I’m doing my event at the Whitby Literature Festival this afternoon at 1.30pm! At Eighteen 91, Brunswick Street

Oh, must I …? (End of Five Docs vibes!)

Thirty years exactly since my first novel came out in hardback from Chatto and Windus. I’ve never stopped writing since. Maybe it’s time for a break from this daft business.

Susan’s Story Thanks a bloody bunch, Grandfather! Yes, you’ve never heard me talk like this before, have you? Well, there you go. That’s what you get for abandoning me on planet Earth like you did, you rotten old twister. You’ve abandoned me TWICE now! TWICE! (full story on my FB page today)

Heaven. I wrote a whole short story more or less along these lines in ‘1001 Nights in Time and Space’

Unboxing authors’ copies

I've told you before, but the Brenda and Effie stories gave me an escape during dark times, and I'm so grateful for you giving them to the world x

Today’s YouTube video is about my small stash of ancient, battered Paddington books.

An exclusive Brenda and Effie chapbook, 'The Deadly Boutique' has been published by @snowbooks in time for the Whitby Literature Festical and is available from the Whitby Bookshop.

The Whitby Bookshop has this special small edition of ‘The Deadly Boutique’ available as a Whitby Literature Festival exclusive! Only £4.99!

I’ll be at Whitby Literature Festival next Saturday talking about these two books of mine

We can make it the subtitle.

Ready for Halloween!

Read a chapter from the new #DoctorWho novel by @paulmagrs.bsky.social — very suitable for Halloween! www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-fea...

Three of the best spooky story collections ever…?

Just saying... the perfect Halloweenish compendium of stories this year is mine and Steve Cole's '1001 Nights in Time and Space' - with pictures by me! Do go and buy it - and those who have, please go and review it if you would! x

thank you! x

Ha!

The official Doctor Who website has a nice extract from 'Dracula!' about the Doctor and friends arriving in Whitby and having a fish supper...

Ill all week with a nasty cold, but loving this spooky read - thanks, Rosie x

I’ve been painting some watercolour studies of Levenshulme’s Secret Lake

Today's youtube video has me showing off a new book arrival - and Socks protesting his lack of Dreamies by showing his bum and vomiting on my reading chair. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qcoc...

Turns out listening to @finishedzine.bsky.social yesterday was a precursor and I met the charming and entertaining @paulmagrs.bsky.social and Jeremy at Waterstones, Bury. Got myself some new books and a couple of older ones signed. 💙📚✍🏻 A lovely Doctor Who centred start to the afternoon.👏🏿 ❤️❤️➕🟦 🚶🏿‍♂️🚙

Saturday in Bury. Signing Dr Who - Dracula! In Waterstones and then copies of Elsie Mason at Eagle Books in the market! @theatre-goer.bsky.social

Thanks to @daveslatts.bsky.social in his scarf

@collyalt.bsky.social in his autumn scarf

Making my 2025 Xmas cards! Only a very few lucky souls are gonna get these this year! 😉 x

Some things happening in the next few days! Tonight's art show in Levenshulme, where I'll be selling original paintings. Tomorrow - a book signing in Bury Waterstones. And next week - the publication of this Dr Who collection, to which i've contributed a story about 13, Missy and Azal the Daemon.

🔥NEW EPISODE!🔥 We take a (brief!) break from #DoctorWho Season 13, to bring you a look at the latest release from BBC Books, 1001 Nights in Time and Space. We're joined by @stevecolewriter.bsky.social and co-author/illustrator @paulmagrs.bsky.social. soundcloud.com/powerof3pod/...

Some of the original paintings I’ll have for sale at the art sale at Overdraught on Friday night. 855 Stockport rd, Levenshulme, from 7pm!

Tonight I’m thinking about Puffin classics it would be fun to mash up as Dr Who stories. I’ve already mentioned ‘War of the Worlds’ with the 2nd Doctor and Mrs Mills. Now I’m imagining Sinbad with the Sixth Doctor, Peri and Frobisher. Seven meets Pinocchio and Eight with Great Expectations…

I’m signing at Bury Watersrones this Saturday 12-2pm www.waterstones.com/events/meet-...

I read this about ten years ago. Might be time for a reread.

The Secret Lake

Our art sale is this Friday in Levesnhulme!

That's very nice to hear - thank you! May I quote you on that..?

Thank you for a lovely review! '(this range of novels has) proven to be the home of some of the most original, imaginative, and just plain fun Doctor Who of recent years.'

happy friday afternoon, everyone!

I finished my paintings from Levenshulme’s Secret Lakes. (You should have seen some of the reactions I got when I was starting these in the open air…!) I carried on regardless - as ever…!)

trying this new style - a kind of comic book / beefcake style - drawing freehand onto ipad using patreon's new inks and watercolours. Quite pleased with my progress! Needing more models to help, of course! Hope you like these!

Back to drawing friends again and trying out a slightly new style.

Just to be clear, an English degree - learning to critically assess texts - is actually one of the most dangerous for people such as Badenoch. An educated population, able to bring hundreds of years of context to statements in a dawning age of AI slop and attention-seeking dishonesty is also vital.

I’ll have some Christmassy-themed ( and Halloween themed!) pictures for sale on my stall at ‘Abstract Autumn’ at Overdraught bar, 855 Stockport rd, Levenshulme, on Thursday October 17th at 7pm. There’ll be lots of other artists and DJ Jeremy playing his records!

Our writing group

Even we most devoted #DoctorWho aficionados, who know existing novelisations, transcripts, iPlayer, archives, will find surprise and novelty in the book. I had terrific fun editing it. Steve and Paul have done a marvellous job, and Paul’s distinctive accompanying illustrations are a joy, too.

Other recent narrative BBC Books acknowledge that #DoctorWho original episodes are readily available online, and so writing fresh perspectives on familiar stories is a preferred approach.