Claire North Posts
Kings Cross St. Pancras
There’s an argument that these two stations ought to really be tackled separately, since there’s a lot to say about both of them. But if Transport for London doesn’t mind clumping them together, then I’m […]
Read MoreIn Praise of Roger Zelazny
I’m sometimes asked who my favourite writers are. And, while the list is long and extensive, Roger Zelazny has never yet not passed my lips. I am more than happy to be a one-woman fan […]
Read MoreSpringtime
So, every year in Tokyo, according to the BBC World Service, there is a celebration of cherry blossom. Weather reports contain a feature on the progress of the cherry blossom as it spreads across the […]
Read MoreThe Barbican Centre
The Barbican Centre is a vortex in space and time that would do Dr Who proud. It lurks in a fat, raised-above-street-level dollop between Moorgate, St Pauls and Goswell Road, in a place where clearly […]
Read MoreG20 Protests in London
So, this week, as probably the whole world knows, the G20 leaders met in London to talk about how economically stuffed we all are. And, because economics is a subject about which I know just enough […]
Read MoreA Madness of Angels
A Madness of Angels is now, finally, out in the UK shops! So now’s the chance to see what it’s all about… I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it!
Read MoreCircus Space
Yesterday, I went to see a dress rehearsal performance at a place called Circus Space. And while it has no relevance whatsoever to being a writer, I was so impressed by some of the things […]
Read MoreForbidden Planet
A word to say that if you are in the West End of London on Thursday the 26th of March between 6-7 p.m., then myself and the very wonderful Mike Carey, author of the Felix […]
Read MoreA day in the life of….
Since it has been a while since I blogged, I figured that this was the prime opportunity to explain why. The summary can be just one word: RADA. Or, if you feel like […]
Read MoreThe Terrible Truth about Writers Block…
While having supper with my parents, we fell to the random topic of writer’s block, and ended up listing, largely for our own entertainments, various ways in which different writers deal with it, starting from […]
Read MoreAngel, Islington
London – Angel So, with any luck, this will be the first of many rambling entries I make about places in London. Because, let’s face it, London rocks. And I figured, for reasons that are […]
Read MoreEverything your mother ever told you about writing, but you didn’t want to know…
So! Last week I ended up through a bizarre set of circumstances attending a talk by Phillipa Boyen, one of the three minds behind the adaptation of Lord of the Rings to film. And, perhaps […]
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