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January 25, 2017

Proof copy!

So . . . this is what I have been working on . . . WHO RUNS THE WORLD? Welcome to the Matriarchy. “Sixty years after a virus has wiped out almost all the men on the planet, things are pretty much just …

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January 17, 2017

Ruby in Danish!

I don’t know how I missed this one! It’s Regnen – the Danish edition of The Rain, translated by Randi Bjerre Høfring. Mange tak, Turbine!  

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September 14, 2016

Still quiet

Very quiet. Now working with industrial ear-defenders on (my neighbourhood can be a little noisy at times) to get THE NEW BOOK finished. Meantime, The Storm has been published in paperback by Sourcebo …

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March 26, 2016

I’ve gone quiet

I was speechless at North Oxfordshire Academy. That’s the post pic: first time I met ‘Darius Spratt’. (Thank you so much, student ‘C’! I was AMAZED.) Superb cosplay – and I never even knew what that w …

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February 24, 2016

It’s back!

WORLD BOOK DAY TEEN FEST 2-3rd March ‘WBD TeenFest will combine live chats with your favourite YA authors, exclusive author blogs, DIY videos, fabulous competitions, fun deskies and shelfies PLUS our …

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January 6, 2016

The 2015 round-up

CHAOS! APOLOGIES! SO LATE! 2015 was an astonishing year for me and that Ruby Morris. So grateful to readers – and to schools, book awards, YALC and Macmillan for opportunities to get out there. If you …

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November 10, 2015

Cake!

As you know, The Rain didn’t win at the Oxfordshire Book Awards (it came 3rd!), but I went along to the ceremony anyway. Had to: I come from Abingdon – and I was so very pleased and delighted that Rub …

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October 20, 2015

School report: Sherborne Lit Fest

Do teens go to lit fests? Yes – and no. It might cost money, it might be after school . . . it might just seem like a lit fest isn’t a teen kind of thing . . . I’ve got to hand it to Sherborne Literar …

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September 28, 2015

Bath Kids Lit Fest

It happened – and it’s still happening, until Sunday 4th October. Go see the website: Bath Kids Lit Fest I went early on Saturday night to hear Patrick (ooo I like his writing so much!) Ness, and stay …

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August 7, 2015

German reviews/Deutsches Rezensionen #2!

Fantastisch #2! More German reviews of Rain! Vielen danke! “Realistische Darstellung eines düsteren Weltuntergangs-Szenarios – authentisch und fesselnd.” (test-bericht.info) Karin Hahn Rezensionen Yvo …

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