Today, April 4th, is the publication day of ‘Botanical Short Stories’ – Contemporary Writing about Plants and Flowers. The book – a hardback - is edited by Emma Timpany and…

Next week sees the launch of Arachne Press’s latest anthology, featuring poems and stories about tracks, beaten and unbeaten, throughout the U.K. and further afield. https://www.outsavvy.com/event/18747/online-book-launch-for-byways-poems-and-stories-on-foot I love walking. I…

...coming up in 2024 It’s always encouraging to have a few publications/events lined up for the next year!  I’m very pleased to have a new novella coming out in May,…

… the Literary Highlights of 2023. It was a good start to the year to win second-prize in the Bedford Short Story Competition, for my story ‘Chattels’. I had been…

Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking at the Knighton Festival of Arts, Books, and Music. I read from ‘things found on the mountain’ and talked about setting, with…

Many thanks to Nation Cymru for publishing a piece I wrote about living in Mathry – or not, as the case may be. You can read it here: https://nation.cymru/culture/letter-from-mathry/ It gave…

The very talented writer, coach and facilitator, Sarah Tinsley, has been kind enough to interview me about ‘things found on the mountain’ on her website. Sarah had previously featured my…

It was a great pleasure to take part in this year’s On Land’s Edge Festival – we are so lucky to have such a variety of arts’ events gathered together…

There’s still a couple of weeks left of the summer – or, at least, what summer we’ve had – and it’s always possible that we’ll have a good September, which…

‘things found on the mountain’ has taken me back to one of my favourite areas several times already – one of the additional pleasures I’ve had from writing it. I’ve…