We had a brilliant time at the Natural History Museum yesterday – a talk, cake, dinosaurs, book signing, dodos (mine plus one in a museum case), jazz… In the main picture is Professor Andrew Briggs, Roger Wagner, myself and Brett Hudson, the illustrator. We also premiered the excellent cartoon book trailer which you can see …
Super Oxford launch for The Curious Science Quest Read More »
It’s not quite as bad as it sounds. There’s a public vote going on at the Book People’s website and The Curious Crime features and I’d love you to vote for my book if you enjoyed it. You can find out how to vote for it here. http://www.lionhudson.com/page/article-detail/3-lion-hudson-authors-nominated-for-the-peoples-book-prize/
It’s that time again when I start a new trilogy with the help of my wonderful set of super-readers. This time I’ve gone into the paranormal world of fairy tale and am following the fortunes of three sisters who are struggling under an ancient curse. The first story is about Linny, stuck at boarding school …
New book Joss Stirling book for YA readers: Deadly Nightshade Read More »
Well – it is finally here! A new children’s novel from me called A Curious Crime. I’ve had huge fun writing this murder mystery set in a magically vast museum with extinct animals roving the corridors at night. Ree has to fight for her right to be employed in a ‘man’s’ job as a stone …
What have angels, bananas and an Egyptian guy called Philoponus got to do with science? I’ve been finding out about the history of science over the last couple of years for a non-fiction book series, The Curious Science Quest. This also resulted in a novel that grew out of the odd and intriguing things I …
If you and your family are at a loose end on Saturday, there is lots of fun to be had at the Playhouse Fun Palace 10am to 3pm. I’ll be there with my dodo, of course, doing some experiments and signing books. But there are also rockets to be made and galaxies to fit in …
The pre-publication events are beginning for The Curious Crime. If you want to win a free copy, you should head over to the online site Toppsta and register in the book giveaway. They’ve got 12 copies to hand out. I had fun at the weekend at the New Scientist Live event. I took Philoponus the …
Curious about science? If you live in London you have a great chance to find out more at the New Scientist live event at the ExCel Centre. I’m going to be there with hands-on scientific experiments to try and there will be a chance to chat to me about my new science themed books – …
Hi everyone, If you live in or near Oxford and have children who want to follow a curious science quest, then come to the Central Library, Westgate Centre in Oxford for some fun and games. I’ll be talking about science having the best stories, mythical creatures and much much more!
As a conclusion to my futuristic series, Peril, I’ve just published Flare today. This series was an experiment in going direct to my readers and has proved really exciting and an interesting way of publishing. I use a mixed approach to try to make a living as an author. I have a mix of traditional …