Raymond Briggs
I was saddened to hear that Raymond Briggs has died. Briggs had a unique and immediately recognisable style that was equally suited to heartwarming and heartbreaking stories.
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10 years of TRUST
While I wait to be able to share with you the HUGE news I’m currently sitting on, I’ve been looking back at a few of my older books. Last weekend I managed to inadvertently wind up a climate change denier…
One year since Autumn: Dawn
Well, that went fast! It’s a year today since AUTUMN: DAWN hit the shelves. To say I’m thrilled with how the new AUTUMN books have been received is an understatement. I was worried how fans of the original series would…
Midsummer Macabre
Very pleased to announce that I’ll be appearing (virtually) at my friend Joseph Freeman‘s MIDSUMMER MACABRE event alongside Peter Atkins, Tim Lebbon, Alison Moore, and Joseph himself. It takes place online from 1pm UK time on Saturday 25 June. I…
Still here
I need to start with an apology. I’ve had a few messages from folks wondering if everything was alright because I’d disappeared. It’s true. I’ve barely left a mark online recently. This iteration of my website has been running since…
A few brief updates
I have a few very quick updates to share. I have some BIG news coming soon, but I’m not allowed to talk about that just yet… First, I used to keep a set of my books at my mum’s house.…
Read an eBook Week
I try and post about this initiative every year. Last year I wrote about how important eBooks were to me in the early days of my career (they still are today). When we’re talking about eBooks, the conversation often focuses…
Autumn: Inferno – audiobook now available
On this darkest of days in Europe it doesn’t really feel appropriate to be posting about my nonsense books, but a number of people have worked very hard to make this happen and I’m keen for folk to hear this…
One week until Autumn: Inferno is released
A quick reminder that the release of AUTUMN: INFERNO is now just one week away. LONDON’S BURNING! Population seven million 99.9% of them dead The survival of the rest still balanced on a knife-edge Pre-order links are now up and…
The Battle of Wapping
It’s less than three weeks now until AUTUMN: INFERNO is released. I thought you might like to read an excerpt. The book opens with an army of survivors setting out to reclaim the streets of London from the dead –…