Yeesh, quite a long stretch since the last entry, but good grief, my schedule is just stupid this month.  In the next 19 days, I'm travelling to Scotland, Wales, Ireland and the south coast, with local London pitstops along the way. 

But The Ask and the Answer is out!  Yes, it is.  On bookshelves in bookstores even.  And I've also found out that The Knife of Never Letting Go has been shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award, for first time children's writers.  Excellent stuff.

Meanwhile, writing continues apace on the final volume of the trilogy, and hey, if you're in Brighton on Sunday around noon, why not stop by the Brighton Festival and see me?