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New Book Announcement!!

EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT!! I am thrilled to say that my new novel is called “And The Ocean Was Our Sky”, will be lavishly illustrated by the brilliant Rovina Cai (she drew the eye in the picture), and will be out simultaneously next fall in the U.K., Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. It started with me asking myself the question, “What if Moby Dick was told by the whale?” and got weirder from there… Hope you like it! 9-ish months to go.

A Monster Calls on the West End Stage!

Amazing news!  The Old Vic in London is producing a stage version of A Monster Calls, directed by the amazing Sally Cookson, to premiere next summer.  You can already buy tickets here!  It’ll have it’s opening tryout at the Bristol Old Vic beforehand, so two chances to see it!

Hello!

I have so badly ignored this site.  I’ll really try harder, I promise.  Ugh, social media though, huh?  THE ADDICTION TO IT IS INSANE!!  I check it compulsively, even when I don’t want to, even (especially) when I’ve got work to do.  Today is my birthday, for example, and I couldn’t stop checking it for birthday stuff!  I’m a grown human!  Unfortunately, my OCD has found a foothold there and, despite having tried different approaches for years, nothing’s worked so far so:

I’m deactivating my...

US tour for Release (and Chaos Walking starts filming…)

Hello!  If you’re in America, I’ve just put up dates for my US book tour for Release in the Events section.  Come along!  All free!  I’ll be in New York, Philadelphia, DC/Chevy Chase, Chicago, Austin and Seattle in September.  A few dates with Adam Silvera, too!  Can’t wait to see you.

And shooting on the Chaos Walking movie starts next week!  Amazing, I know, after all this time.  Cast includes Tom Holland as Todd, Daisy Ridley as Viola, Mads Mikkelsen as Mayor Prentiss, Nick Jonas as Davy,...

UK and US covers for Release!

The UK and US covers for Release have been revealed!  The UK cover is the pathway one and is out in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Denmark in May, and the railway one is the US cover and is out there and Canada in September.  I can’t wait for you to read this one.  I talk about it a little here to Buzzfeed.  Hope you like it!  Not long now…

New Book cover reveal!!

Have a look at the UK cover of my new novel Release (out 4 May in the UK and Ireland) on Buzzfeed! I also talk about the story and where it came from. Have a look!

The book is out in September in North America, and I’ll have a cover reveal for that one in early February!

A Monster Calls out soon!

Hey, guys, I know, I’ve been remiss here, but I promise to keep it up better. For now, the two big things are that A Monster Calls opens in the US (limited) on 23 December and wide on 6 January, and opens nationwide in the UK on 1 January. Hope you like it!

And the complete series of Class is up now on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer! Have a look.

Next year brings a new book, too, Release. So lots to come! Events and touring, too.

More soon about everything. All best. Patrick

A Monster Calls new trailer!

Have you seen the new trailer for A Monster Calls? It’s AMAZING!! Have a look…

Carnegie Shortlist (and Inkies!)

What a pleasure to find out that The Rest of Us Just Live Here is on the Carnegie Shortlist. They’ve been so kind and generous to me, and I’m so thrilled Rest of Us is there! If I win, I’d be the first to win a third medal, which would have been unthinkable when I started out. All I wanted to do was get a book published! And really, I’m from a small town where absolutely nobody famous comes from or anyone does anything like write books. If I can get here from there, you really can, too, I mea...

YA Book Prize Shortlist

This year’s YA Book Prize Shortlist has been announced and 1) it’sstonkingly strong and 2) The Rest of Us Just Live Here is on it! If you’re looking for very fine YA to read, you could do a LOT worse than start with that list. Winner announced 2 June.