Travel In a desert state of mind We’re now more than a month into our trip around Morocco, and I have lots of things I want to say about it. But…
Travel Living on the road People have been asking me where I am living these days, so here’s an update. In early 2015, Genie and I started…
Thinking The Things I Care About What do you really care about? I asked myself that question recently, and I was surprised by the results. Firstly, it seems that…
Reading Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun by Sarah Ladipo Manyika I read this book back in the spring, before it got shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize and got a fair bit of attention.…
The writing process A Story From a “What If?” Moment One evening in Crete, a couple of years ago, I saw something that made a lasting impression on me. A small boy, maybe…
Reading Q&A With Dodge and Burn Author Seraphina Madsen Recently I read and reviewed Dodge and Burn, a startling and very original debut novel by Seraphina Madsen. I had the chance to interview the…
Reading Review of Dodge and Burn by Seraphina Madsen Imagine Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs and Hunter Thompson engaging in a wild, drug-fuelled orgy somewhere out in the Arizona desert, and by…
LivingThe writing process Creative block? It’s not about the time In even the busiest lives, there are pockets of time in which extra things could be accomplished. But these are times when…
Literary events New Bitmead Bursary Winner Announced Winning the Luke Bitmead Bursary back in 2008 changed my life in many ways, some of which I’ve detailed on the blog…