Lovely to receive this anthology in the post this week. A great cover, and some talented writers in there. I was particularly pleased to read judge Eleanor Dryden’s comments about…

Lovely to see this piece in the Western Mail (Wales’s national newspaper) about the ALCS shortlisting. Thank you to my sister for spotting it, and sending it on!

A little more about the ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust Award, taken from the Society of Authors shortlist announcement: ‘Sponsored by the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS), the ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust…

I am thrilled and honoured to be shortlisted for the ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust Award, 2020 – one of the Royal Society of Authors’ annual prize events. This particular prize is…

Coming soon! ‘Trouble Crossing the Bridge’, my short story collection, is to be launched on 3rd July! Perhaps the middle of a pandemic is not the greatest of times to…

News… … except there is none that really matters, as we all find ourselves dealing with the new reality of a world dominated by Covid-19. It seems wrong, almost, to mind…

This is a link to an article I’ve just written for ‘The Blue Nib’ journal’s new section, ‘The Daily’, which features non-fiction, reportage and memoir. https://thebluenib.com/from-hawaii-to-bedford-via-hay-on-wye-how-a-story-might-travel/ It’s about my third-placed story in…

The results of the Bedford International Story Prize were announced last night, and I am thrilled to have won Third Prize. In earlier news, I mentioned that my story ‘Miss Bird…

I’m very pleased to have my story, ‘Water, Earth, Stone’, accepted for publication by the beautiful  ‘Confluence’ literary magazine. ‘Confluence’ is changing its format to twice-yearly, anthology-length, and I’m thrilled to…

Click image above for link (opens in new tab) I’m delighted to be on the short list of the Bedford International Writing Prize. I’m especially pleased, as my story, ‘Miss…