V.v. excited about so many things!
PARTY DISASTER
My latest Jess Jordan adventure, Party Disaster, is available but should not be read by parents of a nervous disposition. If you could in any way be described as young, though, you have my permission to read it and, at the appropriate stage, scream aloud into your fists! (No vampires, obviously, this is real life horror of the everyday sort).
GLOOMSBURY
For youngsters under the age of ninety-five, there's my new six-part Radio 4 comedy series, 'Gloomsbury: a Rhapsody about Bohemians' which takes to the airwaves on Friday September 28th at 11.30am. Marvellous cast including Miriam Margolyes as Vera Sackcloth-Vest, Alison Steadman as the neurasthenic novelist Ginny Fox, with Nigel Planer and Jonathan Coy as their strange husbands. Vera's Sapphic squeeze Venus Traduces is played by Morwenna Banks and there is a guest appearance by John Sessions as D.H.Lollipop. Don't forget to tune in on Fridays.
VIRTUAL SCHOOL VISITS
I'm launching a programme of virtual school visits via Skype. Up till now I've confined my school visits to places reachable by British Rail, but now if your school is in the teeming cities of Asia, the scorching deserts of Australia or even the frozen wastes of Yorkshire, we can talk via Skype at a time organised by your English teacher. Just whizz me an email and we can organise it. Can't wait!
