• The Coleford Festival of Words is in full swing. Last night we saw Chris Amery perform a dramatic presentation of Homer’s Illiad, which gave me much food for thought, as my next big project is set in Ancient Greece.

    Later we were entertained by Jonny Fluffypunk, who performs funny poetry that rails against capitalism and tofu at the same time. Great fun! He was supported by my friend (the crime fiction writer) Andrew Taylor (In the captain’s hat, above) and his band The Pukes, who are… interesting!

    Tomorrow, Wednesday 12th August, I’m joining the panel for a debate on the future of the book called “Is The Book Dead?” at 6.30 at the Baptist Church in Coleford – come along!

    On Saturday I will be doing a Monster Boy session, at the bookshop at 11am, with stories and drawing – come along for that too!

  • Axel and Uncle Raffles take a dive!
    Axel and Uncle Raffles take a dive!

    Hooray! I’ve just finished the artwork for Axel Storm – Diamond Moon. This should be out next month! I hope we are still on schedule. The first two books should be coming out any day.

  • My new local library in Coleford, has rather swish new shelves. They look like they are made of glass but I think they may be polycarbonate. Being transparent, they make the library much brighter and the books appear to float.

    The building is in a different part of town to the old one, so I don’t go past often to just drop in. But I gather it is doing very well and getting a lot more visits, so well done all round.