I had the rare priviledge of meeting one of my all-time writing heroes last week. I have admired Philip Reeve’s work for a number of years now and have been itching for the chance to meet him. Anyone who has been present at one of my school visits where I’ve been asked what my favourite [...]
Archive > April 2011
Peur de Moi
Wary as I am about trailers’ ability to promise things their films don’t deliver, I do like the look of forthcoming French animated movie The Prodigies. Crank up your French listening skills and feast yer peepers on this (via Twitch) below:
(Im)Mature Content
One of the biggest reasons adults hesitate about stocking manga in their bookshops or libraries is concern about content. Partly this is historical: the first manga (and anime) to be available in translation in the UK back in the 1980′s were often violent and exploitative, and though those kinds of stories make up only a [...]
The Happy Couple!
I dedicate this image to the happy couple on their Big Day, and our future King and Queen. May your lives together be full of joy, wisdom and strategically placed snails.
Dreadful Desktops!
What does your computer desktop wallpaper say about you? Well, it could say: “I read the coolest, creepiest books out there!” Check out the brand new Scream Street 11: Hunger of the Yeti desktop wallpapers for your PC here: http://bit.ly/dWtxUJ Simply choose the size that’s right for your screen, right click and save the file [...]
More great reads…
One of the great things about having given up flying to become a writer is that I now get to meet lots of other writers and they’re a super bunch of people. I recently did an event in London with this guy… Justin Somper and I had met some years before at the London Final [...]
How A Book Cover Changes
For my new book in September I’m working with a publisher I haven’t worked with before. It’s been really refreshing to see how my editor there has responded to my thoughts about the front cover. The process started off with my editor sending me a first version of a possible cover. It looked like this: [...]
Department 19
I am most certainly the wrong person to write about this book. I’m sure Sam or Bill would have a very different take on it, but having bought it (again on the strength that it is receiving a lot of hype and with no prior knowledge of the story) and read it, I thought I [...]
FANCY A BARGAIN?
People say you can’t get a bargain these days – well, I beg to differ. If you have an ebook reader you can download the Kindle edition of HERO.COM: RISE OF THE HEROES for the lowly sum of £0.95… Yes, that’s 95p Or to put it another way: SAVE £5.04 Or 84% off Whichever way [...]
