I'm very excited about next Tuesday, 25 November, when I'll be at the Short Stories Aloud event in Oxford alongside comedian and author Mark Watson. Actors will read our stories, and then we'll do a Q&A with the audience. Apparently Short Stories Aloud has a prize for the best questions, so I'm looking forward to answering unusual stuff. It's … [Read more...]
I have a new short story on BBC Radio 4 this Friday…
I have a new short story on BBC Radio 4 at 15:45 this Friday. It’s called The Bullet Racers and was commissioned by Jeremy Osborne of Sweet Talk productions for the 3-part short story series Short Rides in Fast Machines – which also features new stories by Toby Litt (28 Nov) and Tania Hershman (5 Dec). You can listen live here, and it'll be on the … [Read more...]
A research trip and baby turtles
I just got home from a research trip to Turkey. I was at a little town I've visited three or four times before, but always with my holiday head on. This was my first trip there with my writing head on. I've used the town as a starting point for the setting of my current writing project, and there were a few places I'd written about that didn't feel … [Read more...]
Would you like me to mentor you?
**Please note, the deadline for apprenticeship applications has now passed and the mentees have been chosen, but WordFactory will be looking for two new apprentices next year** I'm going to be mentoring one short story writer over six months as part of the WordFactory apprenticeship scheme. We'll meet or chat on the phone/over email every … [Read more...]
Joan Wilder vs Palpatine, and a weekend of London lit fests
It was so exciting last night to see two huge characters from my childhood on stage together: Kathleen Turner, who I will always think of first as romance novelist Joan Wilder from Romancing the Stone, and Ian McDiarmid, the dreaded evil emperor Palpatine from the Star Wars movies. The play was Bakersfield Mist. Joan Wilder plays a boozy trailer … [Read more...]
Reading and workshop at the London Short Story Festival, 21 June 2014
I'll be reading at an event called 'The weird and wonderful world of short stories' alongside fellow reality-benders Dan Powell and Robert Shearman at The London Short Story Festival on 21 June 2014, 11am–12pm. We'll be chaired by Tania Hershman. The event is at Waterstones Piccadilly. Tickets are £8. Full event details and booking here. An hour … [Read more...]
Reading at the Literary Kitchen Festival, London, 20 June 2014
I'll be reading alongside Stuart Evers, Naomi Wood and Douglas Cowie at the Literary Kitchen Festival on Friday 20 June. The event runs 7–11 at The Peckham Pelican. Tickets are £5/£3 concessions. Full event details and booking here. The festival is on 16–22 June 2014, and includes open-studio workshops; readings from folk such as Evie Wyld, Adam … [Read more...]
Short story course at Arvon – places available
There are a couple of places available on a short story course I'm teaching with Jane Feaver in May. It's a 5-day residential course at Arvon Totleigh Barton in Devon. Our mid-week guest reader is Lucy Wood. All abilities welcome. Full details here. If you've not been on an Arvon week before, check out my blog post about my first experience of … [Read more...]
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