Seven Miles of Steel Thistles

When Sally Prue’s first novel, ‘ Cold Tom ’ won the Branford Boase Award and the Smarties Prize Silver Award in 2002, it was clear that a wo...

Lily and I haven’t actually met yet, although I hope one day we will. It'd be tricky to arrange right now, as she’s been on the road fo...

My guest this morning needs no introduction. And I’m really delighted to welcome Joanne Harris to Fairytale Reflections.  As anyone who'...

Pauline Fisk is a fantasy writer of rare talent.  Her books take you where few writers even think to go, interweaving strands of the real wo...

In a brief departure from 'Fairytale Reflections' (which continues this Friday) I'm delighted to welcome back to Steel Thistles ...

I think it's time for some fairytale reflections from you , you lovely and talented and sensitive people who come and read this blog and...

So here is a photo of my friend Nick Green, looking like a super-cool, turbo-charged, kick-ass dude, pretty much exactly the way kids imagin...