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It’s World Book Night!
No no no, I mean, it’s the morning of World Book Night, which means you still have hours to decide what you’re going to wear. I thought I’d borrow my daughter’s Cat in the Hat outfit, one of my few forays into Proper Motherhood. (Yes, I made it. Just look at those 3 fingered gloves [...]
PICTURE MEG ONE
I am startled to discover that my new book already has an amazon page. Yes, Picture Me Gone, will be published on March 7, 2013, in hardback, and will set you back £12.99. The reason I’m startled is that I’m still a teensy bit dubious about one of the subplots, my editor hasn’t read the final [...]
The end of the world is nigh.
Nothing to do with the fact that I haven’t been blogging much recently (sorry…) which has more to do with being away, and finding the blogging centre of my brain uncharacteristically occupied by finishing the latest novel. This means the end of the book is nigh. Which is good. But the end of the world is [...]
“One of the almost nonexistent real authors.”
You know me, dear blogees. I’m not one to blow my own modest little brass trumpet. Nevertheless. Every once in a while a fan letter appears that just makes a person smile. Which is what this one does. (The book in question, by the way, is Just In Case. I’ll explain it to him later.) [...]
FAN LETTERS. SIGNED BY THE ARTHUR.
I found this letter on the most wondrous of blogs, so full credit to lettersofnote.com. Anyone who’s been facebooking or tweeting might have seen it, but it was just too good not to share with everyone else. While you read, I’ll go answer a few (moderately illiterate) fan letters. In 1958, a schoolboy named Robert [...]
I love Gecko Press
This is a shameless endorsement. I am, however, not the BBC, so can express my love for Gecko without having to give Disney a right to reply. Gecko Press is a small New Zealand-based publisher of picture books from around the world — in translation. If you’re not intimately involved in publishing, you may not [...]
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