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August 20, 2013
Lockwood hits the shelves…
Lockwood hits the shelves…
Lockwood launches at Edinburgh
Two great events at the Edinburgh Festival today - a fine schools one in the morning, and a lovely evening session with old fans and new. Thrilling to see the Screaming Staircase piled on the shelves for the first time.
In between events…
In between events…
Reading at the Edinburgh Festival this morning.
Reading at the Edinburgh Festival this morning.
August 19, 2013
First Lockwood Events!
Today saw me do my first ever Screaming Staircase events - at two schools near Glasgow, Scotland. I took the train over from Edinburgh early, and visited St Luke’s High School and Calibar Primary School, both in Barrhead. It was great to introduce people to Lucy, Lockwood and George for the first time. We had volunteers dressing in ghost-hunting kit, discussions of various deadly types of ghost, saw the fantastic Lockwood trailer and generally had a fine time. Also we had our first account of a possible real-life haunting: a girl who’d watched a pile of papers rotate mysteriously on her table at home… Poltergeist activity, perhaps? I wonder how many more eerie true-life tales we’ll get during the international tour…?
An author ready for action…
An author ready for action…
August 16, 2013
Literatwo Interview now online
The Lockwood season began for me a couple of months ago, when I did an extensive interview with the German literary site, Literatwo. Now the English transcript is available online: http://bit.ly/1abWcm6. Lots about Lockwood, Bart, ghosts and the never-before-asked (or answered) question…
August 13, 2013
Lockwood Launch Party Competition!
On September 4th my UK publishers are hosting my Lockwood launch party at a haunted pub in central London. If you’d like to come and join us, there are 5 pairs of tickets up for grabs… Visit http://bit.ly/1ct8Izo to find out how to win them. Good luck, and hope to see you there!
August 7, 2013
Lockwood trailer now online!
The cracking trailer for The Screaming Staircase has been released. Check it out at: http://bit.ly/12X3gke. My tip is to watch it late at night, with the sound up high - if you dare…
August 1, 2013
'Ghosts' in Lockwood: here's the result...
Well, the great count-up is done, and the number of times the word ‘ghost’ appears in the main text of Lockwood is…
(drum roll)
… 197!
Phew, that’s quite a lot, isn’t it? Don’t worry, there ARE a few other words in the book too. The 20 lucky winners are listed here: http://on.fb.me/128MRFs
One person got within 1 of the correct total! Congratulatons to all.
