I'm leaving for Australia and New Zealand on Monday, so the updates here could slow down a bit pending travel time, wireless availability, a lack of desire not to come out of the sun...  But I'll be meeting quite of few of you in person anyway, so that'll more than make up for it.

Yesterday (it was done a bit early because of that very trip), I recorded an interview for The Sunday Feature programme on BBC Radio 3 to air on 21 March (don't worry, I'll remind you).  This one is presented by Louise Doughty, who did the interviewing (and produced by Beaty Rubens, who was lovely, too), and will be entirely about YA fiction, with interviews with other writers and a teenage panel of readers.  Should be great fun; I'll keep you posted.

And finally, a whole host of commenters to welcome:  Becky, Haley, Sophie-Anne, Ghausia, Najee, Kris, "Kilian", tks (writing tips here), Zead, Sarah Lily (I do indeed read them all), and Michael (who had no misspellings anywhere).