I’m about to start work on something new. Two somethings, in fact. Three, in a way. Maybe even five. One of those projects is a single novel, and another is a trilogy of sorts. The third or fifth, depending on whether you count a trilogy as one project or three, is a little spree of short stories …
“I like you sir. You’re shit or bust, you are.” – Keith Douglas’ batman, to Keith Douglas. I was twenty three when I discovered the work of the Second World War poet Keith Douglas. I’d just completed an English degree and was worn out with novels, so for a year I read only comics and poetry. …
Just received this in the post. I’ve been fortunate enough to see The Girl with Glass Feet translated into quite a few different languages, and I’m always really thrilled to get copies of the finished books. The ones that aren’t in Romance languages, however, are an especial treat. Like most English people, I’m terrible at speaking anything else, but at …
In the notes at the end of The Girl with Glass Feet, I wrote that writing is like going underwater. I still hold that to be true, and until two months ago I was swimming around on the ocean bottom, deeply immersed in the final draft of my new novel. It’s finished now, completed at the …
I’m delighted to announce that BBC Radio 4 are due to broadcast a brand new short story of mine called Broken Mirrors. This is the first story I’ve ever written for radio, and will be read as part of Radio 4’s Friday Firsts series. I’m really looking forward to hearing it. You can listen to …
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