It’s Roald Dahl Day today. Probably they should make this a national holiday, during we would all travel the world in giant peaches and glue the possessions of miserly couples to their ceilings. But until that comes to pass, let’s celebrate with some Dahl goodness. Here is the great man himself, warning us about witches. …
For about a year now I’ve been finding it hard to read novels. I’ve enjoyed a handful of them but have been drawn far more compulsively to non-fiction. Specifically, I like books about niche subjects I know nothing about. Most of what I read in this fashion flies straight over my head, but bits of …
I went to see The Illusionist the other night (the recently released French animation, not the Ed Norton/Paul Giamatti film of a few years back – although that too is good). I’d strongly recommend a trip to the cinema for this one as the animation is beautiful and deserves to be marvelled at on the …
I’ve written a piece for the Guardian about ten of my favourite transformation stories. You can read it on their website here. Do go along and take a look, then add any others you might think of to the comments section.
A good day for The Girl with Glass Feet, which has made it onto the longlist for the Dylan Thomas Prize 2010. I’m staggered that the book is being recognised in this way. Here’s the link. Most of my internet time over the last month or so has been spent updating my website. It takes …