Even better (and this really is AWESOME), Foyle's is going to have an exhibition of Jim Kay's artwork from the book plus more from 21 January - 3 February, and I'm hoping he'll be appearing with me at the event, too! Check it out.

Also, I'll be appearing at the Cologne Literature Festival on 21 March. Hope to see you there!

And I've just confirmed that I'm on a panel at this year's Oxford Literature Festival on 24 March, with the very cool writers Tim Bowler, Sally Nicholls and Moira Young.  If you're in the area, check us out.

Then on 7 September, I'm appearing with Meg Rosoff in the Schools Programme of the Mountains to Sea Festival in Dublin.  Info here.

From 12-15 September, I'm touring Germany, Austria and Switzerland for the German-language launch of A Monster Calls ("Sieben Minuten nach Mitternacht").  Here are the dates and for booking details go here:

12 Sept - Vienna, 7.30pm, Buchhandlung Wilhelm Frick, contact mailto:kaerntnerstrasse@buchhandlung-frick.at for details.

13 Sept - Zurich, 7.30pm, Buch & Kunst Nievergelt, contact info@buch-kunst.ch for details. 

14 Sept - Berlin, 4.30pm, Bibliothek am Wassterturm, contact georgbuechnerbuchladen@t-online.de  for details. 

14 Sept - Berlin, 8pm, Le Johann Rose Cafe Bar, contact Le Johann Rose Café Bar for details.

15 Sept - Hamburg, 2pm, St Pauli Kirche, part of the Harbour Front Festival, contact them for tickets. 

15 Sept - Hamburg, 7pm, Amerikahaus, also part of the Harbour Front Festival.

And then it looks like I'm appearing at the Cheltenham Book Festival back in England on 8 October, but that may not be officially announced yet (so shhh...).  More details as and when.

Next, I'm doing an event surrounding the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize on Saturday, 20 August at 6pm with the excellent Andy Stanton and Julia Eccleshare. Tickets for that one are here.

And finally, I'm doing an event about dystopias with Moira Young, author of Blood Red Road, on Sunday, 21 August at 3.30pm and tickets for that one are here.

I'm coming to Dublin in May and will be having a public event at the big Eason's Bookstore there on the evening of 12 May at 6.30 pm, in conversation with the fabulous Sarah Webb.  Tickets are FREE but you do need to get one by calling 01-8583800 (in Ireland).  More details here.

I'll also be appearing at the Hay Festival with the brilliant David Almond on Saturday, 28 May at 5.30pm.  Tickets are available here.  Hope to see you there!

MINNESOTA - The big thing I'm coming for is the brilliant Red Hot Rebel Read project at Champlin Park High School, just north of Minneapolis, where I'll be doing tons of events with the students there (2800 of them, all of whom are reading Knife!).  Part of it includes a public event at the school on 30 September at 7:00pm, so it'd be great if you'd like to come along.

I shall also be signing books at the Red Balloon Bookshop on Grand Street in St Paul on Saturday, 2 October from 12-1pm.  Details here.  Even cooler, Suzanne Collins will there at 2pm the same day, so a big YA trilogy bonanza, if you want to come on down.

WISCONSIN - I'll be visiting a school and recording an appearance on Wisconsin Public Radio.  More details soon.

SEATTLE - I'll be visiting some schools here (almost my hometown!), visiting Amazon and also doing a public signing at Third Place Books in Lake Forest on Thursday, 7 October from 4-5pm (who are also reading Knife as part of their Teen Book Club).  Great to see some folks from home there, if you can make it.

PORTLAND, OR - And finally, I'll be appearing twice at Wordstock Literature Festival in Portland on Saturday, 9 October, once on a panel from noon-1pm with LK Madigan and Conrad Wesselhoeft, and then in a solo event from 5-6pm.  Tickets don't seem quite available just yet, but I'll keep you posted.

I'm going to be at Foyle's bookshop on Charing Cross Road on Thursday, 22 July, 6.30-8.30pm for the launch of Losing It, to which I've contributed a brand new short story (first review here!).  To get a FREE ticket, just email events@foyles.co.uk.  Even though it's for Losing It, I'll also happily sign copies of Monsters of Men, too.  Hope to see you there!

And on Sunday, 22 August, 4.30-5.30, I'll be appearing at the Edinburgh Book Festival talking about Monsters of Men.  Tickets go on sale for that 26 June.  Hope to see you there!

25-28 February I'll be at the Perth Writers' Festival .  Details below:

25 February, Perth, I'll be doing two events with Kirsty Murray as part of the Perth Writers' Festival Schools Day.

27 February, Perth, 3.30-4.30pm, I'm on a really cool panel event called "Sex, Drugs and Braces" about controversial topics in teen fiction, with James Roy and Jack Heath.

28 February, Perth, 12.30-1.25pm, I'm doing a solo event as part of Perth Writers' Festival Family Day.

I believe all my Perth Writers' Festival events are free, but you may need to get yourself a ticket!

3 March, Geelong, Victoria, 5.30-7.30pm, an event at the Waterfront Campus Library of Deakin University, Deakin Library, for booking info call 1300 360 436.

4 March, Melbourne, Victoria, I'm doing two events for the State Library of Victoria Centre for Youth Literature with Isobelle Carmody.  Session 1 starts at 10am, Session 2 starts at 1pm.  Details for booking here.

5 March, Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, 10.30-11.45am, I'm doing an event at Ferntree Gully Library & Community Centre.  For bookings, please phone Ferntree Library on (03) 9294 8140.

9 March, Sydney, NSW, 6-7.30pm, University of Sydney, Lecture Theatre 351.  I'll be "presenting".  Not sure yet what form that'll take, but it should be fun.  Details and booking here.

11 March, New Zealand (national), I'll be appearing on TVNZ Good Morning, which looks to be great fun!  Check it out of you're living in New Zealand.

11 March, Wellington, New Zealand, 1.30pm, Scots College, Strathmore.  Mostly schools, but also open to the public for a $5 donation to Haiti relief.  Contact John McIntyre, The Children's Bookshop, NZ: 04 3873905 for bookings.

12 March, Auckland, New Zealand, 7.00pm, St Cuthberts College auditorium, 122 Market Road, Epsom, for bookings contact: Jabberwocky Children's Bookshop, 04 9 524 4781, kidsbooks@jabberwocky.co.nz

15 March, Brisbane, Queensland, 6.30-7.30pm, Queensland University of Technology, Lecture Room N515.  I'll be presenting here as well.  Booking details via ci.publiclectures@qut.edu.au or (07) 3138 5466.

17-19 March I'll be at the Somerset Writers' Festival at Somerset College in Mudgeeraba on the Gold Coast in Queensland.  This is a huge festival for writers for young people, and I'll be doing several events.  Details below:

17 March, Somerset Writers' Festival, I'll be doing a Grades 10-12 event from 10.15-11am.  Details and booking here.

18 March, Somerset Writers' Festival, I'll be doing a Grades 8-10 event from 11.15-12noon and a Grades 10-12 event from 1.45-2.30pm.  Details and booking here.

18 March, Somerset Writers' Festival (adult event), on this day I'll also be doing an adult panel event called "Growns Up or Growing Up" with Markus Zusak, Sofie Laguna, and Sophie Lee, from 4-5pm.  You will need tickets for this one, definitely.  Details and booking here.

19 March, Somerset Writers' Festival, I'll be doing a Grades 8-10 event from 9.15-10am and a Grades 10-12 event from 11.15-12noon.  Details and booking here.

I believe there'll also be other social events throughout the Festival and plenty of great authors, too.  If you're on or near the Gold Coast, I highly recommend checking this one out.

I'll be signing at the Preston branch of Borders Books on Tuesday, 13 October, at 5pm.  Call 01772 703856 for info. 

And I'll also be signing at 3.30pm Wednesday 14th October at Waterstones, 1-5 Bridlesmith Gate, Nottingham, NG1 2GR. Tel 0115 948 4499 for more details.  Hope to see you at one or the other!

I'll be at the Cambridge Festival of Ideas on Saturday, 24 October, 1.30pm.

I'll be attending the awards ceremony for the Booktrust Teenage Prize on 18 November.  (I also won this one last year and am extremely surprised and chuffed to be shortlisted this year for The Ask and the Answer).

Plus, I'll be teaching a course at the Arvon Foundation next year, but I don't think details are available for that just yet. 

And I'll be in Australia Feb/March 2010, so more details as they become available, too!

I'll be appearing at the Edinburgh Festival on Wednesday, 26 August at 6:30pm, with Bernard Beckett.  I'm also doing a schools event the next day.

I'll be at the Bath Festival of Children's Literature on Tuesday, 22 September, 6.30pm, with Meg Rosoff and Terence Blacker.  Again, I'll be doing school events as well.

I'll be at the Cambridge Festival of Ideas on Saturday, 24 October, 1.30pm.  Booking starts 17 August.

Plus, I'll be teaching a course at the Arvon Foundation next year, but I don't think details are available for that just yet. 

And I'll be in Australia Feb/March 2010, so more details as they become available, too!

Saturday, 4 April 2009, 9.45-10.30am, The Federation of Children's Book Groups Conference

Monday, 20 April 2009, 9.30-10.30am, London Book Fair Seminar, with my lovely editor Denise Johnstone-Burt, talking about the editing process.

Wednesday, 22 April 2009, talking to a book group at Lister Community School in Newham who've been kind enough to read The Knife of Never Letting Go.

Sunday, 10 May 2009, 10.00am, Brighton Festival, definitely open to the public, so book now!

14-17 May 2009, Several events in Dublin, including speaking at the Children's Books Ireland Conference, more details of the whole trip soon

19-20 May 2009, trip to Edinburgh, more details soon again.

Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 2.30, Hay Festival, the schedule isn't final yet, it looks like there'll be this solo event and possibly another at 5.30 with other authors; final schedule and public booking tickets start on 10 April.

That's enough for now, but looking ahead, I've got bookings for other festivals later in the year that aren't announceable yet, so keep checking!

This Friday, 27 February, LSE Book Festival Weekend, 6pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, tickets free, panel discussion with Anthony MacGowan, Morris Gleitzman, Meg Rosoff and Elizabeth Laird.

The Brighton Festival, 10 May, 12noon, The Old Market, £5, in conversation with Laura Atkins.  Should be good fun, reading and signing, etc.

Lots more to come once they're official.