This morning, the shortlist for the Royal Mail Award for Scottish Children’s Books was announced at the HQ of the Scottish Book Trust in Edinburgh. I was lucky enough to be invited along to the announcement because I now live quite close by and, well, because one of my books made the shortlist! The awards [...]
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8 of a Kind(le)
Breaking news here in my corner of the cave – all 8 published Scream Street books are now available for Amazon’s Kindle e-reader! Yes, it’s official – Scream Street has gone digital! You can read all about the release for The Kindle in the publishing industry magazine, The Bookseller, here… http://bit.ly/d9rBqs …and download the books [...]
Happy Birthday, Mr Harryhausen!
Today is the 90th birthday of Ray Harryhausen, creator and animator of some of the finest monsters in cinema. In fact in interviews such as this one Harryhausen has always said he prefers the term ‘creature’ to ‘monster’ – an indication of the respect and reverence with which he approached his storytelling. Each one of [...]
Oh, NO!
I was woken this morning by a low chuckle that came from somewhere beyond the rim of my pit. I heard a soft, fluttering sound then something landed on my face. What was it – some kind of parasitic spider-creature, trying to clamp itself to my brain? If only. It was this poster, and the [...]
Ronald Searle
Found myself passing Little Russell Street in London the other day (2 minutes from The British Museum), and popped in to see this wonderful exhibition by surely the king of the satirical pen Ronald Searle. He has just had his 90th birthday. It is a little sad that, apart a small handful of articles and [...]
CRAWLERS LAUNCH DAY!
It’s launch day for Crawlers, and I’m twitchier than a man with a parasitic spider-creature climbing up his ribs, about to clamp itself to the back of his neck. ;D For links to a brand new interview (with, um, me), a special Crawlers embeddable Flash widget(-!) and a video of SOMETHING VILE, take a look [...]
Coming Soon: A Story Never Told Before!
Stand by for a brand new collaborative story to be created spontaneously and episodically by all eight TBM authors. Over the coming weeks – or until the wheels fall off – we will be TAKING TURNS to write… THIS: THE UNSPEAKABLE HORROR! may (or may not) contain: A grater! A pair of broken spectacles! A [...]
BEWARE!
I have an announcement to make! Followers of TBM might remember Jethro’s Ace of Hearts, the story I posted here episodically together with some glorious artwork by our own David Melling. Well: during the next week (starting Mon 8th March) I am going to serialize the opening scene of my new book, Crawlers. The official [...]
‘Everyone’s Reading’ …our books! :D
As the dread day dawns of the first anniversary of our incarceration in these caves, here’s a lovely thing I’ve just heard about that’s cheered me up a bit. Commissioned by the UK government’s Department for Children, Schools and Families, The School Library Association has just produced Everyone’s Reading – a list of books the [...]
A big Thanksgiving smile for our readers in the USA…
…and a gleefully monstrous Thursday to everyone else This post is a warning. Prepare yourself for a final, climactic, gut-busting double helping of JETHRO’S ACE OF HEARTS, to be served right here at TBM slightly earlier than previously advertised – tomorrow, Friday 27th Nov 2009, at 0900 GMT. Thanks to atomicshark and Joystiq for the [...]
