How do you make a great picture book even better? Simple – you bring it to life! Hugless Douglas, written and illustrated by one of my fellow Trapped By Monsters inmates, David Melling, is now an app for the iPad and iPhone. You can read the book – now with animated illustrations – yourself, or [...]
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Wordies Episode 4
After a busy week in Morecambe, I dashed up to Scotland last night to take part in the Booked! Festival in West Dumbartonshire. My appearance here is rather unusual as, instead of performing by myself, I get to take part in two joint aevents with fellow monster captive, Invisible Fiends author, Barry Hutchison. More details [...]
Blood of the Witch
The postman was very kind to me today – he delivered my copy of the US audiobook version of Scream Street 2: Blood of the Witch, created by Brilliance Audio for Candlewick Press and read by MacLeod Andrews. Listen to an exclusive excerpt here: [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Writing to Music!
Happy New Year everybody! I got some fantastic Christmas presents this year, and amongst them were some awesome movie soundtracks. I’ve been listening to soundtracks a great deal recently, mainly ones by the legendary Hans Zimmer. I will often play the Dark Knight soundtrack on my headphones when I’m walking somewhere (it makes me walk [...]
Music for Monsters
It’s the time of year for roundups, when pundits fill space in blogs and papers by making lists of things. In my case, as it’s been about a year since the last time I did it, I thought I’d pass along some music recommendations. If my neighbours have ever wondered this year just what that [...]
Listen Up!
Look at what’s just arrived with the monster postman – or, should I say, listen to what’s just arrived…? Yes, this is Scream Street 1: Fang of the Vampire on audio CD! Published by Candlewick on Brilliance Audio, and performed by the spooktacular MacLeod Andrews, Fang of the Vampire is the first book in the [...]
Halloween Scream Street Podcast
Happy Halloween! The October 2010 edition of Scream Street‘s own podcast, The Screamcast, is now online – and it’s a special half-hour edition featuring special guest Barry Hutchison – fellow TBM captive and author of the spook-tacular Invisible Fiends series! Here’s Barry and I enjoying each other’s books at a recent joint event… You can [...]
Zombie! Audio Book Excerpt
As a special treat for World Book Day, here’s a clip from the forthcoming audio book version of Zombie! – my first book for Barrington Stoke. I was delighted when top audio producers, Oakhill Publishing, gave me the opportunity to read my own book – and I had a fantastic time in the studio with [...]