Red Ink To Hot Key
I’m pleased to announce that my debut novel Red Ink has found a brilliant home with a brand spanking new imprint. The marvellous Louise Lamont at AP Watt sold World Rights in Red Ink to Hot Key Books. It will be published as a YA/Crossover title in Spring 2013. Hot Key is a new division of Bonnier Publishing, headed […]
Hurst And Last
I’ve just got back from The Hurst in Shropshire, the venue for the final retreat week of the Arvon/Jerwood mentoring scheme. The initiative will draw to a close in June when us nine mentees launch an anthology of work produced while on the yearlong scheme. And there’ll be an if:book digital anthology too, filled with audio/visual versions of our writing. […]
Arvon/Jerwood’s Got Talent
I am thrilled to be one of nine writers selected for a coveted place on the 2011 Jerwood/Arvon mentoring scheme. I’ll be working on my second novel over the next twelve months with the invaluable counsel of Maria McCann, author of As Meat Loves Salt and The Wilding. We have all, mentors and mentees, just returned from […]
Stand Is Delivered
Look what just came in the post. Volume 10 (1) of Stand is out and inside there’s an excerpt from Red Ink. As well as more from my novel’s heroine, Melon, there’s some oustanding fiction from Erika T. Wurth, John Michael Cummings and Paul Goodman, and some rather lovely poetry by C.K. Stead, amongst others. Plus, the striking cover would look gorgeous […]
