I started the New Year with a radio interview.
Category: Books
Fall
Fall: out now in special independent bookshop signed & illustrated paperback edition; paperback; ebook and audiobook. ‘What really makes this a superb, deeply affecting novel is Camel’s ability to build a credible world that draws you in, page by page, and to populate it with fully drawn characters through a writing style that evokes the dark languor of early Ian […]
Fall – coming autumn 2021
I’m delighted to announce that my new novel, Fall, will be published by Orenda Books in the autumn: ebook in October 2021, paperback in December 2021. It was a long time in the writing but I finally got there. Find the details here: orendabooks.co.uk/product/fall Here’s the blurb: Twins Aaron and Clive have been estranged for forty years. Aaron still lives […]
Attend long-listed for the Waverton Good Read Award
The Waverton Good Read Award closed in 2020, but before it did, the judges longlisted Attend. Looking at the whole long list – (http://www.wavertongoodread.org.uk/index.php/book-list/9-books/92-longlist-2019) – Attend was in great company.
Attend shortlisted for Polari Prize
I attended the Polari Literary Salon in July to see Paul Burston interviewed about his latest thriller, The Closer I Get, which I edited for Orenda Books. The same night, the shortlists for The Polari First Book Prize and The Polari Book Prize for established authors were announced, and I was beyond delighted to see that my novel Attend had […]
Attend: Kobo Pride Month Ebook Sale
For ten days, until the end of June, the ebook of Attend will be just 99p in the Kobo UK pride month ebook sale. I very happy to celebrate Pride Month 2019 with my novel, which features queer characters navigating their lives in contemporary (and twentieth-century) South London. Click this link to go directly to the Attend page on Kobo […]
Attend long-listed for Polari First Book Prize
I’m delighted that my debut novel, Attend, has been long-listed for The Polari First Book Prize. From the Polari website: ‘Now in its ninth year, the Prize recognises writers whose work explores the LGBT experience, whether in poetry, prose, fiction or non-fiction.’ Here’s the full long list – great company to be in: The House on Half Moon Street – […]
Attend – book trailer
At the Orenda mega-launch event in December my novel, Attend, and five other titles were celebrated. As part of the festivities, Orenda publishing assistant, Cole Sullivan, created a short movie for each title. Here’s the one he made for Attend. Enjoy!
Q&A with ISIS Publishing
The audio book of Attend is released on 1 May. In the build-up, I took part in this Q&A with the team at ISIS Publishing, who have made such a great job of recording, editing and producing the book. Read on for some insights into how and why I wrote the book…
The Orenda Roadshow
In the first week of March, my publisher, Orenda Books is taking fourteen of its authors on tour. Led by Orenda’s publisher, Karen Sullivan, each year the Orenda Roadshow brings UK writers together with authors from across Europe and takes them to readers around the UK. This year the roadshow visits Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham and Hungerford. Each event will see […]