In case you're getting a bit excited by all the ballyhoo about Deadly on this site, I just thought I should let you know that unfortunately it won't be published in the UK until the middle of next year. There is a consolation, though. You won't have to wait another six months after that to see how it ends because it'll be published there in one fat volume, all six parts in one, so you can get in the bath with it and read the whole thing through if your nerves and skin are strong enough.

And to give you something to do till Deadly is published, keep an eye on the BBC because the 26-part animated TV series based on Wicked! is due to screen there pretty soon now. I say based on because there's lots in the series that isn't actually in the books, and there are a few things in the book that didn't make it into the series. (I don't think the word dribble appears in the series.)

Until next time, oo-roo and happy reading.

16 October 2000