I’ve been getting a few emails lately from people inviting me to join them on WAYN.com (Where Are You Now?). From what I can gather from the web site it’s a place for travellers to network. Have any of you guys used it? And is it worthwhile? The reason I ask is that all the [...]

Anyone who has scanned the acknowledgments of my books will know I’m a big fan of Alby Mangels. OK, the guy had a dodgy perm. But when I was fifteen his adventures in World Safari I, II and III convinced me I had to go off and travel the world. You see, the formula for [...]

All of a sudden the US publication of Vroom with a View is starting to feel a bit more tangible. You can pre-order it on Amazon. You can have a look inside at my publisher’s web site. And I’m flying to Washington on the 18th of May to press the flesh at the 2006 BookExpo [...]

While I was up at York a cool young guy called Adam Sloan interviewed me for the student newspaper Nouse. You’ll find it online here.

Just a quick note to let you know about two gigs I’m doing this week – one in Daventry in Northamptonshire and the other in London. I’ve been assured that both venues are bed-bug free. The Daventry talk will be held in the library there on Thursday night at 7.30 pm. According to the glossy [...]

Did anyone else see the story about a woman in the States who is suing a hotel in the Catskills for $27 million for letting bedbugs bite her? That’s a picture of her to the right. She was bitten 500 times, leaving her ‘body and mind scarred,’ to quote her lawyer. The story comes on [...]

When I was corresponding with Jens Lekman to arrange an interview with him in Stockholm I noticed that he always signed off his emails / Jens. There was no cheers. No best wishes. Not even a yours sincerely. Each email simply ended with a forward slash and his name. At the time I regarded it [...]

Well, I did my talk at York University last night. There was a good turn out too – including a number of non-students who found me in Vanbrugh College despite the insistence of the receptionist that what they really wanted was Tom Moore’s campaign launch in room 25B. Best of all 8 people (out of [...]

I arrived at the University of York last night to find the campus plastered with posters for another Moore – this time a guy called Tom. It’s election time at the uni, you see, and Tom’s campaigning to become A U President. (Judging by his policies, I’m guessing that the AU stands for Athletic Union.) [...]