Posts tagged 'Booktrust Teenage Prize'
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Posted 18 May 2009
by Patrick Ness
You might have noticed that there's been a bit longer of a time lag between this entry and last, for which my most effusive apologies. The cause is one of...
Read 'We love your books, don't write...'
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Posted 5 May 2009
by Patrick Ness
Yesterday was the official publication date for my new book, The Ask and the Answer. A big, big day, but an oddly quiet one. I started writing it almost two...
Read 'The day it came out '
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Posted 27 April 2009
by Patrick Ness
The last week has been busy, even by my bee-like standards, hence the slightly longer-than-usual delay between blogs. Much of the week has been very, very good indeed. I did...
Read 'The thrill of victory, the agony...'
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Posted 12 April 2009
by Patrick Ness
It’s the literary equivalent of trimming your nose-hairs before a dinner party. Actually, not quite true, it’s more the literary equivalent of your mother asking if you’ve trimmed your nose-hairs....
Read 'Little red marks, thousands of them'
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Posted 9 April 2009
by Patrick Ness
For this blog, I thought I’d take a momentary diversion that will lead back to writing. I write this on Sunday afternoon, 5 April 2009. In three weeks, all things...
Read 'What Haruki Murakami keeps prattling on...'
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Posted 17 March 2009
by Patrick Ness
Welcome back! The writer in residency is only a week old, and already I've got my first question. Dogflea from Brazil (yes, truly, Dogflea from Brazil) wants to start with...
Read 'On metaphysics and housekeeping '