My other blog, The Solitary Bee, has stirred from its near-permanent hibernation to host a conversation between myself and Toby Frost, author of the Space Captain Smith books, which combine interstellar high adventure with Very Silly Jokes.  Read more HERE...

Also, although I never, never, never Google my own name or read reviews, I just accidentally discovered that New Zealand blogger The Gnomadic Librarian is promising to do a short series of posts about the Mortal Engines books.  She seems to like them so far, touch wood...