Those Who Try To Obliterate

Writing Children's Books Gives A Writer A Very Strong Sense Of Narrative Drive.

I Hope That Readers Will Tear Through My Books Because They Can't Stop Themselves - And Then, Maybe, Read Them Again And Find New Things There.

My First Collection Of Poems Was Published By Bloodaxe Books, Which Was Then A Very New Imprint.

I Can Remember Being In My Pram: Children Stayed In Their Prams Much Longer Then Than They Do Now. A Big Bouncy Pram With Black Covers And A Hood With Metal Clips That Could Trap Your Fingers. I Was Looking Up At My Sister Who Was Sitting On The Pram Seat, With Her Back To Me.

If We Understand The Past, We Are More Likely To Recognise What Is Happening Around Us.