With the publication of The Last Free Cat in the USA, and news that a Korean edition should be out in October, I've started a facebook page for the book which I will be most grateful if readers will help to build.

Other news: three new ebooks now available on Amazon, including two junior comic novels and a novel for older teens, Snails and Lovers (originally published as Geoffrey's First, and described by the Sunday Times as 'a funny and moving love story').

Finally, I just want to say how sorry I was to hear of the passing of Nina Bawden: a great writer whose heart was in the right place. Nina once wrote that she loved my junior novel The King of Rock and Roll, and I could have no higher compliment.