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

A September Substack essay from me on the last day of the month. Read What I Love There: On Literary Subjectivity for free here

I reviewed Benjamin Wood's lyrical, Hardyesque Booker Prize-nominated novella, Seascraper, in the Guardian

A late-August Substack from me: an essay about writing my second novel, Jacob's Advice (2020). Read Paris In the Blood: How to Research a Novel, for free here