Behold…

This is the all-new unabridged audio edition of Crawlers, as produced by Oakhill and performed by Joe Coen. I think they did a terrific job. Here’s the bit where Jasmine examines one of the crawlers for the first time – take a listen:[audio:http://www.theycrawl.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/crawlers.mp3|titles=crawlers]

In other news, the language edit for my forthcoming (Jan ’12) Barrington Stoke book – now entitled My Name Is O – is DONE. Just like my other books, My Name Is O is aimed at 11 to 15 year olds but it’s particularly intended for reluctant or struggling readers. The process of making the story as accessible as possible to its target audience wasn’t easy(-!) but it was every bit as eye-opening and inspiring as I’d hoped it would be. An ENORMOUS thank you to Vicki at BS for her sensitive and surgical linguistic skills. My thanks, too, to the book’s young consultants and to the eagle-eyed writing group at The Big Green Bookshop who also kindly agreed to have the manuscript tested out on them. I’ve learned all sorts of good stuff about style, usage and technique over these past few weeks. I’m looking forward to taking it all on into what I write next. 😀