Archive for ‘October, 2008’

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Oct15

Getting Gruesome In Gateshead!

by Tommy on October 15th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Posted In: Scream Street

More Scream Street fun – today at Borders in Gateshead.  Take a peek…

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Oct16

Spooky Silverlink!

by Tommy on October 16th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Posted In: Scream Street

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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Oct18

The Scotsman

by Tommy on October 18th, 2008 at 11:25 am
Posted In: Links, Scream Street

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 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Oct18

Petrifying Party!

by Tommy on October 18th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Posted In: Events, Links, Scream Street

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 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Oct22

Tommy On Tour

by Tommy on October 22nd, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Posted In: Events, Scream Street

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 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Oct23

Raising Achievement

by Tommy on October 23rd, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Posted In: Events, Scream Street

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 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Oct24

Not ‘alf, Mate!

by Tommy on October 24th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Posted In: Scream Street

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 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Oct28

Frightful Fun!

by Tommy on October 28th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Posted In: Events, Scream Street

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 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Oct29

18 Today…

by Tommy on October 29th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Posted In: Scream Street

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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Oct31

Scream Street – The Launch!

by Tommy on October 31st, 2008 at 11:10 am
Posted In: Events, Scream Street

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 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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