And now that Spring is here at last, the Shed is a hive of activity. First, the #Storytime band and I have been playing various venues around the region – the Coalville festival, Chesterfield Library Theatre and the Barnsley Lamp Room Theatre, to name a few – plus we’ll be playing more gigs over the next three or four months. (See the Events page for dates are they become available.) Here we are in the Lamp Room, where we performed the whole of A POCKETFUL OF CROWS (the 40-minute, full-length version) for the very first time. Thank you so much to everyone who was there – you were such a warm, responsive and welcoming audience – and after all your cheers and applause, we might even dare play it again someday…

This month also sees the publication of RUNELIGHT in paperback, and, for the first time ever, the full-length, unabridged audiobook of CHOCOLAT – read by the author! It’s the first time I’ve read a full-length audiobook myself, so let me know what you think. If you like it, I may consider recording another…

Also: the proofs of THE TESTAMENT OF LOKI are out now. If you subscribed to last month’s newsletter, you will have had a chance to win one, but don’t worry if you haven’t. There will be other opportunities to read ARCS and review copies. Just check out Goodreads and Twitter for giveaways; and, as always, be aware that pre-orders are very important to authors. They help them hit the bestseller lists – and that means more chance of publishers commissioning more in the series!