Glenn Murphy is a bestselling author of popular science books and articles for kids, teenagers and adults.

His work includes Why Is Snot Green?, How Loud Can You Burp?, and the Global Issues environment and conservation series for kids.

Science. Fun. Stuff. Whatever.

 Glenn is - quite literally - interested in everything. He knows a lot of stuff, but he's on a mission to find out more. So grab one of his books, and join him for the ride.

 Please feel free to roam the site. Here, you can find out more about Glenn and his books, read samples and reviews, and get updates on forthcoming releases and projects.

 Enjoy.

September 2009
Pants Tour: A Roaring Success

Glenn just got back from the UK after four great days touring bookshops in London and three fantastic days at the Edinburgh Literary Festival. The events were a huge success, and Glenn thoroughly enjoyed meeting the many boys, girls, parents and teachers who turned out for the shows.

The bookshops completely sold out of all Glenn's books and the lines of people queuing up to say hullo and get books signed stretched halfway across to shop! Plus, he got to dress up in a bear costume and terrorize kids from all over Scotland. Brilliant way to spend a weekend!

Sorry to those who missed out getting their Pants signed at the festival, but if you buy a copy at another shop and drop me a line via e-mail, I'll be happy to mail you a signed postcard that you can stick into it.
  
  Thank you to everyone who helped make the events such a great success - including everyone who came to see the show, and especially those who bravely took the stage for the live demonstrations and experiments in Edinburgh. A special shout out to Dan, the impressively-courageous bear-attack victim, and Robbie - who summoned a burp so out of proportion to his small size that it literally stunned the crowd on Tuesday morning.
  Hope to see you all again next year, if not before!

Free Burp books via the BookedUp project!

   

Beginning this month, every year 7 student in the UK will have the chance to get a free copy of How Loud Can You Burp?, via the BookedUp project!  BookedUp is a national programme run by the Booktrust organization and supported by the UK government's Dept for Schools, Children and Families. From September 1st, every year 7 pupil in England will receive one of 12 specially selected book titles, free of charge. All you have to do is fill out an order form provided by your teachers at school.

Last year, over 672,000 children received free books from BookedUp. All 12 books are great reads, so take your time and choose carefully which one you want. But naturally, we're hoping lots of boys and girls will decide that Burp is best!

  You can find out more about the project at the official website, click here
  ...see details of How Loud Can You Burp?, click here
   ...and you can see a 1-minute video clip about the book, click here
   Happy reading!  And thanks to both Booktrust and the UK government for supporting this wonderful project.

Want to know more about "Pants"? Read on!

About Stuff That Scare Your PANTS Off

What scares you most? Spiders or sharks? Ghosts or aliens? Dentists or darkness?

This amazing book takes apart your deepest, darkest fears. With a bit of biology, a spot of psychology and oodles of lovely facts and figures, you'll learn everything there is to know about the stuff that scares your pants off.
Once you've read this book, you'll be able to look terror in the eye and make it run away whimpering. You might even want to change your middle name to "danger"!