Borders Book Festival 2011
A fantastic literary festival in the beautiful Scottish Borders. I had the pleasure of spending last weekend in the rainy, but gorgeous surroundings of [...]
Creative Writing Resources for Young People
While I was signing books at the Leeds Book Awards, I had a chat with a pupil who asked me for tips on writing and [...]
“Chicken, asparagus and ice cream”…
...and other answers to Random Questions at the Leeds Book Awards. I need a new camera to replace my dead one. if I had had [...]
New Reviews of The Blackhope Enigma…
...from some excellent book bloggers. The Blackhope Enigma has had three enthusiastic reviews over the past few weeks and I thought I'd post them here. [...]
We Have Our Winners!
Two lovely people won ARC's of the US edition of THE BLACKHOPE ENIGMA over the weekend. The books will be winging their way to states [...]
The Blackhope Enigma ARC competition!
What is an ARC, you might ask? Read on! The Blackhope Enigma will be published in the USA on August 9 by Candlewick [...]
Original art for Kidlit4Japan online auction.
I am delighted to be contributing this small painting to the Kidlit4Japan online auction to raise funds for UNICEF and Save the Children's [...]
Authors for Japan
An online auction to raise funds for Red Cross relief efforts in Japan. Author Keris Stainton generously made time to create an online auction of [...]
The Lost Thing
Those of you who have read my blog from the beginning might remember this post about extraordinary author and artist, Shaun Tan. He is one [...]
Mapping Ideas
In which I deconstruct and reconstruct The Next Book. I am on a short breather from work on my next children's novel. This gives [...]
My New Studio Mascot
Everyone needs one of these! This little guy was given to me by the excellent Karen MacDonald, creator of Nameless Wonders. I gave Karen [...]
My Goodreads Author Page
Yes, I am on Goodreads, too! You can visit my page here. See you there!
My Official Facebook Page
I have an official Facebook author page at last! It has been fun to watch the number of followers grow over the past few weeks [...]
Where Have I Been All This Time?
I am feeling terribly guilty at not stopping by my blog recently. I last posted just before heading off to the Lennoxlove Book Festival, which [...]
Door Art
So I walked into Linlithgow Bridge Primary School last week and what did I find but amazing The Blackhope Enigma 'door art' made by [...]
Blackhope Enigma Events, Past and Future
On the road with mazes and monsters... I am stopping to take a breath after a number of days out in schools and libraries [...]
On the road again
The Blackhope Enigma roadshow is on the move again! This weekend I'll be Halloweening it at the Works Festival in North Lanarkshire, then next week [...]
Cheltenham Literary Festival
When last you heard from me, I was gunning to finish the draft of The Next Book. I had built up a head of steam, [...]
That Pivotal Moment
It's a very strange feeling to know you're on the final leg of a marathon. This blog has been sorely neglected. It's growing weeds and [...]
Back from the Book Tour…
..to find a nice book review waiting for me! I was hoping to have a few pictures to post from last week's The Blackhope Enigma [...]