The ebay auction for the original artworks from the Play The Shape Game book is over, and we've managed to raise (by my count) over £11,000 for The Rainbow Trust.  The big ones were by Sir Peter Blake (who went for £2,650) and the brilliant Shirley Hughes (£1,000).  My, ahem, "artwork" went for a more modest but still flabbergasting £82.51, which was somehow more than both Ken Livingstone and Ian MacEwan.  Many thanks to all the bidders!

Also, a terrific review for Losing It over the weekend in the Irish Times by Robert Dunbar.  Great stuff!

Greetings to all the new commenters.  I'm hard at work on new writing, so things might be quiet for August, but Edinburgh Festival is coming up, so watch out for that on 22 August.