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

Delighted to have a piece in The Carbon Arc: A Collection of Essays on Cinema, edited by Richard Skinner and published by Vanguard Editions. And thrilled to appear alongside many great writers, including Marina Benjamin, Jonathan Coe, Wendy Erskine, Rob Doyle, Sam Mills, Christiana Spens, Nicholas Royle & David Savill. Order your copy here

A new Substack essay for July: I wrote about the best film to feature a non-actor in the lead role. Read This Never Happened to the Other Fella for free here

Thrilled to announce Salt Books are to publish my new novel, Time Being, in September 2026. I can't think of a better home for my book! Read the Bookseller piece here

Here's my review of Drayton and Mackenzie, Alexander Starritt's capacious, elegantly written novel of entrepreneurship and bromance in the TLS