This weekend past, I was with Alison Littlewood up at MCM Manchester, talking to a packed audience about how to set a novel with fantastical elements in the real world.
A highlight was Michael Rooker – of Guardians of the Galaxy – checking out Everything About You at the Author corner (he’s Mary Poppins, y’all!).
Four authors, all part of the writing collective Just Write Bristol have been busy running our popular ‘Hidden Gems’ event for literature festivals during lockdown.
The Undoing of Arlo Knott is being launched on 1 August 2019 in Bristol.
This is the year of online literary festivals – all the chit chat and all the literati you could want, and all from the comfort of your sofa. Bristol Literature Festival has a great programme, and you can catch me at a couple of free, online events too…
Gone Girl for the VR generation . . . when the book is released ask Alexa to order you a copy. But be careful she doesn’t read it before you do, she may just tell the delivery drone that we’re onto them. STARBURST MAGAZINE The paperback of Everything About You is finally here! It will be launched at…
If you live in or near Bristol, you probably know that the famous zoo has finally closed its doors after 186 years. To mark this momentous end of an era, the zoo launched a short story and poetry competition, and I was lucky enough to win first prize in the adult fiction category.
Arlo Knott is finally out in the world, having been launched at a sell-out event at Storysmith Books, Bristol. With fabulous hosting from Hugo award-winning sci-fi critic and publisher Cheryl Morgan, we talked about having an undo button for life, plus the power of hindsight, quantum physics and snakes and ladders. The room was packed…
