Takeshita Demons: Indonesian cover

Takeshita Demons is out in Indonesia, with a new cover! Check out that spooky yuki-onna Snow Woman top-left. *gulp* What do you think? I’m pretty excited In other news, Monster Matsuri is being sent to the printers this week. Plus,  I’m four chapters in to a new and exciting book idea. No demons this time, [...]

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Takeshita Demons 4: draft zero!

Mer-monster! For the last few months I’ve been beavering away at Takeshita Demons 4, tentatively titled Mer-monster. It’s mostly set underwater, in the palace of the Dragon King. This is the book I worked on at the SCWBI Rottnest Retreat, huddled in my cabin with the heater raging after dark. This is also the book [...]

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Cover art for Takeshita Demons: Monster Matsuri – what do you think?

Woo hoo! This week I can give you a sneak peek at the cover art for Takeshita Demons: Monster Matsuri… The sneakiest peek goes to the My Favourite Books blog, who feature an interview with me this week and showcase the new cover as part of it… …but…for those of you who haven’t yet seen… [...]

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Guest blogging for the Christchurch Kids Blog…all this month

Want to discover some new Japanese demons and monsters? Want to hear about some spooky Japanese superstitions and proverbs? Want to win a copy of Takeshita Demons? All this month I’m blogging as a Star Author for the Christchurch Kids Blog… I’ll cover all the above topics and more, so head on over and join [...]

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The Filth Licker on Facebook! Share your akaname and yokai links…

Hooray! Takeshita Demons: The Filth Licker is published today in the UK!! Have you got your copy?   LIKE ME! LIKE ME! Any yokai or monster trivia you want to share? Any cool filth-licker links to pass on? Check out the Filth Licker on Facebook (http://on.fb.me/filthlicker) and add your questions and cool demon facts to [...]

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Hiragana word search: Find the yokai demons and practise your Japanese

Want a fun way to practise your hiragana? Try this spooky hiragana wordsearch! If you’re studying Japanese, then you alredy know that the Japanese language is written using three different alphabets: hiragana, katakana and kanji. Words can also be written in romaji, using the English alphabet. This word search uses hiragana and features demons from [...]

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8 bits of great news: HOORAY!

Long time – no post! But I have heaps of great news to make up for it: GREAT NEWS #1: Takeshita Demons and The Filth Licker are being translated into Indonesian! YAY! GREAT NEWS #2: I’m performing at the Perth Writer’s Festival on Family Day: YAY! More details soon… GREAT NEWS #3: I’m also appearing [...]

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Yokai featured in Takeshita Demons

Subarashii! Yabai! Takeshita Demons Things are going super-well for Takeshita Demons at the moment. The Filth Licker is ready for pre-order in the UK and Monster Matsuri is in its 50-millionth-draft-phase, so getting where I want it (YAY!). If you have read Takeshita Demons you will know that Miku Takeshita and her pal Cait run [...]

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