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/
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
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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
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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
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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
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