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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Beware the Full Moon
I was delighted to have this little book poked through the doorway to my cave yesterday. The cover, with its blood red title of ‘Wolf’ and its fantastic illustration, instantly caught my attention. WARNING! This book grabs you by the throat and snarls ‘READ ME!’. Unable to resist a snarling book, I thought I’ll just [...]
He Is…
You are alone, surrounded by blood-sucking mutants who will stop at nothing to turn you into one of them. Well, maybe your schooldays aren’t quite that bad (;p), but as a back to school read I reckon I Am Legend by Richard Matheson is pretty much unbeatable. It’s hard to believe it was first published [...]
B-B-B-BACK TO SCHOOL
It’s nearly BACK TO SCHOOL in the caves. You might not think that school term times would have much meaning for we authors as we scribble away at our literary masterpieces under the watchful eye (literally, one eye) of INTESTINES JIMMY – the biggest and longest Monster in the caves. He gets the most author guard [...]
Jorge, Luis and Borges…
Today it’s the anniversary of the birth of Jorge Luis Borges. He’d have been 112 today, which is pretty old, even for a writer.
Review: UNDEAD by Kirsty McKay
First up, the official blurb: It was just another school trip… When their ski-coach pulls up at a cafe, and everyone else gets off, new girl Bobby and rebel Smitty stay behind. They hardly know each other but that changes when through the falling snow, they see the others coming back. Something has happened to [...]
One Sweet Piece of Genius
Do you like pirates? Do you think the ‘Caribbean flicks were a bit… disappointing? Then look this way: One Piece by writer/artist Eiichiro Oda will shiver your timbers… Monkey D. Luffy (above, centre) is determined to be the greatest pirate the world has ever seen. Another person might see having no ship, no crew, and [...]
Spin City
The Book Spinner – aka Michael from Erdington Library in Birmingham – takes Scream Street 1: Fang of the Vampire for a spin!
Drift / Grip
“Adults always say ‘That can’t happen’ or ‘that’s impossible’ …But we know that anything can happen. That’s why we’ve managed to survive.” -Sho, from vol. 3 of The Drifting Classroom, by Kazuo Umezu After a furious row with his mother before heading off late to his school in Tokyo, Sho Takamatsu’s morning already isn’t going [...]
Crazy Golf
Here’s another sample chapter from Boredom Busters for the Kindle – along with news that I’ve dropped the price to just 99p! — CRAZY GOLF Take your clubs and hit the green as you create obstacles for an indoor crazy golf course. Fore! Club Culture A golfer isn’t a golfer without a CLUB to [...]
