2011 Interviews and Guest Posts

It’s approaching that time of the year when I start putting together my end of year posts, looking back on the books I’ve read and choosing my favourites, and I’ll be posting those after Christmas.

But before I get to them, I thought I’d take a moment to look back at the fantastic authors who have stopped by Bart’s Bookshelf this year, either to chat or guest post.

Interviews:

	The Characters of 20 Years Later Have Their Say Posted on December 5th The cast of Emma Newman’s: 20 Years Later stop for a chat and tell their story.
	Interview with Jenna Burtenshaw Posted on April 22nd Today, I welcome Jenna Burtenshaw to my blog for the last day of her blog tour, for the release of Blackwatch the second of her Wintercraft trilogy.
	Interview with Frances O’Roark Dowell Posted on April 18th Frances O’Roarke Dowell stops by Bart’s Bookshelf, to talk about her first young adult novel, Ten Miles Past Normal.
	Interview with Will Hill Posted on April 11th Will Hill visits my site as part of his blog tour for the fantastic young adult novel, Department 19. Wherein Will agrees to answer some questions about the book and his writing and I try to get him to spill some secrets about the next book!
	Interview with Barry Hutchison Posted on February 21st Barry Hutchison stopped by to chat about The Crowmaster and his Invisible Fiends series

Guest Posts:

	The Things that No-one Tells You About Being a Writer… And that I’ve Recently Found Out by Annabel Pitcher Posted on October 20th What five things has Annabel Pitcher learned since becoming a published author earlier this year.
	Top Tips for Sensing Paranormal Activity in Your Area by Andrew Hammond Posted on September 5th If you’ve ever wanted to know know how to seek out paranormal activity in your home town, read on!
	Mark Walden on “The Ultimate Villain!!!” Posted on August 19th Author of the successful H.I.V.E. series of children’s books, Mark Walden visits Bart’s Bookshelf to talk about the makings of his ‘Ultimate Villain!™’
	The Rise of Doc Mortis (Pt5) by Barry Hutchison Posted on August 6th Part 5 of The Rise of Doc Mortis by Barry Hutchison – an exclusive short story telling the origin of the most horrifying Fiend so far! (With links to the previous parts)
	Vampires Made Easy – Writing for the Reluctant Teen Reader by Anne Rooney Posted on July 8th Tomorrow will see the start of An Awfully Big Blog Adventure’s first online lit-fest! Two days of celebration of children’s and young adult books, hosted and organised by children’s and…
	Caroline Lawrence on Writing the Wild West Posted on June 2nd On the eve of An Awfully Big Blog Adventure’s first online lit-fest! Two days of celebration of children’s and young adult books, hosted and organised by children’s and young adult authors themselves, author Anne Rooney, to stopped by to chat about her writing and specifically on writing for reluctant teenage readers.