It's been a while since I updated (well a few months anyway) so I thought I'd update today mainly because I have, once again, got something boast about and, as regular readers will know, boasting is one of my most favourite things. The BIG BOAST this week is the news that my ha-ha-hilarious novel 'The Brain Finds A Leg' has been shortlisted for the Very Important New South Wales Premier's Literary  Awards. Not bad, eh?  Yep, I'm now rubbing shoulders with big, grown-up type writers (not typewriters) like Thomas Keneally and JM Coetzee. Not that either of those two bad boys made it to the shortlist launch. Probably scared to front me up before the big awards night.

And more Big News: the follow up to the marvellous 'The Brain Finds A Leg' is out now! Snappily titled 'The Brain Full of Holes' it is, even though I say so myself, flippin' fantastic. Buy six.

January saw me make an appearance back in dear old Blighty to do some school visits to promote the launch of 'Stunt Monkeys'. Ah, how that first sight of the rolling green fields of Tower Hamlets made me yearn for a return to the old country. Fortunately a firm slap from Lady Chatterton put me right and we skedaddled back to our luxury beachside estate here in paradise. I'll be back in June to do some more promo work for 'Stunt Mania!' the smash hit follow up to 'Stunt Monkeys'. 

On the footy front, after a brief flirtation with a managerial role, followers of the beautiful game will be relieved to know that I came to my senses in the nick of time and am now back in my customary glory-hunting position as centre-forward. After winning the prestigious Bangalow Summer Sixes comp (and being cruelly denied the Golden Boot) the Byron Bay FC juggernaut rolls on for another glorious season.

Have fun and remember: keep buying my books. You know you want to.