I finally, finally got to meet the brilliant illustrator of A Monster Calls in person today.  At last!  He's called Jim Kay and just wait 'til you see his illustrations.  Unbelievably good, and perfect for the story.  They're just incredible.  I can't wait for the world to see them.  And he's lovely, too, really nice guy.  Definitely check him out.  (For those of you who've been asking, more info about the book is here)

I've also got a few comments lately about how I haven't updated the Events page in a while.  It's true, I haven't, but that's just because nothing's firm on the schedule just yet.  BUT there are some very exciting things in the works, including in a number of different parts of the world (and England and Ireland and Scotland and Wales, of course), just nothing I can write down quiiiiiiiiite yet.  But soon.  As soon as I know for sure, you will, too.

Thanks to all the new commenters, some really cool things there lately (including your own iPod eps, nice stuff).  One of these days in the not-too-distant future, I'll get around to a re-design so you don't have to scroll through 1500 people to write your own, I promise!