Author Archive
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
‘The exact book…’
To St Bonaventure’s School in Newham today, to speak to around forty Year 8 students. This was an absolute monster of a session: due to some administrative miscommunication I’d found out – yesterday – that instead of (as I’d thought) being booked for two hour-long talks with different groups, in fact I was going to […]
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
NANOBOTS!
Q&A time again. My thanks and best wishes today to Edward Z, who asks: Is any of the stuff about nanobots in Tim actually true, or are nanobots in general just a completely made up concept used only for literature and film purposes? I know there is nanotechnology, but actual nano robots? Hey Edward! Sorry […]
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Guestbook Goodness – and a fine review!
My, my, what a lot of updates I seem to be posting lately! But I’ve got to tell you about these: First up, here’s a wonderful review of Tim that was forwarded this morning from my UK publishers. YAY! ‘REX AND VIOLENCE: Forget your Dark Materials, Eragons and Narnias. If ever a children’s book deserves […]
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Arm-waving at EGA
This afternoon it was my great privilege to go do my stuff at Elizabeth Garrett Anderson school for girls. It’s actually the third time I’ve been invited there; it was a pleasure as always… …and, also as always at my events, I waved my arms about like a big, black-clad, blond baboon. 😉 Let’s start […]
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
Once a fool…
Hey there! Just surfacing briefly from deep-drilling work on PHASE THREE to tell you about the excellent weekend I just had. Spent a lot of it on TRAINS, but it was definitely worth it! On Saturday I got up at stupid o’clock to catch my first train of the weekend, going from London’s King’s Cross […]
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
No! Sleep! Till BEDTIME!
I’m here, I’m alive but I’m incredibly dopey, and I’m horribly SHORT OF KIP. It’s my own fault, of course. I sat up late into last night reading, utterly gripped, first by George Pelecanos‘ majestic mystery novel HELL TO PAY. And then, once that reached its wonderful conclusion, like the story-addicted fool that I am […]
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
Hornsey Chatterbooks and the Creatures of the Deep Blue Sea!
I’ve just come back from my second official visit to Hornsey Library, in Crouch End, North London – lair of supreme ninja librarian Sean Edwards and his excellent Chatterbooks Reading Group! I’ve spoken to this reading group before, back in October 06, and while (most of!) the faces have changed, the feeling has not: their […]
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Big Green Wednesday and the Modular Menace!
Two small green photos from The Big Green Bookshop…! …the FABULOUS new independent bookstore that opened in London’s Wood Green (a short hop from where I live!) just a couple of months ago. To my great glee and delight, samurai booksellers Simon and Tim invited me there to come and speak this morning to a […]
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Monday, April 28th, 2008
Meanwhile, back at the desk…!
Blimey. What with the rest of the New York trip and one thing and another, this last week has been a bit manic. But I’m here, I’ve survived [vodka pizza is DELICIOUS, btw! ;)] and all is good. I’ve got some more events and appearances lined up over the next few months – watch this […]
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
NYC Comic Con GLEE!
The New York Comic Con was amazing! But I’m putting this post together in great haste, fully expecting my internet connection to conk out on me again at any second (RRR!) so I’d better tell this one in pictures. 😉 I’d been to conventions in the UK, but nothing prepared me for this. I hear […]
