After a small false start (we've got the bugs ironed out now!) the first ever Clan Championships have officially started!

Open to all members of the Clan, the Clan Championships takes the form of a fun, interactive quiz themed around the first book in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series: Wolf Brother.

It’s very easy to take part – just log in to your profile on The Clan forum. On the forum menu bar you will see a button halfway across entitled ‘Quiz’. Click this to be taken to the Quiz page. From there, you will see a field marked ‘The Clan Championships Part I’. Just below this, click ‘Take Quiz’ and you’re away!

NOTE: It is very important that you know you can only take the quiz once. Some of the questions (the answers to which can be found only in Wolf Brother) are VERY hard. It’s really worth re-reading Book One again just to make sure you stand as good a chance as possible of doing well!

The Clan Championship is divided into three parts, each one of twenty questions.  Each part of the Championship will have three winners and will run for just ten days – so you have three opportunities to win terrific prizes over the next month!  Remember, you can only enter each part of the Championship once, so get that copy of Wolf Brother, start reading, and GOOD LUCK!

How would you like to interview Michelle and ask her all those questions – about the three books in the series so far and the three yet to come – that you’ve always wondered about?

Well now you can!  We’re asking for Clan members to send in all the questions they’ve ever wondered about.  And here’s something really special!  If you want, you can send us an audio file (recording) of your questions which Michelle will answer personally – as a podcast! (you don’t have to have an iPod to listen to the podcast – any computer with a sound card will do).

Send your questions, either as text or as a sound file as an attachment, to nanuak[at]torak.info (replace the [at] with the @ sign).  Please put QUESTIONS FOR MICHELLE in the subject line.  All questions must be received by 31^st October.

The Clan is in need of more logos for the Goodies you can get with Clan Pioneer points!

We need a nice, eye-catching logo that will fit well onto clothing, badges, and that manner of item.

It must include the address “www.torak.info”, probably around the side, as shown with the current logo in the Goodies section of the Clan. If you have an idea that it would be better if it stood out more, than you can make it that way, too. If the positioning of the address, or how a part of it looks, we may ask if you would be able to change it to fit our needs.

Post your logos in the thread entitled “Clan Logos” in the Clan Art forum.

Michelle is taking time away from writing book four in the CHRONICLES OF ANCIENT DARKNESS series to meet her readers and talk about the entire series – now is your chance to get all the books you own personally autographed, and to chat to Michelle personally! If you’re anywhere near any of the places below, DO come along and say hello! NB – some of them are quite small venues, so either come early, or make sure you phone ahead and book tickets.

Tuesday 26th September
Bury St Edmunds 7:00pm
Michelle will talk about all six books in the series, and then be available to sign books and chat! The Corn Exchange, Abbeygate Street, IP33 1UN
Contact Ottakar’s 36 Buttermarket Bury St Edmunds for tickets on 01284 750877

Wednesday 27th September
Signing at The Children's Bookshop, 1 Red Lion Parade, Bridge Street, Pinner, Middlesex Contact the bookshop on 020 8866 9116 for more details.

Wednesday 27th September
Waterstone’s 203-206 Piccadilly, London, 6:30pm in the Simpson Room. Come early to grab a place and hear Michelle talk about writing the entire series, handle REAL stone-age arrows and lots of other objects! Contact Waterstone's for tickets on 020 7851 2400

Thursday 28th September
Waterstone’s William Baker House, Broad Street, Oxford, 7pm. Michelle will talk about the entire series and be available to chat and sign books. This event is SOLD OUT! But in case of returns, contact Waterstone's for tickets on 01865 790 212.

Saturday 30th September
Seven Stories, the Centre for Children's Books, 30 Lime Street, Ouseburn Valley, Newcastle upon Tyne, 11:00am – 12:30pm
This is an unmissable family event in the Artist’s Attic, followed by a signing and archaeological fun! Contact Seven Stories for tickets on 0845 271 0777.

Sunday 1st October
Ilkley Festival, Craiglands Hotel in the conservatory at 2pm. Michelle will talk about the entire series and be available to chat and sign books. Contact the festival box office on 01943 816 714 for tickets.

We’re DELIGHTED to tell you that SOUL EATER has shot straight in to the UK charts at the No. 1 position!!! Congratulations to Michelle on writing such a terrific book, and thanks to everyone in The Clan who has helped to make this such an immediate hit!

If you couldn’t make it to London to meet Michelle, Torak and Mosi (the two 4-month old wolf cubs who helped launch SOUL EATER) here’s your chance to see what happened! Click on this link to see a short video of the event at YouTube – and don’t forget to vote for the video by rating it, and share it with as many friends as you can!

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