Justin Somper has been working on Chapter Six of Blue Peter's online story, FACTBYTE FACTORY. His is published on the web on May 19th.
He says "My chapter follows Jeremy Strong's. Fun!"
Please see http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/bluepeter/factbytefactory/

According to reports the
"If you haven’t checked out The Captain’s Blog (link) recently, you’ve missed a fair few treats, but of course all posts are archived so why not jump in and get up to speed on all the latest happenings? Justin has been blogging about his month of touring (half in the UK, half in the USA), all of which has gone fantastically well. There’s also been a rather heated, but fun, discussion of how VAMPIRATES squares up to TWILIGHT and the question has been raised – who do you prefer, Lorcan or Edward? Feel free to join in the debate!"

"gloves are off at www.vampirates.co.uk. Feisty debate about VAMPIRATES vs TWILIGHT/Lorcan vs Edward... What do YOU think?"
I have not found a link yet but this could get very interesting.

The third installments of Justin Somper's Black Heart tour of the States are now shown on his blog.
US Tour - Chicago Highlights
http://www.vampirates.co.uk/vip-page/blog/justinsustourhighlights2/

There is a major interview with Justin Somper in this Saturday's Daily Telegraph's Weekend Section, as Black Heart is the Family Book Club choice for May.

Straight from an email from vampirates.co.uk
"If you missed Justin on tour in the UK in March, fear not! He’s going to be doing a number of festivals and other public events during the rest of 2009. Full details will be announced soon on STOP PRESS! but we can reveal to you lot this very day that he’s signed up for festivals in Edinburgh (August), Bath (September) and Appledore in Devon (October)."

The some of the latest review can be found on the following links
http://community.livejournal.com/booky_talk/10707.html#cutid1
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6653586.html?industryid=47152
ALSO Saturday 2nd May's Daily Telegraph's Weekend section.

You have got to check out Bob Lea's latest pictures of the vampirate characters in Black Heart. Sidorio and Lady Lola Lockwood have been busy.
Please view them and his other wonderful pictures at http://boblea.deviantart.com/gallery/#Vampirates

The first two installments of Justin Somper's Black Heart tour of the States are now shown on his blog.
US Tour - Philadelphia, Texas Highlights
http://www.vampirates.co.uk/vip-page/blog/Howdyguys/

US Tour - Houston Highlights
http://www.vampirates.co.uk/vip-page/blog/justinsustourhighlights/

I am not as good as drawing as the rest of you so here is my contribution to the Vampirates theme. It is almost at the bottom of the page, I hope you lot like it.
http://superpokepets.com/spp/playground/topic?tid=AAAAAAAAAABGAasEqBWBBvF5j7i1EXWI&page_token=vxke2OrD54BTtv11cnKJ4x8d4MGERwbah2GmbCkwnvW8NdusN7jIuiJJEaUAgLTZ1RbN2pv0XOnQnQeiK4h3fQ

For those of who are more artistic check out the Vagabond for discussions on the artistes fan chat and more vampirates gossip
Please See thevagabondvp.proboards.com/index.cgi

You have got to check out Bob Lea's latest pictures of the vampirate characters in Black Heart. I love the one that matches up with chapter 44 of Black Heart, but then again I am biased towards one of the characters.
Please view them at http://boblea.deviantart.com/gallery/#Vampirates

Justin Somper 'is on a book tour of the United States, will greet fans at "Vampirates Breakfast," 10 a.m. Saturday, April 4, at Magic Tree Bookstore, 141 N. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park.

"We are going to have a traditional breakfast with the author," said Magic Tree co-owner Rose Joseph. "We'll have coffee or juice, and probably donuts. However, the treat will be having Justin Somper. He's from the U.K. and he'll be talking about his books, which are unique." She noted that the series is set "sometime in the future although many aspects of them seem very historical.""

Please see www.pioneerlocal.com/oakpark/entertainment/1499924,dw-famfriendly-040209-s1-justinsomper-vampirates.article