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The Hat of Great Importance – cover reveal

Cover reveal! The sequel to Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody is called The Hat of Great Importance, is once again illustrated brilliantly by Tim Miller, and is out in June 2025 worldwide.

When Daniel arrives at the school bus stop sporting a salmon-coloured hat, Zeke is shocked. Don’t only birds wear hats? As if this isn’t strange enough, the school suddenly has a new student – a fish of all things – and a mysterious new Guidance Counsellor. Meanwhile, Zeke’s friends seem to have ditched him, and ...

Piper at the Gates of Dusk – annoucement

“I dream of Noise,” says our young narrator. But that should be impossible. The Noise was “cured” years ago, though some would argue “cure” is entirely the wrong word for the cost it extracted. But our narrator isn’t the only one hearing it in his sleep; so are all of his friends and maybe every young person on New World.

Something is coming. From an inconceivable interstellar distance away, something is coming that is about to commit an unspeakable crime. Who can stop them? What chance does our...

Something is coming…

Announcement September 24th 2024.

Out now – Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody

“Sweet, kind, adorable and utterly bonkers.” Reader review

Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody, the new book from Patrick Ness, illustrated by Tim Miller, is out now!

When Zeke and his friends become Hall Monitors, they have no idea what they’re in for. Especially when Pelicarnassus – school bully and wannabe supervillain – develops a grudge that gets wildly out of hand…

Can they save their school – and maybe the world – from being destroyed by a megalomaniac pelican?

 

Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody – cover reveal

Cover reveal! Introducing Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody, Patrick’s first middle grade book which is brilliantly illustrated by Tim Miller. That’s Zeke on the cover. He’s really just trying to get to the end of the school day, but a very unpleasant pelican has other plans…

Available to pre-order now from all good booksellers and online here.

Different for Boys – upcoming events

Patrick is touring the UK to celebrate the release of Different for Boys, illustrated by Tea Bendix. Patrick will be visiting London, Liverpool and Edinburgh in March 2023.

Tuesday 7th March – EdinburghWednesday 8th March – LiverpoolThursday 9th March – London

Chaos Walking movie

Chaos Walking, based on The Knife of Never Letting Go, will be available for premium rental at home on all digital platforms in the UK from 2nd April, and available in cinemas as soon as they open.

Watch the trailer here:

Burn – available now

Burn, an all-consuming story of revenge, redemption and dragons, is available now!

Wonderful and mind-blowing and exhilarating and heart-stopping. What a storyteller! I loved it! Russell T Davies

A summer blockbuster of a novel: exciting, clever and moving. Somehow, Ness just keeps getting better. Juno Dawson

With two Carnegie medals to his name, Patrick Ness is a literary giant in young adult fiction, and his books remain gloriously original and unpredictable Mind-bending in the best...

New Book: BURN

New book announcement and cover reveal!

An all-consuming story of revenge, redemption and dragons from the twice Carnegie Medal-winner Patrick Ness.

In 1956 Sarah Dewhurst’s father shocks her by hiring a dragon to work the farm. The dragon is a smaller blue rather than the traditional larger reds, though even the reds are now scarce. When the blue dragon, Kazimir, unexpectedly saves Sarah and her friend Jason Inagawa from the attentions of the racist police deputy, Kelby, everything changes. Sarah is pa...

A Monster Calls on tour!

Following on from the Olivier Award winning production of A Monster Calls at The Old Vic, the play is now going on tour!

Click here to find out more and order your tickets.

The tour includes performances in:

Chichester Festival Theatre Nottingham Theatre Royal Lowry Theatre, Salford Belgrade Theatre, Coventry Sheffield Lyceum His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury Edinburgh King’s Theatre Malvern Theatres Norwich Theatre Royal Wales Millennium Centre Newcastle Theatre Ro...