Well, there's not much, is there?  August being a very slow month for Europe.  I'm writing away, mostly, finishing up my next book A Monster Calls and already planning the one after that, which is tip-top secret but looks to be something delightfully evil.  I'll say no more, shhh...

A reminder, too, that I'm at the Edinburgh Festival on Sunday, 22 August at 4.30pm, so I hope to see some of you there.

And finally a welcome to all the new commenters:  Scott, Alex (it's not "blog", Alex, it's "biog" for "biography"), Gabriel (who seems to be the winning bidder for my Play The Shape Game "artwork"), Ben (from France), Hina, Kat and Maddy (from America), Stephan, Catie, and Joyce (from Puerto Rico!).  You're all very welcome.