The Chernobyl Privileges’ first outing
Join a bunch of great writers, and me, at Guy Mankowski‘s fabulous New Art Social this coming Saturday 3rd...
Read MoreBecoming the Professional Writer
“When you can’t create, then you can work.” That’s one of Henry Miller’s eleven rules for the writer which...
Read MorePerformance at Eat our Words: Newcastle Eat Festival!
As one of a baker’s dozen or so writers, I performed a couple of short pieces on the theme...
Read MoreLee Halpin was too young to die for a story
This article was originally published on the Guardian Northerner Blog I am angry with Lee Halpin. I am angry...
Read MoreNotes on Stucture: Andrew Miller’s Pure
Andrew Miller’s Pure was the 2011 Costa Book of the Year. Set a few years before the French Revolution...
Read MoreWatching videos of Madonna
The library was in Ashburton Park, round the corner from where we grew up. I went there and rode...
Read MoreSeeing Red
A group of four sit down in the corner with their porridge and orange juices. I looked up from...
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