Interview

Scott Pack has interviewed me for his blog. You can read the results here!

Order The Schoolboy

If Amazon has run out of copies of The Schoolboy, don’t forget you can always order it directly from the publisher here: http://www.cinnamonpress.com/the-schoolboy/

New Review

Scott Pack has just reviewed The Schoolboy, and has said ‘I couldn’t help but be impressed’. To read the rest of the review, click here

To order a copy, click here

Quick Flicks

The mighty Scott Pack has given my book a mini review – a four star one at that! So if you were undecided about whether to buy a copy or not, let him make the decision for you:
“Very raw, honest and violent tale about a confused teen. Notes from a Scandal from the boy’s point of view, sort of. Really rather impressive. (****)”
From http://meandmybigmouth.typepad.com/scottpack/

Pathways to Getting Published

This Thursday, I’ll be a guest at ‘Pathways to Getting Published’ at Gosport Discovery Centre, along with literary agent Adrian Weston. We’ll be discussing how to get published and there will be a chance to hear from the audience about their journeys into print or online publication. This event is chaired by Hampshire’s Literature Development Officer Angela Hicken.

It’ll start at 7.30pm, and the tickets cost £3 (concessions £2). Booking is essential; please call to book: 023 9252 3463.

The London Magazine

I’m delighted to tell you that I have a poem in this month’s issue of The London Magazine. The poem is a sestina called ‘Bare’. If you’d like to download or buy a copy of the magazine, which, I’m reliably informed, is the oldest literary magazine in England, you can do so here.

Kikinda Short 2011 photos

I am back! I had a fantastic time at the Kikinda Short festival this year. It was a privelege to meet and listen to so many fantastic short story writers, and to see how popular the short story is worldwide.It’s easy to dismiss the short story but the work I heard was scintillating, precise and captivating.

Thanks to Srdjan Srdic and Vera Papic, and to Edi Matic these photos. And thanks all for organising such a fantastic festival!

Kikinda Short 06

So, in a mere matter of days, I’m heading off to Serbia to read and speak at Kikinda Short, an international short story festival. This is very exciting! Perhaps I might see you there. Give me a nudge if so. And here’s the website, if you’re interested: http://kikindashort.org.rs/?lang=en

1000 Books Campaign

Cinnamon Press have a fantastic offer on at the moment – a selection of fiction and poetry titles are on sale for just £3 each, including UK delivery. This includes The Schoolboy! It’s part of their 1000 books offer, which aims to sell as many books as possible to fundraise for new up-and-coming titles. For more details, click here

Exposure has arrived

I woke up this morning to my postman bringing me my copies of Exposure, the prose poetry and microfiction anthology I co-edited with Jan Fortune-Wood last year. The copies look beautiful, and for a moment I felt much like a proud parent must when they leave their child at the school gates on their first day at school. Exposure, you are now in the world!

I am so proud of this anthology; the pieces inside are some of the best short pieces I have read in my many years of researching the genres of prose poetry and microfiction. It was a lot of hard work – the submissions we received were well into the thousands – but was all worth it! Congratulations to everyone whose work is inside.

Buy your copy now, by clicking here