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Writing Emma Tupper’s Diary
I’ve been trying to remember where I got the idea for Emma Tupper’s Diary, but without success. Some things are clear enough. Sixty or so years ago I stayed a couple of times with a university friend...
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Ichthyosaurs and Emma Tupper’s Diary
posted by Philippa The discovery of a fossil of a hitherto unknown species of ichthyosaur hitting the news in the UK this week prompted me to ask Peter whether he had been following the story and...
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Peter Dickinson dies aged 88
It is with very great sadness that the death is announced of author and poet Peter Dickinson O.B.E. Peter died in Winchester on 16 December 2015 (his 88th birthday) after a brief illness. His family...
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Obituaries and other tributes
The news of Peter Dickinson’s death on 16 December 2015 was widely covered in the UK press, with obituaries in: The Telegraph The Guardian The Independent The Times There were also obituaries in the...
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Donations in Peter’s Memory
Peter left a note with his will to ask that any donations in his memory be made to one of his three nominated charities: Save the Children; Alzheimer’s Society and/or Médecins Sans Frontières. We have...
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Tefuga – BBC Interview and Review
There are very few recordings of Peter talking about his books publicly available. The BBC obituary programme, Last Word, included a couple of very short bursts of Peter talking about his writing but...
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Celebrating Detective Pibble of the Yard
“Brilliantly imaginative…wonderfully convincing.” : Observer “A first-class detective story by any standards…excellent, gripping, intelligent and original.” :Times Literary Supplement “A classical...
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Annerton Pit – putting a blind hero centre stage
I remember Peter talking about this book as he was writing it in 1976 (published 1977). He knew it was going to be an adventure (of course) and that he wanted to write about the relationship between a...
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A year on… and a new edition of The Kin
Peter died in the early hours of 16th December 2015 – his 88th birthday. He would have been 89 today. In many ways this year has gone very quickly, even with the ache in the hearts of those who loved...
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