Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell announce new 'piratical adventure'

Pirate Stew will reunite the novelist and the illustrator in a rhyming tale for children due out this autumn

Neil Gaiman has dug out a story he first wrote on a scrap of paper more than a decade ago and turned it into a new book for “anyone of any age who likes pirates, cooking, swashbuckling and/or doughnuts”.

The American Gods and Good Omens author’s rhyming Pirate Stew, out in October, will be illustrated by the former UK children’s laureate Chris Riddell. Gaiman has previously collaborated with Riddell on titles including The Graveyard Book, Coraline and Fortunately, the Milk, with characters from the latter set to appear in the forthcoming book.

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