I haven’t posted any news for a while because I have been working on a few new projects, including a new poetry collection, which is called The Bramble King. I am also writing a book for younger readers (9-12) called The Clockwork Crow. It’s set in a very bitter winter and I’m having to use… Continue reading
Dr Dimitra Fimi’s new book is out shortly, and it looks great. I’m honoured that my book Darkhenge is discussed, and its relationship to the Taliesin myth explored. Dimitra and I had a great discussion on Welsh legends, folktales, Taliesin, Ceridwen and other fascinating things in a cafe in Cardiff last year, and now I’m… Continue reading
The Crystal Stair, sequel to At the World’s End, has been chosen as a January favourite for teenagers by Book Trust. Check that out here… Continue reading
It’s great to see a review of Speed of Darkness by Philip Womack in the current issue of the Literary Review. In excellent company too! Read More Continue reading
I will be co-tutoring a course on Writing Fiction and Poetry for YA using myth and Legends at Ty Newydd in October 2017. A long way off, as yet, but places are limited. My co tutor is Kevin Crossley-Holland, author of the Arthur trilogy and eminent folklorist, www.kevincrossley-holland.com and our guest reader is Katherine Langrish.… Continue reading
It’s great news that AT THE WORLD’S END has been selected to be part of the 40 book pack that Booktrust is giving FREE to schools in England. Anyone who teaches Year 7 can apply and there are some fantastic authors there. I only wish Welsh schools could get them. Here’s the link www.booktrust.org/programmes/secondary/school-library-pack/ I… Continue reading
The Crystal Stair, a sequel to At the World’s End is published this month from the wonderful Barrington Stoke. Caz and Will have reached the mysterious Settlement but it’s not the paradise they hoped and Caz needs to find out if her father is alive out there in the frozen world….But what horrors await at… Continue reading