text: A conversation about writing and illustrating with the artist Anna Tromop, at the Federation of Children’s Book Groups…
  Published November 4, 2022
  Categorized as The Fox's Tower, Wolfstongue, Writing
  Old Stone, Deep Time
  Alan Garner’s grandfather told him that, under Alderley Edge, a king lay in an enchanted sleep with one hundred and forty-nine knights, watched over by a wizard until the time came for them to wake and fight in the world’s last battle…
  At The Honest Ulsterman, an essay on Garner’s work from Weirdstone to Boneland, and an attempt to find context for Treacle Walker.
  Published October 31, 2022
  Categorized as Reading
  Deeper Into The Woods
  On The Fox’s Tower at Writing.ie.
  At the beginning of The Fox’s Tower, a girl called Willow looks out of her bedroom window and sees her dad talking to foxes in the back garden in the middle of the night. As she watches, a huge, wolf-like monster appears and carries him away…