Author Archive
Friday, May 15th, 2009
A Tale of Woe!
Check Trapped By Monsters for the sorry saga of awesome author Alexander Gordon Smith, and his doomed attempts to rescue us from captivity. 😀 ————————– Comments? Suggestions? Questions? Me and THE WEBSPHINX would love to hear from you! Drop us a line at the Tim, Defender of the Earth Guestbook for current or Tim stuff, […]
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Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Laughing, Lincoln
Here’s a great pic from one of the two talks I gave today at Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, in Horncastle, near Lincoln, where I did my thing as part of the Lincoln Book Festival. I’m normally a bit cautious about showing young people’s faces in photos on this blog, which is the main reason why […]
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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
Leicester, Loudly
Yesterday I did my stuff at Moat Community College, Leicester. Over four sessions I spoke to pretty much everyone in Moat’s Year 9. As you can maybe see from the pic above, the school’s lecture theatre, while very impressive, left me feeling a bit far away from the audience! But I did my best to […]
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Snee hee hee!
Here’s a nice follow-up to my visit to Hassenbrook School a couple of weeks back… It’s an article in local paper The Essex Enquirer. With a pic that, this time, even includes my head! 😀 Thanks to Ms Brockwell for passing this along – and congratulations again to Ellis on his phenomenal reading feat. ————————– […]
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
Get Your Wolf On
Here’s a treat for you. Check Trapped By Monsters for an exclusive brand new story by YA horror prodigy Dean Vincent Carter. Snort! Chew! RAAAAAGH! 😀 ————————– Comments? Suggestions? Questions? Me and THE WEBSPHINX would love to hear from you! Drop us a line at the Tim, Defender of the Earth Guestbook for current or […]
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Friday, May 1st, 2009
Zoosh!
Here’s a quick pic from today’s visit to Cornelius Vermuyden School, in Canvey Island, Essex. This was another cracking visit. Over three hour-long sessions (with something like ninety students per session) I spoke to what I think was most of the school’s Year 7 and Year 8 . They were terrific: attentive, enthusiastic, full of […]
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Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Fiendish FURNACE
For a brief, belated post about last Saturday’s fantastic Crystal Palace Children’s Book Festival — plus a crafty recommendation for perhaps the most thrilling book for young people I’ve read so far this year — check my latest at Trapped By Monsters, here. For further pointers to fine reading check my LibraryThing profile. 😀 ————————– […]
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Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
Title Test Tension Convention!
More touring today with the new UK edition of TIM. First up, a fantastic session at Alexandra Park School, taking a barrage of brilliant questions from Year 7 boys there. Look at all the hands…! To my particular delight, one of the questions that I was asked in this talk was about TITLES. As with […]
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Friday, April 24th, 2009
Hassle-Free Hassenbrook
Herewith a couple of quick pics from today’s brilliant visit to Hassenbrook School, in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex (UK). First up, a Spaghetti Western-style widescreen shot to give you a flavour…! And this (below) which shows pretty clearly how the warm welcome that I received there made me feel…! 😀 This visit was a lot of fun. […]
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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Black Tat Q&A Blast!
Before I get down to it, take a look at THIS: This is Dinner Time in Hell, another stunning piece of Black Tat–inspired art by Monique Van Dongen, the genius behind The New Emperor, the winning entry of the previous round of the No Monsters Were Harmed In The Making Of This Website Competition. Apparently […]
