Today is World Book Day! Hurray! And I’m not running any events! Boo! I was supposed to be at Coleshill Heath School yesterday, Alcott Hall School today and Starbank Primary School tomorrow – but I’ve had to postpone all three visits because I’ve got a throat infection. Yes, yours truly is completely mute. I can’t [...]
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MONSTERS ALLOW LIT QUIZ SORTIE
Andy and I were both dozing in a pile of ogre dung (look – it’s warm, alright?!) when the Monsters suddenly seized us, hosed us down, put us in normal person clothes (and insisted I wear That Badge) and dragged us through the network of tunnels down to the south coast and out into Portsmouth. [...]
Invisible Fiends launch events
Last week saw the official launch events for my new horror book – INVISIBLE FIENDS: MR MUMBLES. I spent a few days touring schools, talking to enormous groups of children, signing books, and generally having a fab time. One of the events took place at the Scottish Book Trust in Edinburgh, with pupils from three [...]
Win a copy of Invisible Fiends: Mr Mumbles
Wha…? Where… where am I? Oh. Wow. I’m back in the cave. I never thought I’d say it, but I’m glad to be back in here. For the past few weeks the monsters have been running be ragged, shunting me from school to school, shoving me into libraries, and generally making sure I spoke to [...]
Hype The Skype
I’ve been trying something new this week – and it’s been great! Instead of driving from my dark, damp cave to Kent and back (270 miles each way) to run my creative writing classes, I’ve been linking up with year 8 pupils at Holmesdale Technology College over the Internet each day. Using Skype (a free [...]
Harry Enfield attacked by Monster at KLQ Final!
And it’s all my fault! I’d snuck out of the cave to attend the UK final of the Kid’s Lit Quiz in the prestigious Oxford Town Hall. I was particularly interested to go, as it was not only a chance to catch up with some of the 31 other authors attending (and to meet some [...]
Shock! Horror! Competition!
OK, so no one really got going with my last effort for a caption competition, so I’ll scrap it and give you a couple of different options to work with. Here’s a bunch of authors and librarians at Pizza Express after the Oxon & Berks Regional Final of the Kid’s Lit Quiz. Can anyone think of [...]
Testing Times … and a Caption Competition.
I was let out of my cell yesterday to join some other writing colleagues at Broxbourne School in an effort to beat the best young literary brains in the London region at a Literary Quiz. Our team consisted of M.G. Harris, Echo Freer, Matt Whyman and me. We were pretty confident until we saw the [...]
It’s Great Up North!
I’ve just managed to escape and spend two wonderful days running events at the Northern Children’s Book Festival – first in Stockton, and then in Thorntree. Thanks to everyone involved (especially Karen and Michelle) for ensuring I had just a wonderful a time as the kids! Obviously, the monsters found me and dragged me back [...]
Scotia Travelling Book Festival
Well, I’m back from Scotland where I was honoured to take part in this year’s Scotia Travelling Book Festival, arranged by the wonderful people at Scotia Books. I couldn’t have had a better time, with three action-packed school events and getting to spend time in the Scotia Books warehouse, from where some of the best [...]
