Happy Halloween!  Today was just the right day to officially launch the Scream Street series with a range of spooky activities at Seven Stories, the centre for children’s books in Newcastle.
I ran a creepy creative writing workshop, read from the SS books, played some werewolf vs vampire activities and, of course, signed copies of the [...]

While waiting for a train at King’s Cross station in London last night, I popped into WHSmith and spotted Scream Street 1: Fang of the Vampire…

…at number 18 in the children’s book chart!
I smiled all the way home.
Tommy
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Thanks to everyone at St John Ambulance for a great day at the Petrifying Party today!  The event took place at St John’s church in London, where we played some gruesome games in the garden…

I read spooky stories in the creepy crypt…

And signed Scream Street books for my revolting readers!  (This is Awful Alex having [...]

Dah-dah-dah-da-da-dah, dah-dah-da-dah!
The sentence above is supposed to be the opening line of At The Sign of the Swingin’ Cymbals buy Brian Fahey (you can hear what it was supposed to sound like here: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5BpQ_1RnolU)  The tune was oft used by Alan ‘Fluff’ Freeman in his Radio 1 Top 40 show - and that’s a very [...]

A great day today, speaking at the Gateshead Raising Achievement event at Seven Stories.  The theme of my talk was how I inspire children - and especially boys - to read.  So, I took along my Scream Street relics, read a section from SS2: Blood of the Witch, ran a mini-workshop and even performed a [...]

Following the success of my visits to Borders stores in the north east - where I became one of their top 40 bestselling authors - I spent the early part of this week running school events at Borders in Speke and Cheshire Oaks.  Fun was had by all (especially me) and here’s the photographic evidence [...]

For those folks wanting a Scream Street event in the south - here’s just the thing!
On 28th October, I’ll be running a Petrifying Party for St. John Ambulance - in a 12th century London church crypt!  I’ll be reading from the Scream Street novels, playing some gruesome games and, of course, signing books.
More information, and [...]

SS1: Fang of the Vampire has received an excellent review in The Scotsman newspaper…
Scream Street: Fang of the Vampire, with its blood red cover and pages spattered with blots, clots and claw marks, is the first in a series of comedy chillers by Tommy Donbavand (Walker Books, £4.99). Reluctant werewolf Luke Watson and his shocked [...]

Another brilliant Borders visit today - this time to the branch in at Silverlink, Wallsend…

Next week, I’ll be at Borders in Speke and Cheshire Oaks!
Tommy
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More Scream Street fun - today at Borders in Gateshead.  Take a peek…

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