Publication day of ‘Best (British) Short Stories 2020’ has arrived! And here’s my story ‘Whale Watching’ in my contributor’s copy.  It is absolutely thrilling to see it there, among the…

Spotted in Blackwell’s Oxford by my niece. My short story collection, ‘Trouble Crossing the Bridge’ It’s on a shelf of single-author collections, and I’m in the company of Salman Rushdie, Annie…

I’m thrilled to see my story, ‘How Plants Bounce Back From Crushing Blows’, up on the TSS website (theshortstory.co.uk), if anyone should want to read it. I particularly love the words ‘Excellence in…

Another perceptive review of ‘Trouble Crossing the Bridge’, from a reader who gives it five stars, both on Goodreads and Waterstone’s online. (I’m quoting the beginning below, which, I feel, really…

Feeling honoured to have ‘Trouble Crossing the Bridge’ featured in Short Story September. I’m very grateful to Farhana Shaikh for including my collection. This is a great place for short story…

Last month, I was delighted to learn that I had made the long-list of the TSS Cambridge Short Story Prize. I’ve said before that I’m a great believer in long-listing,…

A list that includes, among others,  David Constantine, Hanif Kureishi, Helen Mort, Irenosen Okojie, K J Orr… and, somehow, me!Feeling honoured!

I am delighted to be launching ‘Trouble Crossing the Bridge’, together with Maria Straw-Cinar, and her amazing novel, ‘Girl’.Two Chaffinch Press authors reading from, and talking about their new work.It is, of…

So pleased to receive this review from Melissa Todd, posted online at Confluence magazine (https://www.confluencemagazine.co.uk/news)

I am so thrilled that ‘Trouble Crossing the Bridge’ is released into the world, so that it will have readers, as well as a writer.Aren’t readers as important to a book…