• Just Kids Books and Lowplex

    18 April 2024

    For quite a while now, readers in the UK (and, to an extent, Europe) have been able to order complete sets of most of my series through Lowplex at extraordinarily low prices. The sets have...

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  • Lucca the troll

    17 April 2024

    One of the perks I offered in my Terrified Troll fundraiser was a handwritten copy of the poem that inspired the picture book. A grandfather called Stewart, who came to see me regularly with his...

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  • Bec - reviewed by Phoenix Project

    16 April 2024

    An interesting review of BEC by The Phoenix Project. The reviewer is as eloquent as ever, and praises the novel highly, but DOES call its placement in the series into question, arguing that it...

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  • US Review Of Books - Father of the Future

    15 April 2024

    When Father Of The Future - my latest novel for adult readers, released under the pseudonym of Darren Dash - was released late last year, it picked up lots of extremely positive reviews, including...

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  • Stone the crows!!!!

    11 April 2024

    When I announced late last year that I was working on my first ever picture book, The Terrified Troll, I said it had been inspired by my children and their love of chewing on stones when they were...

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  • Demon Thief readthrough

    10 April 2024

    I'm almost finished my read-through of Demon Thief, which I'm doing ahead of working on a structural plan for the potential Demonata TV adaptation. There's no guarantee that the adaptors --...

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