Jessica Anthony's ingenious political satire, Enter the Aardvark, is a perfect tonic for testing times. Here's my review in the Guardian

I wrote about the need for calm, and the perspective provided by Shakespeare's sonnets, in 3:AM Magazine's Lockdown Diary. Read it here

I reviewed Graeme Armstrong's incendiary, Airdrie-set debut novel The Young Team in the Guardian

A debut novels round-up for the Spectator seems to be a yearly thing now. This time they're all by women: Kiley Reid's Such A Fun Age, Sophie Ward's Love and Other Thought Experiments, An Yu's Braised Pork, and Chia-Chia Lin's The Unpassing. Read it here

Here it is! The glorious sunlit cover for my second novel, JACOB'S ADVICE, by Mecob design. Very Parisian. Out on Aug 20th 2020 from Unbound.

I went on TRT World Turkish TV to talk about the British Book Awards 30 From 30 longlist. I forgot who wrote Fifty Shades of Grey, but it was fun. Watch here

Ben Halls' The Quarry is an immensely impressive first collection of short stories. Here's my review in the Guardian