Quick hit today as I'm about to leave for the Edinburgh Festival (you can still come see me today and tomorrow, details here).

I was on Radio 4 Extra's 4 O'Clock Show yesterday, talking about my "Inheritance Books".  Listen to iPlayer here for another six days. 

And I review Paulo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker (and have some thoughts on dystopias) in today's Guardian.

Hello to the new (and returning!) commenters, and now to catch mass transport to Scotland...