Even Birds Are Chained To The Sky

A collection of the winning stories from The Fine Line Short Story Prize, Even Birds Are Chained To The Sky and Other Tales is now available from Amazon, who describe it as follows: Some are tales of joy and others woe; some tell of destructive lust and others slow-blooming love. They are lavish, restrained, fantastical and beguilingly everyday, drawing the reader into […]

Bliss Anthology

I had a great time reading at the Derwent Poetry Festival 2011 and met lots of lovely people.  Now I’m happy to see that the Bliss Anthology is available to buy.  Like all Templar’s publications this anthology is beautifully printed and produced and has loads of great writing in it.  The other collections that were on sale at the festival […]

Best British Crime

My short story ‘Jungle Boogie’ was originally published in the Pulp Ink Anthology, which you can buy as an ebook on amazon.  It will now be republished in The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 9, which Amazon describes as follows: The must-have annual anthology for every crime fiction fan – the year’s top new British short stories selected by […]

Derwent Poetry Festival 2011

I’m excited to be reading at the fifth Derwent Poetry Festival in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, 11th-13th November.  My collection ‘Paper Bullets’ was a runner up in the Templar Pamphlet Competition, so some of my poems will be published in Templar’s annual anthology, Bliss.  The festival includes both new and more established Templar poets, including guest reader Mimi Khalvati.  Here’s one of the poems I’ll be […]

Ravenglass Anthology

I’m delighted to hear that my poems have been shortlisted for the Ravenglass Poetry Press Competition. A group of my poems will be included in the forthcoming Ravenglass Anthology.  It’s available from Amazon and includes some work by poets I really admire.  I felt very pleased to be included in it. Here’s one of the poems that you can find in it: […]