The last few weeks, it’s fair to say, have been quite hectic. As well as a rather stressful cave move, which saw me shifting my few remaining belongings along several miles of dark, cramped tunnels until I reached my new cell, I appeared at two different book festivals on the same weekend. Provided you count [...]
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Come Dine With Us…
A little bit of news for any Scream Street fans in the Emerald Isle… I’m going to be at the Mountains to Sea Book Festival in Dún Laoghaire next month and, as part of the fun, you can now book a place at the Monster Mountains to Sea Author Lunch. A barrel full of top [...]
Ludicrous in Lincoln
As if the pictures weren’t horrifying enough, further evidence of the humiliations of Mark, Tommy, Ali and myself at May’s Trapped By Monsters event at Lincoln Book Festival has just emerged in the form of this video, by Julie Catterson. Thanks, Julie. You really shouldn’t have. ;D Sam PS: Mark has trained in Tae Kwon [...]
Time To See the Other Holmesdale Interview!
A while back Tommy posted the interview he gave at Holmesdale Technology College in Kent. Well, I was there too! And I also gave an interview. In fact, for some it, Tommy was sitting at the back making faces at me. It was a little distracting. But only a little. Because, as you’ll see from [...]
SPARKES & BRIGGS ON PAROLE IN SUSSEX
Since we started duetting the hits of Barry Manilow together, Andy and I have appalled the Monsters so much they have decided to shove us both out of the caves for a few hours on Saturday. Just to stop their faces melting. They’re dumping us in the care of the Elephant Toyshop in Trading Boundaries [...]
The Ravenous Beast at The Garter Lane Gallery!
Exhibition, Niamh Sharkey, Ravenous Beast, Garter Lane Gallery,
Scream Street Meets Astrosaurs Meets Mortlock
Thanks to Tony and all the staff at Pritchard’s Bookshop in Formby for a wonderful – if incredibly busy – day last week ! I was allowed out of the caves visit to Linaker Primary School in Southport where I created some creepy chaos with my Vampires vs Werewolves Game Show before signing books for [...]
The Devil’s Clawmarks?
Recently, I jetted off to the Orkney Islands for a three day tour, talking about being a writer and running workshops with some of the children in the island schools. It was a fun – if occasionally dramatic – few days, and for a full report take a look at this post on my website. [...]
Mobile Library
I found myself in Norwich last week as part of the launch for the new mobile library that is set to patrol the roads and some 250 schools in the area for the next 10 years! Why me I hear you ask? Well, I am incredibly lucky to have been the illustrator chosen to have [...]
TBM Lincoln 2010: A Survivor’s Tale…
Ali, Mark, Tommy and I have returned from our show at the Lincoln Book Festival. One of us returned inside a monster. But all of us will bear the psychological scars of what transpired… After an opening section in which the monsters allowed each of us thirty seconds to plead pathetically not to be eaten, [...]
