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 […]
Category: Writing
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 – […]
Foreword Reviews
With Attend published in the US and Canada on 1 May, Foreword Reviews magazine has published an excellent review, written by Letitia Montgomery-Rodgers. ‘ From its opening gambit to its final line, Attend demands and rewards attention. Camel’s magical realism opens trenchant depths in the ordinary, elevating the raw details—both emotional and prosaic—of people’s lives into moving motifs. Relayed with lyricism and […]
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…
Orenda Books at Bedtime
Karen Sullivan at Orenda Books recently started a new feature – Orenda Books at Bedtime. Each Sunday evening the press releases a video of an Orenda author reading from their work, in their own home. Last Sunday it was my turn. I read a section from my debut novel, Attend. Here’s the video. Head over to YouTube to join Orenda’s […]
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 […]
The Swiss Riveter
In December the European Literature Network published is biggest, best-yet edition of its print magazine The Riveter. I was editor, with director of the network, Rosie Goldsmith, as Riveter-in-Chief, and Anna Blasiak as production editor. This edition was devoted to Swiss writing. Supported by the Swiss Arts Council, Pro Helvetia, there are sections devoted to each official Swiss language, as […]
Bookanista post
When I was asked by Mark Reynolds at Bookansita – respository of all things literary – to write a piece about why I dedicated my novel Attend to ‘the original Deborah Wybrow’, I jumped at the chance of explaining how a real life figure from the early nineteenth century was the inspiration for my central character, who is still alive […]
Metro article
On 7 January an article I wrote about Deptford appeared in the Metro newspaper – in print and online. I was commissioned to write a piece about the tunnels under Deptford streets, and how they inspired the tunnels in my novel Attend. I confess to delight when I saw that I had a full page, and that the picture editor […]
Attend – publication
My debut novel, Attend, is now published in paperback (13 December) and ebook (15 November). You can buy it from all the usual outlets: Waterstones: https://bit.ly/2CbwQbx Hive: https://bit.ly/2EjVsAs Booksetc: https://bit.ly/2EsGqcj Blackwells: https://bit.ly/2SMgUBR Foyles: https://bit.ly/2AVFWZt Amazon: https://amzn.to/2QskwN1 The book has had some great praise already. Journalist Rosie Goldsmith said: ‘West Camel is the Dickens of Deptford, engaging us in a thrilling […]