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Ladybridge High Get a Two Hour Session
My school presentation "Writing is Exciting" was given to pupils of Year 7 at Ladybridge High in Bolton on Thursday 11 March 2010. It was exhilirating to talk to the whole year this time. There were...
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COLIN BAKER & HIRST BOOKS
Saturday 15 May 2010 saw my visit to the Who shop in Blackpool to meet the hero of my teens, Doctor Who number six, Colin Baker (whose endorsement of The Feeling's Unmutual can be seen to the right)...
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Five Minute Documentary in Production
On Wednesday 30 June 2010, my PR Theresa Cutts and I visited the main real life locations that inspired my writing Anne Droyd and Century Lodge, with the intention of making a little documentary film....
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Anne Droyd Video Online
The video Theresa Cutts and I made exhibiting the real life locations that inspired Anne Droyd and Century Lodge is now online.The wastelands are in Mosley Common/Tyledsley, and the railway embankments...
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Anne Helps Cubs Achieve Their Book Reader Badge
A while ago, my agent Theresa Cutts asked if I would visit her Cub Pack and talk to the children about what inspired me to become a writer and help them to complete their Book Reader badge. It wasn't...
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November 2010 Signing
On Thursday 18 November 2010 I signed copies of both my Anne Droyd books for my workmates. It was a successful day. My agent and I shifted 60 copies in total, with 30p per sale going to the charity...
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MY DOCTOR WHO RADIO PLAY
I had always wanted to try my hand at scriptwriting. After the publication of Anne Droyd and Century Lodge in 2002, I approached Gareth Preston, who ran an amateur dramatics group called Fine Line....
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Episode Two Ready to DOWNLOAD
Gareth Preston of Fine Line Productions has released Episode Two of The Chattath Factor, my not-for-profit tribute to Doctor Who. It runs for 26 minutes, is a full cast drama with sound effects and...
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WATERSTONE'S BOOKSHOPS STOCK ANNE
FINALLY, we have succeeded in getting Anne Droyd and Century Lodge onto the shelves at Waterstone's bookshop in the Trafford Centre, near Manchester. The branch in Manchester Deansgate is keen to stock...
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TALKING TO POST-GRAD STUDENTS AT CASTLE HILL
Today I visited the Castle Hill Centre in Tonge Moor, Bolton, to speak to post-graduate students about how Asperger's syndrome has affected my life. I talked about my primary school years and how I...
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Picnic in the Park with Autism West Midlands
I had a lovely time today signing books in Birmingham as part of the initiative organised by Autism West Midlands.One lady came over and was keen to let me know that she already had The Feeling's...
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Farewell Sweetens
I'm deeply saddened to learn that Bolton's independent bookshop Sweetens has closed for good. Proprietor Stella Morris gave me much support over the years and I'm going to miss the signings at her...
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Ladybridge High School
Above is the interview I did last month for Ladybridge High School and Sports College in Bolton. Under the supervision of Mrs Peachman, I chatted to students Mithun Kerai and Saeed Atcha and they made...
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Meeting Grace Again!
On Wednesday 12 October I made a second visit to Birmingham, courtesy of Autism West Midlands, to talk to parents of children with Asperger's syndrome at the Four Dwellings unit in Quinton supervised...
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I'm an Autism Star! (well, an Asperger one anyway)
December 2011 sees the release of the book Autism All-Stars, edited by Josie Santomauro. I was approached by Josie a couple of years ago to pen a chapter on my TV series fixations. I jumped at the...
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MY NEW TEEN NOVEL The Blueprint
Friends,I am pleased to announce that my new teen novel The Blueprint is due to be published. If you pre-order a signed copy, you will receive a signed postcard (which will make a great bookmark!) in...
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JOHN CHRISTOPHER DIES
I was deeply saddened last month to hear that John Christopher passed away. I discovered him in the mid-1980s when the BBC adapted and broadcast two thirds of his Tripods trilogy. I bought the books...
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"The Blueprint" Reviewed in Lancashire Magazine
Lancashire Magazine, which boasts the largest readership in English county magazines, has published a review of my latest novel The Blueprint.Elsewhere in the magazine is a lovely article about...
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Coming Soon ANNE DROYD III
My artist Owen Claxton has delivered a number of sketches based on a sample of text I gave him from my upcoming novel Anne Droyd and the Ghosts of Winter Hill. The one below is my favourite.After a few...
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Ooh! Look at this...
Below is the second, amended, sketch from Mr Claxton.All rather exciting...
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