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Alan Gibbons

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Alan Gibbons is an author of children's books and a Blue Peter Book Award. He currently lives in Liverpool, England, where he used to teach in a primary school. His father was a farm laborer, but was hurt in an accident when Alan was eight years old. The family had to move to Crewe, Cheshire where Alan experienced bullying for the first time. He began to write for his pupils as a teacher, but never tried to get any of his work published.

Gibbons trained to be a teacher in his mid-thirties and starting writing short stories for his students. Later, he began to write professionally. In 2000, he won the Blue Peter Book Award in the category "The Book I Couldn't Put Down" category for Shadow of the Minotaur. He was a judge for the 2001 Blue Pete ...more

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Report on last night’s Liverpool City Council budget meeting

The annual budget meeting of Liverpool City Council should be its most compelling of the year.
In fact, it is a stale and suffocating farce.
Labour’s current large majority in the chamber means it can get away with comically overblown claims and stage Kim Il-Sung style standing ovations whenever the Great Leader and Deputy Great Leader over-claim for some modest measures largely made possible by ce

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Average rating: 3.66 · 5,132 ratings · 577 reviews · 164 distinct works • Similar authors

	Shadow of the Minotaur 3.61 avg rating — 801 ratings — published 2000 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hate 3.69 avg rating — 464 ratings — published 2014 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Edge 3.60 avg rating — 443 ratings — published 2002 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scared to Death (Hell's Underground #1) 3.99 avg rating — 280 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Caught in the Crossfire 3.79 avg rating — 267 ratings — published 2003 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vampyr Legion 3.81 avg rating — 228 ratings — published 2000 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Act of Love 3.89 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zobaczyli za dużo by Alan Gibbons, Barbara Górecka (Translator) 3.06 avg rating — 271 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Warriors of the Raven 3.78 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 2001 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hold On 3.80 avg rating — 167 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Legendeer Trilogy (3 books)
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“Misery is a routine you can learn to live with. It's like rain. Once you're soaked to the skin, you can't get any wetter.”
― Alan Gibbons, The Dark Beneath

tags: depression, misery, rain

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“Anthony imagined a time before all that - a time when people sipped Earl Grey tea on a breeze cooled veranda and looked out upon endless countryside.”
― Alan Gibbons, The Dark Beneath

tags: history, imaginings, nostalgia, rose-tinted-glasses

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“Long gone was the cheery welcome of the seaside hotelier, replaced by a weary nostalgia for the good old days.”
― Alan Gibbons, The Dark Beneath

tags: nostalgia

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Report on last night’s Liverpool City Council budget meeting

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Alan Gibbons's Blog

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