A late-November Substack from me: I wrote about creative inspiration in music and writing. Read Catch a Fire: That Michelangelo Moment for free here

Delighted to announce that MALC'S BOY by Shaun Wilson will be Conduit Books' first title! Coming April 2026. Read the Bookseller piece here

 I reviewed Andrew Gallix's mordantly witty debut novel, Loren Ipsum, in the Guardian

Delighted to have a new short story published by Fictive Dream. Read A Donky's Take (or How the Two Renés Quarrelled) - my take on Gogol's How the Two Ivans Quarrelled - here

An October Substack from me: an essay on writing about places you've never visited. Read Into the Blue Again: Writing America here

I talked to novelist and poet Tim Relf about my forthcoming novel, Time Being, for Salt Books' House Magazine. Out September 2026. Read the interview here

 I reviewed Mr Outside, Caleb Klaces' moving second novel of fathers, sons and dementia in the TLS