A late-October Substack essay from me about the pleasures and pitfalls of writing a Novel of Ideas. Read Getting Lost: Do Philosophy and Fiction Mix? for free here

As a new convert to Jon Fosse, I enjoyed writing about the second novel in his Vaim trilogy, Vaim Hotel, in the new issue of the Spectator

Great to chat about Time Being and Conduit Books with Galley Beggar publisher Sam Jordison & Lori Feathers on the Across the Pond podcast. Listen to the show here

I talked with novelist Tony White about Time Being on Resonance FM's Literature Live strand, along with Booker Prize-shortlisted novelist Luke Kennard. Listen to the full show here

A fabulous, positive review of Time Being in the Saturday Guardian by James Smart. Read it here

Good to see this thoughtful, far-reaching review of Time Being in the Jewish Chronicle. Read the full piece here

A pleasure to talk to Tony White along with fellow guest Luke Kennard about Time Being the Booker-shortlisted Black Bag on Resonance FM's Literature Live strand this week. Listen to the 12th October show here

Terrific to see Susie Mesure's sensitive and measured review of Time Being in the Spectator

A short Substack essay for September about the challenges of writing in a hybrid genre. Read Between Two Chairs: Writing a Literary Thriller here

I reviewed Aea Varfis-Van Warmelo's excellent Peninsula Press debut noveL, Attention Seeking Behaviour, in the new editions of the TLS

My third novel, Time Being, is published on 7th by the wonderful Salt Books. Do please come along to the launch at Owl Books, Kentish Town, on Wednesday 9th September 6.30-8pm. Pre-order the book here 

Delighted that 3:AM Magazine have run an extract from my new novel, Time Being, forthcoming from Salt Books on 7th September. Read the opening chapter here

I wrote about August and REM in this month's Substack essay. Read August and Everything After: Life's Rich Pageant and Summer's End for free here

Just over a month until my third novel. Time Being, is published by Salt Books on 7th September. We've had some wonderful endorsement from Monique Roffey, Amanda Craig,Toby Lloyd, Emily Midorikawa, Alice Jolly, Michael Arditti and Richard Skinner. Do please pre-order from Waterstones, Amazon or direct from Salt Books here

I wrote about 70s movies and dysfunctional families in my Substack essay for July. Read We Are Not Alone: UFOs, Parents and Other Mysteries here

Here's my double review of Nora Lange's short story collection Day Care and debut novel Us Fools, published in the UK by & Stories Press. Read the full piece in the TLS

The Worst Man in Literature has many possible candidates but a strong contender is surely Mickey Sabbath in Philip Roth's Sabbath's Theatre. Read this month's Substack essay, Beyond the Pale, for free here

Delighted to have a new short story in On Being Ill, a vital and exciting anthology of work about the challenges of physical and mental illness, alongside Woolf's foundational essay & pieces by many other talented writers. Out now from New Menard Press. Order here

A May Substack essay on the last day of the month. I wrote about Larkin and hometowns in Passing Home: The Less Deceived. Read it for free here

An April Substack essay from me on the last day of the month. Read Paris on the Page: Writing the Impossible for FREE here