I have just posted a reading of “The Waiting Room” to my Walking Thru’ Fire podcast; you can find it here. This is the initial story in my Degrees of Separation collection, and concerns a chance meeting at a remote branch-line railway station one cold January. More information on the collection can be found here.
I was interviewed today in Harrogate Library as part of their ‘Books and Beverages’ series. The interview covered both my writing and publishing exploits. I think it went really well. Unfortunately the event was not streamed as expected (e.g. the Facebook stream kept dropping out) but there is a recording of the event. I will… Read More I’m being interviewed: post-interview update
Just a reminder that tomorrow, Friday 25th November (@13:30 UK-time) I am being interviewed in Harrogate Library as part of their ‘Books and Beverages’ series. The interview will cover both my writing and publishing exploits. I’m looking forward to it hugely! Although this is an in-person event, it is also being filmed and streamed, and… Read More I’m being interviewed tomorrow!
Okay, nothing Albert Camus writes is ever likely to be a bundle of fun – and “Exile and the Kingdom” is no exception. But what it is (as usual) is compelling. In the short stories in this book, Camus digs deeply – and remorselessly – into the psyche of his characters, laying them bare for… Read More “Exile and the Kingdom”
I have just posted a new podcast episode containing five of the sonnets recently shared. You can find them here along with a raft of other material
When I started reading William Boyd’s “Trio” I thought it was some kind of joke. The characters’ names were first to ring alarm bells: Elfrida, Troy, Cornell, Talbot. Indeed, ‘Elfrida’ is the first word. And the style of the opening read a little like an uninspired 1940s or 1950s Hollywood melodrama – a notion that… Read More “Trio”
I am writing a long sequence of sonnets that will see publication in 2023. I thought it might be fun to share some of them in advance. A sonnet is included below, along with an audio recording of me reading it. Orienteering The map offers no clues to where we are. You’d said “let’s get… Read More Orienteering – a sonnet
Published this month, Haruki Murakami has pulled together a collection of eleven articles all covering the subject of what it is to be a novelist. Some of these have been previously published, some are new. A keen reader of Murakami’s fiction, I was lucky enough to get my hands on a pre-publication edition of the… Read More “Novelist as Vocation”
I am writing a long sequence of sonnets that will see publication in 2023. I thought it might be fun to share some of them in advance. A sonnet is included below, along with an audio recording of me reading it. Defenceless Against Time I never found the time to comprehend the passage of night,… Read More Defenceless Against Time – a sonnet
I am writing a long sequence of sonnets that will see publication in 2023. I thought it might be fun to share some of them in advance. A sonnet is included below, along with an audio recording of me reading it. Unrequited Love You offered nothing to suggest how love might grow. Love – you… Read More Unrequited Love – a sonnet
I am writing a long sequence of sonnets that will see publication in 2023. I thought it might be fun to share some of them in advance. A sonnet is included below, along with an audio recording of me reading it. On Being Asked To Prove Love This fog, dense as any in living memory,… Read More On Being Asked to Prove Love – a sonnet
I am writing a long sequence of sonnets that will see publication in 2023. I thought it might be fun to share some of them in advance. A sonnet is included below, along with an audio recording of me reading it. In Mourning There used to be a sparkle in your eye fired by a… Read More In Mourning – a sonnet
I am writing a long sequence of sonnets that will see publication in 2023. I thought it might be fun to share some of them in advance. A sonnet is included below, along with an audio recording of me reading it. Pilgrimage We set off before first light the pre-dawn drive straining the eye. Numbed… Read More Pilgrimage – a sonnet (one of my favourites!)
I am writing a long sequence of sonnets that will see publication in 2023. I thought it might be fun to share some of them in advance. A sonnet is included below, along with an audio recording of me reading it. In Search of Tabloid Headlines Will your ambition deface our past and see our… Read More In Search of Tabloid Headlines – a sonnet
I am writing a long sequence of sonnets that will see publication in 2023. I thought it might be fun to share some of them in advance. A sonnet is included below, along with an audio recording of me reading it. Abandoned Beyond this warped picket frame stands the derelict house where you no longer… Read More Abandoned – a sonnet
I am writing a long sequence of sonnets that will see publication in 2023. I thought it might be fun to share some of them in advance. A sonnet is included below, along with an audio recording of me reading it. The Generous and the Selfish Fearing the diagnosis, his vaccine was to spend, see… Read More The Generous and the Selfish – a sonnet
I am writing a long sequence of sonnets that will see publication in 2023. I thought it might be fun to share some of them in advance. A sonnet is included below, along with an audio recording of me reading it. Obituary of a Would-be Poet Fettered by one uninspiring view he sought another, as… Read More Obituary of a Would-be Poet – a sonnet
I am writing a long sequence of sonnets that will see publication in 2023. I thought it might be fun to share some of them in advance. A sonnet is included below, along with an audio recording of me reading it. Autumn Chill I no longer mind your troubled brow naked like a frosted winter… Read More Autumn Chill – a sonnet
On Friday 25th November I am being interviewed in Harrogate Library as part of their ‘Books and Beverages’ series. The interview will cover both my writing and publishing exploits. I’m looking forward to it hugely! Although this is an in-person event, it is also being filmed and streamed, and will be available ‘live’ and from… Read More I’m being interviewed!
I am writing a long sequence of sonnets that will see publication in 2023. I thought it might be fun to share some of them in advance. A sonnet is included below, along with an audio recording of me reading it. On Being Thrown Over Would your love for me increase were I to die?… Read More On Being Thrown Over – a sonnet
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