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 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

Delighted that Cōnfingō Magazine have published my new short story, 'Wingbeats', in their Spring 2026 issue. Order a copy here

I reviewed Albertine Clarke's terrific and radically strange debut novel, The Body Builders, in the Guardian