Well, it’s been a long time coming, but I finally finished my second novel and it has been acquired by Legend Press with a publication date of spring 2013. It’s a story about the fluidity of identity on the internet, how we present different faces in different situations, can rip up or change an identity at will, [...]

Introducing “A Virtual Love”, coming to a bookshop near you in Spring 2013

“The Generation Game” by Sophie Duffy
An interesting premise: the book starts with a woman in hospital talking to her newborn baby girl. She starts to tell the story of her life, beginning with her own birth in St Thomas’s Hospital in 1965 and going right up to the present day. “I’ll tell you my story. Our story. Because there’s nothing [...]

“Ashes” by Matthew Crow
The opening image of Ashes is a powerful one – a group of kids trying to stone a cat to death. The reason? “Something to do”. The tone is set for the rest of the novel. Bleakness, lack of hope, pointless violence, misdirected anger, innocent victims. The setting is Meadow Well council estate in North-East [...]

Prize draw to win books
OK, I haven’t done any self-promotion on here for a while, so here goes: BUY MY BOOK! BUY MY BOOK! BUY MY BOOK! Thank you. The reason for this outburst is that my publisher is running a special promotion today – if you buy On the Holloway Road through their website, you get entered into [...]

Sleepless
It’s past four in the morning and I can’t sleep. Haven’t slept all night. I tried reading for a while, but that didn’t work – I couldn’t focus for more than a few seconds at a time. All that I have been able to do is lie in bed for five hours with my eyes [...]
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“The Sense of an Ending” by Julian Barnes
19 September 2011
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The Sense of an Ending, explained
2 May 2012
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Introducing “A Virtual Love”, coming to a bookshop near you in Spring 2013
12 March 2012
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Finding some inspiration
15 February 2012
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Beauty is a sleeping cat
26 April 2012
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Test of stamina at Bim Literary Festival, day two
21 May 2012
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Earl Lovelace at Bim Literary Festival
18 May 2012
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Austin Clarke at Bim Literary Festival
18 May 2012
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Learning from Derek Walcott: Bim Literary Festival, day one
18 May 2012
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Great opportunity for unpublished UK writers
14 May 2012
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