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Colouring over the whitewash
Liar So, who’s been following the recent debacle about a Bloomsbury book with the cover image of a white girl to illustrate the story of a black girl? Liar by Justine Larbalestier was due to hit...
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2010: welcome to the future
Snow in my garden Happy new year to everyone! This post is 19 days late because I began the new year with a stinking cold and I didn’t even go out and play in the snow which has been 8 inches deep or...
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The Guardian asked writers for their ten rules for writing (part one and part two available here). I like lots of bit and pieces of advice and might take one rule from each author. But overall I liked...
View ArticleInterrogating the text from the sock-puppet perspective
Attention, authors of the world! It is bad enough to argue with people who post reviews of your books on Amazon telling them they’re not reading it right. (cf Anne Rice, 2004) But it is so much worse...
View Article9081 library loans
Last year my books were borrowed 9081 times from libraries. Bad Blood: 2177 Ghost of a Chance: 2766 Hex: 80 Hex Shadows: 38 Hex Ghosts: 60 Roundabout: 1173 Rights of Passage Borderland: 164 Rights of...
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Twisted Winter
Earlier this year I write a short story for a new collection “Twisted Winter” due to come out in the Autumn of 2013 – in time to usher in another snowy winter. Its official blurb describes it as “A...
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Twisted Winter out now
On the 26th of September, Twisted Winter: Chilling Takes from the Darkest Nights was released. It’s a collection edited by Catherine Butler with stories from Susan Cooper, Katherine Langrish, Liz...
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