Well, I suppose it had to happen… Tired of keeping us locked in dark, depressing caves and watching us struggle to understand the unfamiliar Monstrese letters on our bone keyboards as we write for this blog, the monsters went one step further. We were blindfolded and taken to a theatre in leafy Abingdon where we [...]
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Trapped By Monsters – LIVE!
I think this clip‘s pretty self-explanatory… Are you, reading this, anywhere near Abingdon, England on this coming Saturday June 20th? Then click here for all the details!
Running from a Russian
The more observant of you may well have noticed that I haven’t been posting much of late. There’s a very good reason for my lack of activity on here. I escaped. It started a couple of weeks back, when I was invited to go and talk to the winners of the Pushkin Prizes – a [...]
‘There’s something big out there…’
Two quick things to keep you ticking over… First up, I have the honour to present The Amazing Blog for Boys. This is a brand new site created by Mostly Books to promote their upcoming Amazing Books for Boys event — an event at which, in addition to talks by Robert Muchamore and Chris Bradford, [...]
Too Scary For You?
This is a weird one for me. Yesterday, on my favourite film site, Twitch, I found a post with an astonishing clip from thrilling-looking upcoming animated feature film 9 by Shane Acker… …But the Twitch team are worried it might be too scary! It’s a serious point I guess, so I’m not going to attempt [...]
The Crystal Palace Children’s Book Festival
Those of you who are within travelling distance of London have a real treat in store in the last week of April. Alex Milway, author and illustrator of the absolutely fantastic Mousehunter books, has organised The Crystal Palace Children’s Book Festival, which runs from the 24th to the 26th of the month. As you may [...]
Monsters Stole My Head!
As you’ll see from this pic in The Buckinghamshire Examiner, the monsters have stolen the top twenty centimetres of my face, leaving me with nothing above my neck but a huge, cheesy grin. Some people might think it’s an improvement, I know. But I hope the monsters bring the rest of my head back: I’m [...]
Finally free to post!
Phew! Sorry for not posting much (OK – at all) over the past couple of weeks, but I’ve been busier than … something that’s really quite busy. First of all I was allowed out of the cave for TWO WHOLE DAYS to visit Lochyside Primary School in Fort William, where I did lots of storywriting [...]
Awesome Amersham Art Attack!
Here’s a pic of me doing my stuff during yesterday’s brilliant visit to Amersham School, in Buckinghamshire: See that display in the background? Take a closer look…! Aren’t these spectacular?? This fantastic display of TIM and BLACK TAT art was created especially for my visit by students in Amersham’s Year 8. Their work is going [...]
Heroes vs Villains!
Andy Briggs and Mark Walden (author of the HIVE series) will be battling it out on stage in the Oxford Festival this Sunday!!! (5th April!) Come along for the Battle Royale and to vote for your favourite side… and to meet the authors while you can!! TICKETS ON SALE NOW!! – 2pm!! Price £3.50!! Click [...]
