells a chilling tale of three young people sheduled to be ‘unwound’. In this world the word unwind is nothing to do with sitting back on the sofa with a nice cup [...]
Friday Lunges
There’s a lot of sitting around in the cave so it’s important to keep fit. I have a strict daily exercise routine and Friday… is Lunges Day…
A Monstrous Monastery of Munch
Jamie Oliver needs no introduction from me – and no help with his book-sales either! But for my second TBM non-fiction recommendation (click here for my first) I’m picking Jamie’s Ministry of Food anyway, for one simple reason. It’s brilliant. Cooking good meals from scratch for yourself and those around you is one of the [...]
A Postcard from Cosmo
I found this on my drawing board this morning. previous postcard / next postcard
Guest Post: Jamie Rix
We’re lucky enough to have a visitor to the caves this week, in the form of Jamie Rix, author of… well, of too many books to list here. Check out the link at the bottom of this post for more info. Jamie has been shortlisted for this year’s Roald Dahl Funny Prize, where he is [...]
Witchfinder: The Complete Saga…
Hi guys! Well, I’ve just completed the latest draft of the last Witchfinder book. There’ll be a few changes in the next month or so when I come to look at the book again with my brilliant editor Jasmine, but the central plot will remain the same: what happens to Jake Harker and his friends, the eventual fate [...]
ARE YOU READING TOO MUCH?
Lost in Scream Street? Cornered by Witchfinder? Frozen In Time? Is it possible you’re just reading TOO MUCH? Try the Trapped By Monsters Quiz and find out… Q1. You’re plunging through Jimmy Coates: Target, gasping and driving your fingernails into the shiny cover in your excitement, when your mum calls from downstairs, telling you tea [...]
Monsters come in all shapes and sizes!
Had to show you this freaky dude! Hiding as a puddle of cornstarch solution is a clever disguise, but it doesn’t take much to get this monster to show his true form.
