The Argument Man in Winter
by on June 25, 2012
The Bièvres Camera Fair 2012
by on June 8, 2012
Our Lives, Our Stories
by on April 11, 2012
Sentinel Literary Quarterly Short Story Competition
by on February 24, 2012
Even Birds Are Chained To The Sky
by on November 27, 2011
Bliss & Ravenglass Anthologies
by on November 27, 2011
The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 9
by on November 8, 2011
Derwent Poetry Festival 2011
by on November 8, 2011
The Monster’s Wife
by on November 8, 2011
Manchester Artists’ Book Fair, 2011
by on October 22, 2011
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Competitions Stories

Results of the Sentinel Literary Quarterly Competition, March 2013

I recently judged a short story competition for Sentinel Literary Quarterly and they have just announced the results.  A lot of fantastic stories were submitted.  I enjoyed the variety of literary styles and genres represented, ranging from crime fiction to sci-fi to comedy.  The six winning stories are very different in style, but they all [...]

Novels

Novel Cover Art

I’m excited to learn that Jason Anscomb of Rawshock will be designing the jacket cover for my novel.  I think his collage and design work is fab, e.g. this stylish cover (left) for Patrick Süskind’s Perfume.  I’ve had a few ideas cover-wise, mainly involving the long, red hair of the main character, Oona, floating away from her in the [...]

Photography

Review of Vanitas Exhibition

Many thanks to Melissa Tricoire for this lovely review of John Brewer’s and my exhibition at the Double Negative Darkroom, Hackney! Here’s an extract – “Magic emanates from Brewer’s still lifes, creating a theatre of curiosities with human skulls, candles, medical instruments, tarot cards and other memento mori. The photographer’s series of acrylotype plates entitled Fragmented Dolls is [...]

Poetry

Seventh Quarry Magazine

Two of my poems, ‘On Mending a Lost Letter’ and ‘Blue Plums’ have just appeared in Seventh Quarry Magazine and it was lovely to get my copy of it in the post and read some of the fantastic writing featured in there.  Here’s one of the poems of mine that was published in Issue 17, Winter [...]

Printmaking Stories

Manchester Artists’ Book Fair 2012

I had a lovely time at this year’s Manchester Artists’ Book Fair, selling books at the Hot Bed Bookstars table.  As usual, there was a fantastic array of book artists from all over the UK in attendance, including Lucy May Schofield, Elizabeth Willow, Gemma Lacey and Sue Shaw, Oliver Flude and Lucy Roscoe. It was sheer pleasure to ogle and play [...]

Competitions Stories

Results of the Sentinel Literary Quarterly Competition, March 2013

I recently judged a short story competition for Sentinel Literary Quarterly and they have just announced the results.  A lot of fantastic stories were submitted.  I enjoyed the variety of literary styles and genres represented, ranging from crime fiction to sci-fi to comedy.  The six winning stories are very different in style, but they all [...]

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