BarryHutchison

The Writing Rollercoaster

There are many aspects to being a writer that people never think about. Most people think it’s all glitz and glamour, piles of money and partying until 4am with the cast of Hollyoaks each and every night of the week. Of course, it is like that, but there are other sides to it, too. Like [...]

Orkney Tour 2010

If you’ve been following this blog, you’ll know how excited I was when I headed off on the Spill the Ink tour with HarperCollins, visiting eight cities in five days, and talking to huge numbers of kids all across the country. Well, I’m just back from another tour, and between you and I, I was [...]

Aaaaand relax.

Just back from my tour of the northern isles of Orkney. Flippin’ knackered, so will report fully tomorrow. Off to bed now. Night!

Edinburgh International Book Festival

The Edinburgh International Book Festival has revealed its 2010 programme of events, and I’m happy to report that I’ll be putting in an appearance. The event - Horrors and Nightmares with Barry Hutchison – will be taking place at the RBS Corner Theatre at 3pm on Sunday 15th of August. I’ll be talking about Mr Mumbles [...]

I give you… THE CROWMASTER!

The cover for the third Invisible Fiends book has now been unveiled on the HarperCollins website. THE CROWMASTER is published in February 2011, so there’s a bit of a wait yet, but here’s what you can expect to see in bookshops when it’s released. As ever, full credit for the cover goes to the always [...]

New Alien Force books

Just spotted two of the new Ben 10 Alien Force books I wrote on Amazon. They come out around the same time as Invisible Fiends: Raggy Maggie, so obviously, if you only plan buying one book that week, Raggy Maggie is the one to go for, because it’s utterly, utterly brilliant. If you’ve got a [...]

Because sometimes common sense just isn’t enough.

Strewth, it’s Mr Mumbles!

I’ve just realised that today is the 1st of June, which means today is the day Invisible Fiends: Mr Mumbles is published in Australia and New Zealand. Now, I’ve never been to Australia or New Zealand, but I’d love to visit both. So, if you live in either country, please pop out and buy a [...]