So I'm back from lovely Cornwall, just in time to spend yesterday in Portsmouth, speaking to a very bright and engaged group of students, most of whom on the Master's in Creative Writing course.  I got to be pompous and pontificable for two hours; bliss for any writer.

I've also been getting a lot of queries asking after Book Two of Chaos Walking (i.e., the sequel to The Knife of Never Letting Go).  It's called The Ask and the Answer, comes out in May in the UK (June in Australia, Sept in America), and is remarkably already available for pre-order from amazon, bless them.

In fact, we just finalised the cover for it this past week, and it's a corker.  If you liked the Knife cover, you're gonna love this.

It's a busy week with appearances (see the Events page for details) and the BookTrust Teenage Prize, which is announced at a ceremony on Tuesday.  Quality problems, I know, but I do have a third book to write...