Friday, 21 August 2020

There's an extract from Jacob's Advice in the always excellent Minor Literatures. Read some of Nick's heartbroken flânuering from towards the end of the novel here







Cousins are at the heart of my second novel, Jacob's Advice. I wrote about my favourite novels with cousins for the Guardian


Saturday, 18 July 2020

Here's my review of Two Tribes, Chris Beckett's thought-provoking Brexit dystopia set in 2266, for the Guardian



Wednesday, 3 June 2020

I wrote a fairly personal piece about living with chronic pain for Aeon magazine's new sister publication, Psyche

Thursday, 23 April 2020

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

Monday, 13 April 2020

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




Saturday, 14 March 2020

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